You have often heard the slogan “Think globally – act locally.” This is the core of Zonta Clubs. Local clubs hold events and participate in activities that foster Zonta’s mission through:
- Advocacy – communicating issues relating to women in our local area;
- Service – helping with specific women’s issues in our local area by volunteering to help with everything from a home revamp for a disabled, elderly woman to gathering products for a local domestic violence shelter;
- Fundraising events – donating proceeds to local scholarships, local women’s charities, and toward our Zonta International biennium projects.
Our global initiatives are to
End Child Marriage Say No to Gender-based Violence Close the Gender Gap in Education
Almost 650 million women alive today were married before turning 18.
About 2 in 3 women have experience physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner.
Every additional year of primary school increases girls’ eventual wages by 10-20%.
You can learn more about each of Zonta’s initiatives and services projects:
- Advocating for Gender Equality
- Ending Gender-Based Violence
- Ending Child Marriage
- Expanding Access to Education
- Adolescent Girls’ Health and Protection in Peru
- Strengthening Response to GBV Survivors in Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste
- Let Us Learn Madagascar
- Ending Child Marriage
If you are interested in taking action locally and becoming a member of Zonta, please contact us at https://www.facebook.com/ZontaLincoln.