Zonta Club of New York partners with a variety of organizations that share its mission, organizing Service Projects that focus on issues such as:
Health & Education
Equality & Human Rights
Economic Empowerment
Gender-based Violence & Human Trafficking
Climate Change
Zonta Club of New York
Advocacy and Service Projects
Through advocacy committees and service projects, our members actively participate in furthering our mandate to make the world a better place for women and girls.
Service Projects
16 Days of Activism Against
Gender Based Violence: November 25 – December 10
All across the globe, women and girls are targeted victims of violence simply because of their gender.
Sixteen Days of Activism – starting on November 25th on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, and lasting through December 10th - Human Rights Day – is an annual global campaign to draw awareness to this serious issue.
Zonta Club of New York hosts clothing drives in partnership with Dress for Success. This nonprofit organization empowers women by providing professional clothing, career guidance, and job placement assistance to unemployed and underemployed women giving them confidence to secure and retain meaningful employment.
Zonta Club of New York, along with partner organizations, joins forces with the NYC Commission on Gender Equity and invites members to support several programs taking place in the NYC area to draw awareness to gender-based violence.
Service Projects
In partnership with Empowerment Square and St Frances De Sales,
Zonta Club of New York was pleased to co-organize a virtual mentorship service project that seeks to empower survivors of human trafficking by helping them improve their conversational English language proficiency.
Empowering Survivors of Human Trafficking
In partnership with LifeWay Network, Zonta Club of New York helped to empower human trafficking survivors with the skills they need to reintegrate into society.
Caring For the
Homeless
In an effort to help those in need, ZONTA Club of New York donated personal hygiene kits to distribute to Homeless people in NYC. Donations were made at train stations across Manhattan, from 125th St to Bowling Green.
Zonta Club of NY
and Heart2Heart
Community Outreach, a non-profit organization headquartered at the Pilgrim Cathedral of Harlem, has given a Holiday Party for domestic violence survivors living in shelters. Women and children from shelters located in Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn attended and were treated to a wonderful lunch and holiday presents donated by volunteers, as well as Macys and other stores. Zonta Club of New York has sent volunteers every year to help set up the Toy Room; pack goody bags for the women and serve lunch.
Zonta The GIFT box is a walk in street-sculpture which on the outside appears to be an elaborately wrapped gift inviting visitors inside with gift tags promising jobs and opportunities. Once inside, visitors are faced with a different reality; stories from survivors of human trafficking around the world who were lured in by such promises. This unique project raises awareness of human trafficking by inviting visitors in to read the stories . Volunteers,. including Zonta Club NYC, members, were on hand to provide information on trafficking and raising awareness.
Human Trafficking Service Project –
The“Gift Box”
In partnership with Sphinx and National Music & Global Culture Society, Zonta Club of New York celebrated Black History Month with a concert of African American Composers - featuring classical pianist and Past President of the Zonta Club of NY (2019 - 2020), Nargiz Aliyarova
Zonta Club of New York Celebrates
Black History Month
Zonta Club of New York hosted local women entrepreneurs at a pop-up shopping event. In addition to highlighting their enterprising activities and products, members could also shop with the entrepreneurs to support their businesses. Featured entrepreneurs included Flourish Oils, Love Notes, Same Sky and NUS.
Special Holiday
Pop-up of
Women Entrepreneurs
International Service Projects
Zonta partners with UN agencies like UNFPA, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and UN Women to financially support projects that empower women and girls.
Our shared causes help women and girls understand their rights and realize their full potential. These projects are part of the International Service Program (ISP) and Zonta’s strategies to End Violence Against Women (ZISVAW) Program.
Zonta Advocacy
Zonta advocacy is action taken in “the public interest” or for “greater good” with respect to empowering women and girls and promoting and protecting their human rights. Zonta International, and Zonta Club of New York by extension, is nonpartisan and nonsectarian.
Zonta advocates primarily at the United Nations (UN) and Council of Europe (CoE). Through these relationships, Zonta uses its strong voice to present our priorities and demand focused action when advocating for gender equality and women’s human rights worldwide.
Zonta NYC members participated in a Parallel Event titled ‘No Women Left Behind: Hope for Women Facing Substance Use Disorders - Intersection of Human Trafficking & Substance Abuse’ at the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
International Advocacy
National/ Local Advocacy
Zonta International, including its districts, areas, and clubs draft letters, send petitions, and participate in hearings and public meetings to initiate legislation and raise awareness on issues affecting women and girls around the world.
