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Fifteenth Anniversary FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY 1 In 2018, Dining for Women celebrated its 15th anniversary with the Knowledge is Power National Conference in Washington D.C. Held at the iconic U.S. Institute of Peace, the event welcomed more than 300 DFW members and international experts, including representatives of 14 DFW grantee organizations. More than 15 countries were represented at the conference. Cover and Conference Photos ©MadAngelPhotos/Peggy Baker 15 Years of Closing the Gender Gap th 2018 was a momentous year and girls. That is no longer the At our 15 Anniversary National Beth Ellen for Dining for Women as we case. The benefits of investing Conference, we celebrated celebrated our 15th anniversary. in women and girls are well- what we have achieved together Holimon We could not have reached this documented and recognized thus far, and we looked into the milestone without the collective worldwide. Gender equality is future. We felt the power of our efforts of thousands of dedicated an important part of the UN membership, our grantees, and members and volunteers. Dining Sustainable Development Goals, our partners. And the opportunities for Women is a volunteer-driven and several countries have adopted to continue to create change in organization, and we appreciate feminist foreign policies that put our world were clear: educating all our volunteers. women and girls at the core of and engaging more global development efforts. citizens; fostering a diverse and Since DFW was founded in 2003, inclusive community; investing in there have been tremendous Despite these improvements, many high-impact, sustainable projects; Beth Ellen at improvements in our world in global challenges remain. The and raising our collective voices WISER in Kenya general and for women and girls people who live on the margins— as well as our collective donations. specifically. Extreme poverty in the remote, impoverished has dropped faster than ever in areas that our grantees serve—are There is much work still to be world history—from 29% of the most impacted by these challenges. done and, thanks to you, we are world population in 1997 to 9% Climate change, for instance, is beautifully positioned for the Susan in 2017.1 Important strides have one of the most critical issues of growth and bold action it will take been made in gender equality— our time, and women and girls to be successful in our quest for Stall women and girls’ literacy and are more vulnerable to the gender equality. education is one example. While environmental and humanitarian significant gaps continue in crises caused by climate change. secondary and higher education, According to the World Economic 90% of primary school age Forum’s 2018 Global Gender Gap Beth Ellen Holimon girls now attend school; Report, it will take more than President for boys, the figure is 92%.2 100 years to reach overall gender equality worldwide When DFW was founded, few at the current rate of progress. people were talking about the We cannot wait that long! Susan Stall importance of investing in women 2018 Board Chair 1Gapminder 2UNESCO 1 A History of Collaboration & Serendipity 451 416 409 Chapter Growth 398 Number of chapters by year 192 74 1 9 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Dining for Women was founded in Fifteen years later, Dining for Greenville, SC in 2003 by Marsha Women is the world’s largest Wallace and Barb Collins—two educational giving circle women whose backgrounds dedicated to ensuring gender made them uniquely called to equality and eradicating launch a global movement that global poverty. We are harnesses the collective action of recognized as a highly professional people who share the vision of an grant maker and an innovative equitable world for all. educator fostering global citizenship. From a small group of friends who got together for a birthday celebration came the powerful but simple idea that is Dining for Women. Marsha Barb Wallace Collins 2 Current Chapters Dining for Women gives me connection, inspiration, and perspective. I am connected with my passionate sisters and brothers to collaborate with and empower one another here and globally. Corinne Blakemore Member since 2011, Chapter Leader, Regional Leader, and Grant Selection Committee member 3 Our Impact on Global Gender Equality Over the past 15 years, we have: Since we began in 2003, Dining for Women has funded more than Educated more than Invested nearly $7M in Impacted 200 grassroots projects in over 35K global citizens grants and partnerships 1.25M people 60 countries. We fund projects that focus on the varied issues Through grants and and needs of women and girls partnerships, DFW has and provide lasting change in directly impacted about their lives. We are guided in our 250K women and girls. grant making by the 17 UN We indirectly impacted Sustainable Development Goals about 1 million people, (and the Millennium Development including families and Goals which preceded them), community members. which provide a blueprint for achieving a better and more sustainable future for all by the year 2030. ©UNICEF Jordan/2019 4 Impacted Countries DFW grantees, Peace Corps, and UNICEF Partnerships DFW’s grants reach the most vulnerable and marginalized Education community. Women with secondary to create safe spaces for learning, communities around the world, education can earn nearly two STEM (Science, Technology, including women and girls Worldwide, 63% of illiterate adults times more income than women Engineering, and Math), discovery, living in extreme poverty, are women, and 130 million girls with no education.2 and leadership. In doing so, 1 widows, grandmothers, do not have access to education. countless women and girls across DFW has always believed in the commercial sex workers, Yet women who are educated are the world build self-confidence transformative power of education. and people with disabilities. more likely to delay marriage, have and agency and begin writing Our grantees tear down structural Here are some of the key fewer and healthier children, their own scripts for their lives. issues where DFW has made an and improve the quality of life barriers to education, train teachers, impact over our 15-year history. for herself, her family, and her and work with community members 1 UNESCO 2 World Bank 5 Health Gender-Based Economic Environment Healthy women and girls are Violence Prevention Empowerment Women are particularly vulnerable the building blocks of a stable, & Intervention Investing in women’s economic to the effects of climate change productive society. Timely, quality empowerment is key to achieving and other adverse environmental healthcare remains a challenge Gender-based violence (GBV) is gender equality and eradicating impacts. Around the world, women for the poor in urban and rural a global pandemic that affects are the ones growing the food, 1 extreme poverty. If women and DFW has assisted 1 in 3 women in their lifetime. areas. men played an equal role in caring for livestock, and collecting our grantees in building Culture plays a significant role in labor markets worldwide, as water and firewood—all of which sustainable, accessible health GBV, especially with the two most much as US $28 trillion, or are impacted by the natural systems to reach marginalized common forms: Female Genital 26%, could be added to the environment. DFW’s investments women and girls from the Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) and global GDP.4 When women have help build food and water security, remote regions of the early child marriage (where one more discretionary income, they sustainable agricultural systems, Himalayas to the tributaries partner is under the age of 18). reinvest it in the health, nutrition, and address deforestation. of the Amazon. Innovative Twelve million girls under the We support projects that and education of their children, projects teach communities about age of 18 are married off every preserve local resources 2 which benefits their families and sustainable farming, healthy year. Two hundred million and ensure they are communities. DFW funds projects nutrition, benefits of breastfeeding girls and women have been sustainable, while also 3 that develop women’s knowledge, and immunizations, and the subjected to FGM/C. DFW has having long-term, positive skills, and vision for achieving indignity of Female Genital funded projects that address the effects on the environment. safe and dignified employment. Mutilation/Cutting. By receiving cultural aspects of GBV as well We help women obtain access surgery for obstetric fistulas, as prevention and enforcement. to banks, microcredit, and other prevention and treatment of These projects have helped financial services, and enable cervical cancer, and education survivors recover both physically them to start up and maintain about menstrual management and mentally and regain their strong businesses. and sexual reproductive health, confidence and independence women and girls have been so they can go on to lead happy, 4 McKinsey Global Institute able to re-engage with their productive lives. communities with confidence 1 World Health Organization and dignity. Compassionate 2, 3 UNICEF projects give hope to refugee populations and focus on the rehabilitation of the physical and mental scars of conflict, war, and homelessness. 6 A Catalytic Grant: The One Acre Fund Story By Barb Collins Dining for Women Co-Founder All it took was one click on LinkedIn to discover a powerful story of transformation. What happened Forti, the managing director who after Dining for Women’s 2009 was with One Acre Fund when grant to One Acre Fund provides they received what he calls DFW’s irrefutable evidence that DFW’s “catalytic grant.” At the time, the Speciose Uwimana was one of movement sends massive ripple organization was operating only the beneficiaries from our 2009 effects around the world. in Kenya. DFW invested in their grant.
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