Women’s Initiatives
“Women’s empowerment helps raise economic productivity and reduce infant mortality. It contributes to improved health and nutrition. It increases the chances of education for the next generation.”
-United Nations Development Programme
JLH works with local organizations to help serve and empower women around the world in many ways, such as:
Leadership training
Skills and job training
Rescue from trafficking
Legal aid
“One village in Nepal lacked clean water, forcing girls to walk hours each day for water, making them vulnerable to traffickers. JLH provided a well for the village, bringing the women safety, and we also provided the women with several sewing machines.
They then started a microsaving program, each contributing about 25 cents per month, and began loaning money within the group. Today it is a registered micro-cooperative bank under the government of Nepal, and almost 1100 women are members; among them they have formed 87 independent businesses!”
— Ramesh, program director in Nepal
Current Projects
(Need more details? Have questions? Contact us.)
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Sewing Centers: Many young women in Pakistan are vulnerable due to the lack of economic options. These sewing centers provide them a marketable skill, allowing graduates to become self-sufficient.
Cost per sewing machine: $72Legal Aid: Many women face harassment, domestic violence, and exploitation of their rights. We provide free legal aid to victims, and we also offer education programs to teach women their rights, how to identify and avoid harassment in the workplace, and the proper channels for reporting abuse.
Cost: $500 per case, $200 per educational training
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Sewing Center: Providing women training in a marketable skill that will help them become self-sufficient.
Cost: $100 per sewing machine
