http://catapult.org – 2013 – February

Education and microfinance to improve maternal care

Support health centers in Sindhupalchok district, Nepal, provide better care to mothers and newborns through health education, microfinance training and services.

Housing for commercially sexually exploited youth

Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS) provides safe and stable housing to young women, ages 16 to 21, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking.

Help sex trafficked youth become leaders

Deepen young women’s understanding of—and power to shift and alter—the social conditions and cultural perceptions that promote and perpetuate commercial sexual exploitation.

Help end sex trafficking—support Survivor Stories

Real stories. Real change. Real solutions to ending sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.

Support the Adolescent Girls' Legal Defense Fund

Fighting for the rights of girls to keep them safe at home, at school and in their communities.

Increasing family choices for Mayan women

Contraceptive methods are not commonly available in many rural Guatemalan communities.

Water as life

For women in a small village outside Patzun, Guatemala, water is life, but it is also backbreaking work.

Equip grassroots women with digital empowerment training

Help train a new generation of grassroots women leaders in digital empowerment and citizen journalism.

Halt FGM

Efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) must include educating and enlightening all members of society, including men and boys.