Who We Are
We fight poverty and injustice to help create a more equal and gender-just world.
ISAAKA FOUNDATION is a 78-year-old global confederation working to fight poverty and social injustice in the world, with a specific focus on the empowerment of women and girls. We work side-by-side with communities to understand the root causes of poverty and find innovative, locally-led solutions. ISAAKA FOUNDATION seeks to demonstrate the results and methodologies used in our projects to ensure transparency and accountability and advance the quality of our work.
What We Do
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— Crisis response
ISAAKA FOUNDATION works with local partners with the aim to reach 50 million people affected by crises by 2030.
02.
— Gender equality
Gender equality is an indispensable tool for lasting and deep social transformation. CARE International works towards this purpose in everything we do.
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— Climate justice
As the climate emergency grows, it is estimated an additional 132 million people will be pushed into poverty by 2030 as a result of climate change.
04.
— Right to health
The right to health is a fundamental human right to guarantee all people live in dignity. CARE is committed to amplifying equal and just access to health in the communities we work with.
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— Right to food, water, and nutrition
Globally, about 8.9% of the world’s population, 690 million people, are malnourished.
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—Women's economic justice
Empowering women in economic activities is key to achieving gender equality and boosting the growth of national economies. Women’s economic justice is at the core of some of the most successful initiatives across ISAAKA FOUNDATION.
Impact Stories
Making climate change responses better for everyone
The Isaaka Foundation’s new research shows that if you experience an extreme weather event, that will impact your food security for up to FIVE YEARS. National and local planning are key factors that help people bounce back faster, but the data show that, especially at the local level, disaster response planning is not supporting women as well as men. Climate impacts are profoundly unequal—costing women $53 billion more every year than they cost men. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco nisi reprehenderit in voluptate.
Portia Adu-Mensah From Ghana: 'Our Leaders Must Support Grassroots Girls
This Earth Day, and to coincide with the Leaders’ Summit on Climate, we look to five young female climate leaders who are on the frontlines of climate impacts.
Partners
