Being deeply affected by poverty, women also hold great potential to eliminate it. Yet this potential remains largely untapped. Women remain the missing piece in solving the poverty puzzle.

When women are afforded the equality of opportunity that is their basic human right, the potential for economic development is striking. Investing in women yields multiple dividends: it helps women claim their rights and realize their potential, while benefiting the economy and society as a whole.

We are expanding our activism effort to include urging poverty alleviation, with a focus on women and their potential as agents of change. We want a world where all women and girls are afforded the equal opportunity that is their basic human right.

Gender inequality is at the root of both women’s poverty and violence against women. Please join us as we expand our focus and empower women to overcome gender inequality, poverty and violence.

Thank you for coming to U.S. Women Without Borders! Our last series featured some of the top U.S. women working to end violence against women and girls worldwide. We hope to keep the momentum going as we shift our focus on what U.S. women can do to empower women worldwide to end poverty.

U.S. Women Without Borders was created by and for the Women's Funding Network, an association of more than 120 funds around the world that believe when women and girls thrive, communities are lifted up, and the world is changed.