GIRLS & WOMEN

OVERVIEW

We are committed to achieving gender equality by advancing girls and women's empowerment and leadership in partnerships with United Nations agencies and other international NGOs. In 2019, we officially partnered with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to advance gender equality and combat Gender-Based Violence (GBV) globally through sports and martial arts training. Co-founder Nia Lyte is a TED Talk Speaker and advocate for women's rights, empowerment and leadership and gender equality. She has spoken before thousands of girls and women leaders for international organizations at the U.N. Headquarters in New York as well as schools in different countries.

GIRLS & WOMEN

INITIATIVE

Together with our global partner United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Guardian Girls™ aims to empower girls and young women to defend themselves from all forms of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through martial arts training. Martial arts can play a critical role in preventing GBV. It can impart self-defense skills and enable women to avoid, interrupt, and resist assault.

IMPACTS

PARTNERS

UNITED NATIONS
GOVERNMENTS
NGOs
SCHOOLS

Photo from left: Shin Koyamada (KIF Global Co-Founder & Chair), Dr. Natalia Kanem (UNFPA Executive Director), Nia Lyte (KIF Global Co-Founder & President & CEO) at global MOU signing ceremony at UNFPA Headquarters in New York in December 2019.

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

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YOUTH

Youth Leadership and Empowerment

GIRLS & WOMEN

Gender-Based Violence & Gender Equality

DISASTER & EMERGENCY

Disaster Assistance and Emergency Relief

EXCHANGES

Building People-To-People Exchanges

SPACE

Space exploration for the next generation

HABITAT

Wildlife and Rainforest Conservation