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Women and Girls’ Equality

Unlocking the full potential of women and girls and striving for gender parity worldwide

Access to equal rights and opportunities for women and girls is essential for achieving global prosperity, stability, and security.

Unfortunately, decades of progress on these issues are now at risk. Today, women and girls face new and intensified threats to their fundamental human rights, and the critical gains that have been made for women’s health, safety, political participation, and economic prosperity are disappearing. We must take action.

The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) is working to reverse negative trends and accelerate progress on issues that affect women and girls including maternal health, reproductive rights, economic power, climate change, education, civic and social empowerment, and gender-based violence.

  • 2,000+

    participants

    from over 80 countries

  • 1,000+

    organizations

    represented across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors

  • 100+

    commitments

    launched

Together, we can unlock the full potential of women and girls striving for gender parity worldwide.

CGI engages its women and girls’ equality work through its flagship Annual Meeting, year-round program, and Commitments to Action: new, specific, and measurable projects and programs that address pressing global challenges.

We’re working to reverse negative trends and accelerate progress on issues that affect women and girls, including:

  • Maternal health
  • Reproductive rights
  • Economic power
  • Climate change
  • Education
  • Civic and social empowerment
  • Gender-based violence

Featured Commitments

Solving Gender Diversity on For-Profit Corporate Boards

By: Him for Her

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Source: Vital Voices Global Partnership

The Vital Voices Impact Fund

By: Vital Voices Global Partnership

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Women Deliver

Leading the Way to a Gender-Equal World Through a New Approach to Meaningful Youth Engagement

By: Women Deliver

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CGI Community in the News – June 14, 2024

Updates from the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) community – including Secretary Clinton calling for greater storytelling around climate and childhood development; Philanthropy News Digest on the inaugural cohort of the CGI Fellowship; Global Health Corps' first class for its U.S. Leadership Accelerator; and more.

CGI Community in the News – June 14, 2024

Updates from the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) community – including Secretary Clinton calling for greater storytelling around climate and childhood development; Philanthropy News Digest on the inaugural cohort of the CGI Fellowship; Global Health Corps' first class for its U.S. Leadership Accelerator; and more.
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