Support women leading the fight for a gender-equal future
Women like Amelika may appear well-off according to traditional poverty measures, but that's far from her reality. While her husband makes a modest income selling fish in their small Tongan village, Amelika's day is filled with hard, unpaid labour. She has no independence. No healthcare. No voice.
With your help, we can support women like Amelika to change their situations.
You can help shine a light on the true extent of inequality
Many young women in Tonga experience safety concerns. One in four women aged 18-29 report experiencing unwanted behaviours in public.
38% of women in the Solomon Islands. cannot access menstrual products - an issue completely missing from traditional poverty data but affecting millions worldwide.
Women in Tonga aged 60 and over face significant challenges in accessing clean energy, with 18% relying on unclean fuel sources for cooking.
Your gift today helps us turn insights like these into systemic change as we tackle inequality at its root causes.
Use your voice so she can use hers
This International Women’s Day, statistics will be shared about the extent that Australian women carry the weight of caregiving, household responsibilities and work.
But for women like Amelika, these challenges are intensified by a lack of financial independence, healthcare and basic necessities – making their everyday challenges even harder.
Thanks to the support of people like you, IWDA is transforming how the world understands inequality, with Equality Insights – our gender−sensitive poverty measurement framework. Instead of relying on traditional surveys, we ask each adult about their own experiences to reveal the unseen realities of poverty and inequality.
Your gift today is the first step in ensuring that women like Amelika are counted, their needs are heard and real change is made possible. Your generosity will be a powerful investment in a future where gender equality is shaped by evidence, not assumptions. Because when we have the truth, we can create real change.
