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UPCOMING EVENT

Hands Across Borders

Please join us for Hands Across Borders, Global Communities’ annual gala to support people in San Diego and around the world affected by poverty, disaster, and conflict. Together, we’ll celebrate our program participants, community leaders, and generous supporters like you, whose contributions create brighter futures for children and families worldwide.

Hands Across Borders will feature an inspirational program and includes dinner, an auction & marketplace as well as dancing. Please mark your calendar for this fun and inspirational evening!

Friday, November 8, 2024  |  6:00pm PT

Hyatt Regency La Jolla
3777 La Jolla Village Drive
La Jolla CA 92122

PAST EVENT

Fostering Women’s Entrepreneurship at Every Stage:

A Cross-regional Exchange

This event explored women’s entrepreneurship in different contexts and stages of development. Topics included programs that are working with young businesswomen in Kosovo and microentrepreneurs in rural Guatemala, insights about projects supporting urban microentrepreneurs in India and women cooperative leaders in Kenya, and the ways increased financial inclusion is bolstering women-owned small and medium enterprises in Jordan.

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Spanish translation (audio only; interpretation begins at 14:43)
Arabic translation (audio only; interpretation begins at :15)

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PAST EVENT

A Safer World for Her

Mobilizing Communities to Prevent Violence against Girls

Engaging communities, including men and boys, in preventing violence against girls is crucial because it creates collective responsibility and shared commitment to addressing harmful gender norms, unequal power dynamics, and other root causes of violence. By involving diverse stakeholders, such as youth, families, community leaders, and local governments, we can foster a sense of ownership and mobilize individuals to act. This event featured technical and youth experts who are dedicated to ending sexual violence, human trafficking, and conflict-related violence affecting girls through locally-led solutions. The webinar was co-hosted by Global Communities and the Coalition for Adolescent Girls.

Wednesday, December 6, 2023
PAST EVENT

Financial Inclusion Week 2023

Is digitalization for everyone? Lessons from village savings and lending groups

Savings and lending groups across the globe serve as a vital pathway for increasing financial inclusion among the unbanked, mostly women. The emergence of new technologies is changing the landscape for savings and lending groups and the entities that engage with them. Savings and lending group practitioners and members are increasingly using digital tools to manage group records, conduct financial transactions, and promote access to formal finance. However, is digitalization able to reach everyone? Who is been left behind? How can we make digitalization work for everyone? Can we make digitalization work for everyone?

Moderator:
Mabel Bejarano, Global Technical Advisor, Savings Groups and Women's Empowerment, Global Communities

Panelists:
David Myhre, Director of Partnerships & Co-Founder, My Oral Village
Koen de Beer, Project Manager, Cyclos
Innocent Mfinanga, Sustainable Markets and Livelihoods Advisor, Pact

October 16-19, 2023
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PAST EVENT

Beyond Inclusive Economic Growth:

Harnessing the Power of Cooperatives and Savings Groups to Strengthen Resilient Communities

This event will explore the role of cooperatives and savings groups in building social capital and its value in promoting individual and community resiliency.

Thursday, August 10, 2023
9:30 -11:30 a.m. EST | 6:30-8:30 a.m. PST | 4:30-6:30 p.m. EAT
PAST EVENT

NGO Forum Webinar

Innovations in Savings Group Programming for Women's Empowerment

This session will explore innovations in savings group programming that have the potential to transform unequal gender norms, reduce violence, strengthen women's digital and financial inclusion and expand the benefits of savings groups for members with limited literacy and numeracy.

Thursday, March 16, 2023 | 9:30 to 11 a.m. EST
French and Spanish translation will be provided for this event.
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PAST EVENT

EFFECTS Study Webinar

Global Communities presented results from EFFECTS, a 5-arm cluster-randomized trial implemented in Northern Tanzania, on March 22, 2022.

Do engaging fathers and bundling nutrition and parenting interventions improve young child diets and development and promote gender equality?