Gender Equality

We support gender equality across the world through arts, culture and heritage, including empowering women and girls.

Three women in saris stand in a row with their faces obscured by hand-held masks on sticks with the faces of women painted on them.
Janakpur Women's Development Center, WOW Kathmandu 2017. Photo by Claire Burkert.

Through arts, culture and heritage, we support gender equality and empower women, girls and non-binary people to exercise agency and fulfil their potential.

Since 2016, we have worked in partnership with The WOW Foundation to support their global festival series in celebration of women, girls and non-binary people, providing a safe space for dialogue and enabling women and girls to share their stories and challenge attitudes.
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A crowd of people seated on the floor watch a nighttime event at WOW Nepal in 2019. The crowd is seated in front of a grand building lit up by multicoloured lights. The event they are watching is taking place outside of the frame of the image, to the right.

WOW – Women of the World

WOW celebrates women, girls and non-binary people, taking a frank look at what prevents them from achieving their potential, and raising awareness globally of the issues they face and possible solutions.

Find out more about our work with WOW