Women’s Empowerment
1 in 3 women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime.
The cause
Billions of women and girls face systemic barriers that limit their health, safety, and freedom — from restricted access to contraception and maternal healthcare, to gender-based violence and economic inequality. Vetted charities in this fund are breaking these cycles by delivering safety, autonomy, and opportunity at scale.
The Women's Empowerment Fund supports organisations tackling these issues head-on, so women and girls can live safe, healthy, and thriving lives.
Women’s Empowerment Fundraising Resources
Examples are illustrative, not exhaustive. High Impact Athletes retains discretion to allocate funds within each cause-area portfolio, guided by impact, independent advisors and current evidence.
Impact metrics are based on cost-effectiveness data from external researchers.
Please note that HIA does not evaluate individual charities. Our causes and portfolios are based on the research of third-party, impact-focused evaluators and advisors our team has found to be particularly well-suited to help donors do the most good per dollar, according to their recent investigations.
Hear from the experts:
1 / 3Why the Women's Empowerment FundDr Ilona Arih
2 / 3What every dollar doesDr Akhil Bansal
3 / 3Athletes on the stageDr Akhil Bansal
Your support provides:
$1,000 raised for the fund empowers approximately 80 women through high-impact programmes when split across the fund's charities. This fund supports a dynamic range of interventions, including but not limited to the following:
- Preventing gender-based violence through community-driven advocacy with CEDOVIP — verified by The Life You Can Save
- Expanding access to family planning through Family Empowerment Media's media campaigns — verified by Founders Pledge
- Delivering reproductive healthcare like self-injectable contraceptives via Lafiya — verified by Rethink Priorities
Not all charities are created equal
Most giving, however well-intentioned, delivers a fraction of the impact it could. We back only the most effective organisations on earth, vetted by the world's most stringent evaluators.
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- 02Choose how you giveDonate, fundraise, run an athlete campaign, or take the % pledge.
- 03We route your giftCharities vetted by the world's leading researchers.
- 04Every dollar is tracked.See what your giving did, and who it helped.
$1,000 to Women’s Empowerment
80 women empowered
1 dot = 1 woman empowered
Best guess estimates from HIA's impact data. Last reviewed October 2026.