INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY


Did you miss this year’s International Women’s Day panel? Watch it now! 

 

Women of Action: Sustainable Impact through Female Empowerment
Featuring: Jennifer Jones, President, Rotary International, 2022-2023, Linda Eckerbom Cole, Executive Director, and Founder, African Women Rising and Corley Kenna, Head Communications and Policy, Patagonia
Hosted by Kerri Murray, President, ShelterBox USA

EMPOWERING WOMEN TO REBUILD AND RECOVER

STANDING WITH WOMEN AFFECTED BY DISASTER


As women around the world flee violence and face disasters, they are often left homeless and vulnerable.

Women experience higher death rates, increased gender-based violence, economic loss and loss of education. However, women are pivotal in the recovery process – they are often the first responders to a crisis and play a central role in the survival and resilience of families and communities.

Last year we reached thousands of women, delivering emergency shelter and supporting them to rebuild their homes and their lives.

Join us, stand with her, and help empower women around the world. #ShelterHer

 

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HOW SHELTERBOX IS WORKING TO CHANGE THIS


At ShelterBox, we prioritize the most vulnerable families and communities and empower them to rebuild and restart.

By providing women and families with immediate emergency aid we can help them recover faster. Rebuilding their homes, caring for their families, resuming their livelihoods.

Learn more about how ShelterBox supports women.

 

 

 

An estimated ONE IN FIVE female refugees have experienced sexual violence – actual numbers could be much higher


Violence against women increases in conflict settings, with more than 70% of women experiencing it in some crisis settings (ActionAid)


 

60% of preventable maternal deaths take place in settings of conflict, displacement and disasters (UNFPA)

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Women and Children account for more than 75% of the refugees and displaced persons globally. (WHO SouthEast Asia)

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Women and Children are up to 14 times more likely to die during a disaster than men. (UNDP)

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All forms of violence against women increase during disasters and displacement. (UN Women)

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RESILIENCE AND STRENGTH

Despite being disproportionately affected by disasters, we are constantly amazed by the incredible strength that women show. Meet some of these strong women who have rebuilt their homes and protected their families in the face of disaster.

SHE IS ESTHER.


Esther holding her youngest while her oldest eats

She is a survivor. She is an entrepreneur. She is a mother.

In 2014, at 17 years old, Esther fled her village in Nigeria with nothing but her clothes on her back when Boko Haram militia attacked her village. They raped and murdered her mother. They murdered her father and three elder brothers and kidnapped her youngest brother.

Esther survived the devastating violence and made it to safety. She is one of 61,000 refugees living in Minawao refugee camp.

She is now married, a mother of two, and owns her own business as a seamstress.

Anytime I see somebody wearing something that I sewed, it makes me happy. I can now take care of some family needs.”

Esther is no longer simply surviving; she’s living and looking forward to a brighter future.

WOMEN WHO INSPIRE US


Support Women in Crisis

ShelterBox works with communities affected by disaster and conflict to ensure that no family goes without shelter. We give immediate emergency aid, so that women and their families can start rebuilding their homes and lives for the future. It can be the simplest items that provide a sense of relief. You can stand with women by giving the aid they urgently need.