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GIVING CIRCLE / FILM FESTIVAL / ABOUT US / GET INVOLVED / LOGIN DONATE Inspiring Global Change Through Women’s Stories & Projects How ConnectHer helps ConnectHER Giving Circle Support women-led projects that advance women and girls globally. View projects ConnectHer Film Festival See how young filmmakers are using storytelling to advance women and girls. Watch films Host a Screening Join the movement: showcase impactful films in your local community. Become a host Why women? Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. Investing in women and girls creates sustainable impact in local communities. 250 million adolescent girls live in poverty 60% of chronically hungry people are women and girls 2 cents Less than 2 cents of every international development dollar goes to girls Our Stories of impact We believe in creating equitable and authentic representation of women worldwide Asma’s story Asma, a 13-year-old girl from Bangladesh, inspired us to launch the Girls Global Education Fund. In Pooja Khati’s short film Asma, audiences met the determined girl working 18 hours a day in her father’s tea stand. She spoke passionately about her dream of completing her education. Now Asma is realizing that dream through our education fund. SEE THE PROJECT Hazera’s story We first met Hazera in Shafiqua Oishi’s award-winning film The Superhero With a Cape. Hazera Begum is determined to give her children the bright future that every child deserves. This Bangladeshi woman is the mother of 40 children, most the children of sex workers in bustling Dhaka. SEE THE PROJECT Edna’s story When she returned to her native Somaliland after a career with the World Health Organization, Edna Adan found the newly independent country in disarray, its health care system destroyed by the civil war with Somalia. She built the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital, where her dedicated staff has saved the lives of countless women and babies. SEE THE PROJECT More stories like this Asma’s story Asma, a 13-year-old girl from Bangladesh, inspired us to launch the Girls Global Education Fund. In Pooja Khati’s short film Asma, audiences met the determined girl working 18 hours a day in her father’s tea stand. She spoke passionately about her dream of completing her education. Now Asma is realizing that dream through our education fund. SEE THE PROJECT Hazera’s story We first met Hazera in Shafiqua Oishi’s award-winning film The Superhero With a Cape. Hazera Begum is determined to give her children the bright future that every child deserves. This Bangladeshi woman is the mother of 40 children, most the children of sex workers in bustling Dhaka. SEE THE PROJECT Edna’s story When she returned to her native Somaliland after a career with the World Health Organization, Edna Adan found the newly independent country in disarray, its health care system destroyed by the civil war with Somalia. She built the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital, where her dedicated staff has saved the lives of countless women and babies. SEE THE PROJECT More stories like this FEATURED PROJECT Educate a Girl In September, when you send your children off to school, take a moment to think about the fate of the 62 million girls around the world who are not in school. In partnership with the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, we set up a scholarship fund that provides opportunities for several financially challenged girls each year. SEE THE PROJECT FEATURED FILM A Film for Gugu This is a story about how education has saved Gugu and how she believes it can save many more. WATCH THE FILM DONATE FEATURED PROJECT Educate a Girl In September, when you send your children off to school, take a moment to think about the fate of the 62 million girls around the world who are not in school. In partnership with the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, we set up a scholarship fund that provides opportunities for several financially challenged girls each year. SEE THE PROJECT FEATURED FILM A Film for Gugu This is a story about how education has saved Gugu and how she believes it can save many more. WATCH THE FILM DONATE Join newsletter Get the latest updates on the film festival and related projects FIND A PROJECT ABOUT US FILM FESTIVAL BLOG DONATE TERMS & CONDITIONS PRIVACY POLICY © CONNECTHER DONATE...