Why Women and Girls

When women and girls are given equal rights to own land, start businesses, get educated, live free from violence and have full access to reproductive health choices, societies show an overall improvement in security and productivity. When women are part of a country’s legal and constitutional framework, change happens at a core structural level. They spend more money on healthcare, infrastructure, and education and less on wars and conflict. Women have an innate capacity to collaborate, to work horizontally across religious, ethnic, and political divides. They access solutions from the center of the problem and bring a greater desire for inclusivity at all levels. This is why investing in women is the key to global peace and security.