Zonta International
- A Advocate
- F Funder
- N Network
Description
Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy. There are more than 28,000 members in more than 1,100 Zonta clubs in 63 countries. Zonta International envisions a world in which women's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence.
Zonta Foundaton for Women is the philanthropic arm of the organization that supports scholarship and fellowship programs.
Primary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Funding
- Networking/Convening
Secondary Functions
- Capacity building/Technical assistance
- Program/Project Implementation
Geographic Scope
- Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
- Vocational training
Quality
- School quality
- School-related gender-based violence
Skills
- Literacy
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
- Early/child marriage
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Female genital mutilation/cutting
- Food/water security
- HIV and STIs
- Masculinities/boys
- Migration
- Nutrition
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Sports
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
Headquarters location(s)
- Oakbrook, Illinois, United States of America
Office location(s)
- United States of America
Contacts
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas, The
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Benin
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Italy
- Japan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao Special Administrative Region, China
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Philippines
- Poland
- Puerto Rico
- Republic of Korea
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan, China
- Thailand
- Togo
- Türkiye
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- United States of America
- Uruguay