There’s a powerful story behind everyone. Every story chips away at the barriers holding women back. Every story rewrites the future. Every story is someone else’s inspiration. Whoever we are, whatever our gender, we can stand together to make a change. Because we believe a better world for women is a better world for everyone.
Join our #MyStoryMatters movement by donating your story and helping us create a better place for all. The Avon Foundation will donate R17 for every story shared to charities supporting women in 2021.
All across the world women, are underestimated and underrepresented. Gender inequality and gender-based violence (GBV) is a profound and widespread problem in South Africa, impacting on almost every aspect of life.
DID YOU KNOW?
- On average, women earn 30% less than men in the same jobs.
- South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence inflicted on women and girls in the world.
- Only 14% of women are Executive Directors.
- Only 28.5% of young women graduate tertiary institutions in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
There’s a powerful story behind everyone. Every story chips away at the barriers holding women back. Every story rewrites the future. Every story is someone else’s inspiration. Whoever we are, whatever our gender, we can stand together to make a change. Because we believe a better world for women is a better world for everyone.
Join our #MyStoryMatters movement by donating your story and helping us create a better place for all. The Avon Foundation will donate R17 for every story shared to charities supporting women in 2021.
All across the world women, are underestimated and underrepresented. Gender inequality and gender-based violence (GBV) is a profound and widespread problem in South Africa, impacting on almost every aspect of life.
DID YOU KNOW?
- On average, women earn 30% less than men in the same jobs.
- South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence inflicted on women and girls in the world.
- Only 14% of women are Executive Directors.
- Only 28.5% of young women graduate tertiary institutions in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
