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How You Can Help

Learn about the Issues

Countless situations of injustice against women and girls exist worldwide, especially in the poorest nations, but you can't rely on the media to inform you because they rarely report on these stories. Iif you have a heart for justice, for human rights, for poor, oppressed, violated women and girls, you must make the effort to inform yourself. The information is available – you just have to look for it.

This website is a good starting point. You'll find information about the five key ISSUES of injustice we've identified:

If you want to dig deeper into the issues, the RESOURCES menu provides access to recommended:

Check our NEWS & EVENTS page for information about events happening in your area.


Take Action

Sometimes the size of the world's problems seems overwhelming. You can't fix the world, but you can make a difference in the lives of one woman, one girl, a group of women, a family, a village ... whatever the number, you can help.

A few brave souls, specially skilled and equipped, will go into the field, live in refugee camps or grass huts, and work hands-on. Realistically though, most people won't have this "up close and personal" experience; they don't have the special skills, experience, local contacts, or infrastructure and resources backing them.

Many non-profit organizations do have what it takes to be effective in relieving and overcoming injustice in poor nations, but it costs money. So the most effective way you can help is to support these organizations with financial gifts so they can continue their work.

Our PROJECTS pages provide information about the projects and non-profits we support ... and we encourage you to support them with your finanacial gifts. You can:

  • help survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Stephen Lewis Foundation)
  • join a giving circle and give with high impact to a project and organization chosen annually by the circle (Free to Fly Giving Circle)
  • make micro-loans to women entrepreneurs in developing countries (Kiva)
  • sponsor a single mother through job training in North Africa (Song for Hope)
  • help rescue and obtain justice for victims of slavery, sex trafficking & exploitation (International Justice Mission)
  • help provide care to women with HIV/AIDS in Africa and assist AIDS-orphans and the grandmothers caring for them (Stephen Lewis Foundation)

Fullstop forwards 100% of financial gifts received to the organizations we support. Visit our Donate page for more information about giving.

Quick stats about injustice against women

Since 2003, the Stephen Lewis Foundation has supported nearly 300 grassroots projects in 15 sub-Saharan African countries.

As of May 6, 2009, Kiva has distributed $71,224,760 in loans from 486,857 lenders. The repayment rate is 98.18%.

More than 2,000 children, women and men have been freed from slavery by the International Justice Mission.