About
Zonta International is a leading global service organisation of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.
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Our Zonta Wangaratta service projects include:
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International Women's Day Career Breakfast for girls.
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Boy's Breakfast hosted with the ethos of "Building Better Men".
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Assembling and distributing birthing kits that provide for a clean and safe birthing environment for women without access to professional medical care in developing countries and
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Making and distributing breast care cushions for women (and men) recovering from breast surgery in Australia.
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Working with the CAV.
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16 Days of Activism: "Zonta says 'No' to Violence Against Women".
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In addition, we support a number of education awards including the Amelia Earhart Fellowships, Jane M Klausman Women in Business Scholarships, Young Women in Public Affairs Awards, and Women in STEM that provide financial assistance to help ‘kick start’ women’s scientific, business and public policy careers and acknowledge the quiet achievers in the community. Through Zonta service we can and do make a difference!
We empower women around the world by delivering a range of service projects, providing educational awards and scholarships and advocating to improving women’s lives.
Our Mission
Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.
Our Vision
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.
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In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men.
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In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence.
Our Causes
Zonta International and our members work at the international, national and local levels to realize our vision of a world in which women's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential, where women have access to all resources and are represented in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men, and where no woman lives in fear of violence.
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Advocating for Gender Equality
We advocate for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all aspects of life.
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We raise awareness of the global pandemic of women’s rights violations and unite our members worldwide to fight violence against women and girls.
Ending Child Marriage
We work with partners to prevent child marriage in some of the highest prevalence countries while our Zonta clubs and members advocate for an end to this human rights violation in their own countries.
We support women’s education through our own scholarships, fellowships and awards and through our international service projects, which very often include education of women and girls as key strategies.
International Service Projects
Zonta International and our members work at the international, national and local levels to realize our vision of a world in which women's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential, where women have access to all resources and are represented in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men, and where no woman lives in fear of violence.
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Adolescent Girls’ Health and Protection in Peru
Click here to learn how we are responding to the health needs of adolescents—especially girls—in a timely manner and preventing violence in schools in Peru.
Her Health and Dignity, Our Priority: Strengthening services for survivors of GBV
Click here to learn how we are ensuring that all women and girls in Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste live life free from violence and providing quality services to those who experience violence.
Engaging Girls on Climate Change in Madagascar
Click here to learn how we are enabling children, particularly girls, to learn in a safe and inclusive environment and empowering them to take actions to build climate-resilient communities.
Ending Child Marriage
Click here to learn how we are protecting the rights of millions of vulnerable girls and putting an end to this global violation of human rights in 12 countries in Africa and Asia.
Objects of Zonta International
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To improve the legal, political, economic, educational, health and professional status of women at the global and local level through service and advocacy.
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To work for the advancement of understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of members.
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To promote justice and universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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To be united internationally to foster high ethical standards, to implement service programs, and to provide mutual support and fellowship for members who serve their communities, their nations, and the world.
