Our History
Since its founding in 1997, Vital Voices has directly supported more than 47,000 women change-makers across 188 countries and built the most powerful global network of women leaders who are daring to reimagine a more equitable world for all.
Vital Voices provided early support for leaders who went on to become Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, U.S. Youth Poet Laureates, prime ministers, and breakthrough social entrepreneurs.
OUR MIssion
For more than 27 years, Vital Voices Global Partnership has been investing in women leaders solving the world’s greatest challenges.
We are “venture catalysts,” identifying those with a bold vision for change and partnering with them to make that vision a reality. We scale and accelerate their impact through long-term investments to expand the skills, connections, capacity, and visibility of women leaders.
Why We Invest In Leaders
Catalyzing Community & Global Change
We invest in leaders because they take on the responsibility to improve their communities, their countries, and their societies. By exhibiting visionary thinking and taking risks to innovate, they strengthen laws, create jobs, change cultures andvdefend freedoms, making change that ripples out into the global community.
Empowering Through Partnership & Mentorship
We partner with women who practice leadership that unites and inspires people. Each leader in our global network believes in mentoring the rising generation and shares her knowledge, experience, and influence with others. Our investment in one leader has an impact on thousands more.
Committing to Long-Term Impact
We partner with women who practice leadership that unites and inspires people. Each leader in our global network believes in mentoring the rising generation and shares her knowledge, experience, and influence with others. Our investment in one leader has an impact on thousands more.
How we holistically invest in women leaders
