Supporting women in crisis
We are honoured to work in partnership with women-led Global Feminist organisations working on the frontline in their communities. Together we empower women and girls and provide sanctuary and vital support when they are in crisis. We have a shared mission to provide economic empowerment and to end violence for women & girls. Our holistic approach includes allyship, lending our voice and our sisterhood, funding, amplifying the voices of women, advocating for their rights and creating spaces which foster collaboration and celebrate the collective power of women.
Previous Emergency Appeals
AFGHAN WOMEN & GIRLS SOLIDARITY FUND
As the Taliban took over in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, devastating reports showed women being sent home from their jobs, forced to leave university and education at gunpoint. Overnight we set up an emergency appeal and members and supporters donated over £20,000 in just two weeks.
In partnership with organisations such as Women for Afghan Women the funds and support helped many women flee the country, helped provide safe houses for women under threat, and helped settle refugees in new countries.
COVID-19 EMERGENCY APPEAL
When the biggest global health emergency in our lifetime hit, Circle members and supporters came together to respond to the growing crisis for women and girls across the world. We gathered, raised funds, spread the word and we were able to support over 5,000 women and girls in the UK and global south in 2020, through our COVID-19 Women & Girls Solidarity Fund. Together we raised £120,000 which provided emergency support to garment workers facing poverty in Bangladesh, women in lockdown with abusive partners in Glasgow, young girls at risk of sex trafficking and abuse in Uganda, and more.
603 million women live in countries where domestic violence is not considered a crime.
