World Wide: It's all about the ladies.

Zimbags mission is to empowering women to rise above extreme poverty. We work with women artists who are raising children, caring for parents and siblings, taking in orphans, abandoned by partners. Women who are involved in the lives of a whole web of people, who can affect real change. Often women throughout the world are denied access to schooling and find themselves married young and raising more children than they have money to feed, clothe, and send to school. It is a cycle that can be stopped. When a woman is empowered through education and employment, it empowers and enables the people in their lives to thrive.

Here are a few articles about issues effecting women throughout the world:

Empowering Women & Girls

"Though worldwide, women and girls have made some significant gains, serious problems persist. Violence against women and girls, inadequate or more expensive healthcare, forced marriage, declines in maternal health, sex trafficking, and the inability to access funding for economic opportunities and education are just a few. The consequence of not focusing on empowering women and girls -- particularly in developing nations, totalitarian regimes, and war-ravaged regions, is that these nations won't realize the substantial gains and returns they would have, if they had invested in girls and women."

The Goals World Leaders Like to Achieve

"To solve women's issues globally, policy makers and educators must focus on reducing poverty and increasing education rates in those countries reporting the highest levels of violence against women."

In Zimbabwe, 80% of the population is unemployed. Women find themselves left with children, no income, limited resources, and few options. If we don't do something to reverse the slide into poverty, a whole generation will be denied education and the cycle will start again.

What's going in Zimbabwe right now? Here are a few updates:

-on the Public Meetings about the Constitution in Zimbabwe.

-on a charity started in Zimbabwe by Richard Branson. ("Zimbabwe is considered to be one of the most difficult nations in Africa to help. Its gross domestic product has fallen to $1.8 billion from a peak of $13 billion, its official unemployment rate is 90 percent and it president, Robert Mugabe, is notorious for repression of his political opponents." and we support people and organizations that are willing to help this beautiful nation. Here's the link to Enterprise Zimbabwe - check it out.)


We hope this helps you to stay informed about what's going on. We know it's hard to find the time to find out what's going on in the world, so we are trying to help. Let us know if you have any links you would like to share.

Thanks,
The Happy Bag Elves