A funding invitation · Türkiye · Pakistan · Iran

When women rise,
communities move.

We partner with women and children in rural communities to build the knowledge, safety, and opportunity needed to shape brighter futures.

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The need is urgent

Practical support.
Lasting change.

Women and children in remote communities face overlapping barriers that limit safety, education, and economic independence.

Poverty and exclusion reinforce each other across generations. Local support systems are often weak or inaccessible. Targeted interventions can help households move from crisis to self-reliance.

What guides us

A future built on
dignity and hope.

Our vision, mission, and commitment keep the work grounded in both compassion and lasting change.

Our vision

A world where every woman, child, and vulnerable person can live with safety, dignity, equality, and hope—with the opportunity to achieve their full potential and build secure, self-sustaining futures in thriving, inclusive communities.

Our mission

EmpowerShe Alliance Society empowers low-income single mothers, widowed mothers, and their children to overcome poverty, vulnerability, and barriers to opportunity through essential assistance, education, skills development, health and psychosocial support, employment, and livelihood opportunities.

Our commitment

Empowerment is more than immediate assistance. It means creating pathways to independence, restoring dignity, strengthening families, and giving women and children the opportunity to build better futures.

Our approach / theory of change

Change that starts
where people live.

We pair practical support with trusted relationships, local ownership, and pathways to lasting independence.

Community-based delivery

Lasting change begins where people live. Accessible, familiar services reduce distance, stigma, language barriers, and institutional mistrust while building local ownership and stronger social networks.

Economic empowerment

Livelihood support, skills training, grants, and financial literacy expand choices and reduce dependency. Combined with psychosocial support, protection, and safe referrals, economic resilience becomes a foundation for wellbeing.

Cultural responsiveness

Programs are delivered in appropriate languages, through trusted community venues and local partnerships, with respect for community values so interventions are relevant, coordinated, and sustainable.

Our theory in practice

When marginalized women, children, and seniors gain access to opportunity, education, support, protection, and inclusive networks, they build resilience and independence—and communities become healthier, more equitable, and more connected.

Our valuesDignityInclusionPartnershipAccountabilityResilienceJustice

Our north star

Five ways we create momentum.

Our model brings immediate support together with capacity-building, so communities can continue the work long after funding ends.

01

Education & training

Literacy, digital skills, vocational learning, and entrepreneurship support.

02

Economic opportunity

Microfinance, small grants, and livelihood development for women-led initiatives.

03

Psychosocial support

Safe spaces, counselling, and family-centred community support.

04

Advocacy & protection

Stronger awareness of rights and practical pathways to safety.

05

Local leadership

Community-owned solutions that continue beyond the funding period.

The program model

From listening
to leadership.

A community-led pathway designed with communities, not for them.

1

Assess

Needs assessments and local consultation

2

Train

Deliver literacy, vocational, and digital learning

3

Support

Provide grants, counselling, and safe spaces

4

Sustain

Build local leadership and long-term ownership

The people behind the work

Led with care.
Built for impact.

Meet the people turning compassion into practical pathways for women and children.

Maryam Khalilsarbaz Mukri

Founder & CEO

Maryam Khalilsarbaz Mukri

Leading with dignity, safety, and sustainable opportunity.

Ghulam Mustafa Zahid

Director of Philanthropy

Ghulam Mustafa Zahid

15+ years strengthening nonprofit programs, teams, and partnerships.

Yasmin Koukab

Advisory Manager of Finance

Yasmin Koukab

Multilingual, client-centred support with an MA and ECA.

Ahmet Çankaya

Advisor of Operations

Ahmet Çankaya

Strategic planning, partnerships, and community-focused operations.

Meet the full team

What success looks like

Four outcomes.
One shared future.

We track progress through participation, training completion, income gains, wellbeing indicators, and local partnership growth.

SkillsImproved literacy, vocational skills, and confidence among participants.
IncomeStronger income-generating opportunities and economic resilience.
WellbeingGreater psychosocial support and stronger community networks.
InclusionMore awareness of rights and needs of vulnerable women and children.

Help make the next chapter possible

Invest in a future where every woman can live with dignity, safety, and independence.

Your partnership helps move a locally grounded model from vision to action across rural communities.

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