Latinas & Líderes seeks to empower and inspire girls from under-resourced communities in the Dominican Republic, allowing them to obtain the tools and skills for becoming leaders of their own lives, families and communities. Our leadership and empowerment camp along with other educational opportunities and access to a team sport like softball

aim to transform girls into the leaders of tomorrow. We also engage in a variety of community outreach in New York City and the broader Dominican Republic. 

 

A critical part of our work is bringing a leadership and empowerment summer camp and a softball league to girls from under-resourced and under-served communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. When girls in Dominican Republic, and everywhere, are provided with leadership and educational opportunities they are empowered and inspired.

In turn, they obtain the tools necessary to become the leaders that will make the world a better place. 

 

Why girls in Dominican Republic? Dominican Republic has the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Many of these girls come from some of the most under-resourced communities in the country, therefore perpetuating an intergenerational cycle of poverty. Almost half of school dropouts in the Dominican Republic are the result of early pregnancy and happen around the eighth grade. Too many Dominican girls and young women are also severely affected by gender violence, under-age prostitution, and child marriages. It is our mission with your support to disrupt this heart-breaking narrative by building the leaders of tomorrow!