This women's history month, Oxfam is celebrating women changemakers, examining the issues that block women's equality, and encouraging you, our community, to increase your involvement to create a more just and equal world. We're inspired by women leaders across the globe, and are thankful to work alongside them to enact change. Here are four of the ways that, with your support and the leadership of women, we're already working to counter gender inequality:

Helping to stop violence against women with local leaders like Marta Sanchez from El Salvador. Marta is part of a group of volunteers who help train women and students on how to prevent violence, and supports survivors as they navigate the justice system after an attack, teaching survivors their rights and following up on their cases.

Establishing programs like a honeybee project in Ethiopia. Through Oxfam-supported beekeeping cooperatives in Ethiopia, women are able to open bank accounts and earn their own source of income. The project also incorporates adult literacy training, so those involved can gain reading and writing skills.

Ensuring women have safe environments after being forced to flee their homes. For Rohingya refugees from Myanmar who had fled to Bangladesh, overcrowding in camps led to concerns about safety for women and girls in particular. To help, Oxfam installed solar-powered lights so women could navigate without fear at night, provided women with burqas so they could leave their shelters without violating their community's standard of modesty, and worked with local groups to raise awareness about gender-based violence and amplify women's voices.

Finding opportunities for refugees to earn income. For 80,000 Syrian refugees, the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan has evolved into a permanent settlement due to the ongoing conflict. When the camp switched from using tents to a caravan for the camp's shelter, Oxfam started the Lel-Haya project to upcycle the old tents into tote bags made by Syrian refugee women within the camp. The project trains the women with long-term job skills and provides them with work opportunities that allow the women to earn their own income.

Read more about these programs and other ways your commitment powers our work to create a just and equal future for women >>
[link removed]

Together, we can reduce gender inequality. This Women's History Month, and with International Women's Day right around the corner, join us and flip the script: instead of looking to the past, let's envision a just and equal world for women... and then get to work to realize that future together. Learn more about our work and how to get involved here >>
[link removed]

************************************************

Want to contribute to the kind of work that tackles the root causes of poverty, hunger, and injustice - and changes lives in more than 90 countries? Our work is only possible because of the support of people like you. Make a donation today.

Donate Now >>
[link removed]
************************************************

This email was sent to [email protected]. If this isn't the best way to reach you, let us know your new contact information by emailing us here. >>
[email protected]

Oxfam is only able to save lives and combat hunger, poverty, and injustice because of dedicated supporters like you, and we always love to hear your ideas. Feel free to send us any comments or feedback you have here, or just reply to this message. >>
[link removed]

Reaching you over email is the best way we have to let you know about the ways you can fight hunger and poverty in more than 90 countries. If you want to unsubscribe, you can do that below, but if you leave, it will be harder for you to stay involved with Oxfam and continue the work that you've been such a critical part of. Thanks so much for your support. >>
[link removed]

Donate >>
[link removed]

Contact us >>
[link removed]