Runners rounding a bend on a purple track

1in3 women
face violence in
their lifetime.

1in3 is using the power of sport to change this.
Together, we can create a safer world for women & girls.

Our Vision

A world where women and girls live free from violence.

Gender-based violence is one of the most underfunded and widespread human rights abuses in the world. But it is preventable.

Our researchers have found highly impactful, severely underfunded interventions. Even small donations can go a long way.

UN Women, At Risk and Underfunded (2025) ↗UNFPA (2025) ↗

Launched early 2026

The 1in3 Fund has already surpassed $1m raised for women and girls.

The fund is open to anyone who wants in: athletes and non-athletes alike. We are currently hiring additional research, fund management and grant-making capacity to service a $10 million per year fund.

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Why this fund

The most effective way to prevent violence against women and girls.

High Impact Athletes partnered with expert researchers
Drs. Akhil Bansal and Ilona Arih to build an active fund that continuously finds the most impactful organizations working to prevent gender-based violence.
The fund is guided by rigorous evidence and committed to ongoing learning and course correction.

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As an initiative of High Impact Athletes, you can expect the same rigor you will find across all of our cause areas. The fund carries no management fee, so 100% of what you give reaches the organizations themselves.

The need is enormous

In a world of reduced global health funding, it is more important than ever to champion sustainable, evidence-based solutions.

Strict criteria

Our funding approach emphasizes organizations and programs that are evidence-based, cost-effective, scalable, and sustainable.

Prevention works

We support initiatives aimed at prevention, creating a sustainable ecosystem committed to ending gender-based violence.

Rigorous reporting

All donors receive rigorous quarterly reporting on the fund’s activities, grants, finances, and the outputs and outcomes of grantees.

Why we started

Rebecca Cheptegei was 1in3.

Paris 2024 Olympian/Ugandan marathoner1991 - 2024

Weeks after competing at the Paris Olympics, Rebecca was murdered by her former partner at her home in Kenya. She was the third elite female runner killed by a partner in three years.

Violence is not confined to high-profile athletes. It is experienced every day by women and girls around the world, and these deaths are only the visible edge of a crisis that touches a third of all women alive today.

Agnes Tirop2021

Damaris Muthee2022

Rebecca Cheptegei2024

Rebecca Cheptegei competing for Uganda at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest — Rebecca Cheptegei at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Budapest. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Upscaled and rendered in monochrome.

WHAT WE FUND

Four strategies, proven for prevention.

Violence takes hold in four places: inside a relationship, in a neighborhood, in what a culture treats as normal, and in the financial situation that stops a woman from leaving.
The fund's four strategies cover all areas. In each area, we fund the groups with the best evidence, the lowest cost per woman protected, local people in charge, and the capacity to scale up efficiently.

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StrategiesHIGH-IMPACT CHARITIES

01Mass-media & social changeRadio and TV drama that reaches millions at a fraction of a dollar per listener.

02Community mobilizationLocal activists shift the norms that permit violence, household by household.

03Couples counselingGender-transformative programs with couples, tested in randomized trials.

04Land & property rightsSecuring women's economic independence removes a common trigger of violence.

CEDOVIP

Uganda

A Ugandan organization preventing violence against women, working with communities, institutions and government. Runs the community-led SASA! model with local activists and counselors.

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Raising Voices

Uganda & global

A small but mighty activist organization that creates evidence-based prevention programs rooted in the everyday realities of schools and communities, then supports others to use them.

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Breakthrough Trust

India

Makes gender-based violence unacceptable by transforming the culture that allows it: shaping adolescents’ gender attitudes before they harden into behavior. Over 5.4 million young people reached.

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Bandebereho

Rwanda

A fatherhood and couples’ program run by the Rwanda Men’s Resource Center. A randomized controlled trial found it substantially reduced partner violence and harsh punishment of children.

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Kenya Land Alliance

Kenya

A network of civil society organizations reforming Kenya’s land laws, pushing for the constitutional provisions that secure women’s land and property rights to be properly implemented.

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NOVAH

Rwanda

Radio shows that change behavior and prevent domestic violence before it happens. Over 60% of people in East Africa tune in to radio shows daily.

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Breaking the silence

Campaign impact

A radio drama fronted by 800m World Champion Halimah Nakaayi, aired in five languages across the regions of Uganda and Kenya where violence is most prevalent. Two World Athletics bodies have since committed to further action.

11.98M

Radio listeners

Languages

100K+

Social video views

Every game I win, I'm giving $20 to protect women and girls.

Gaby DabrowskiTennis · 1in3 Ambassador

This season, Gaby is chasing 600 game wins, with Canadian advisory firm Greysuits matching every dollar she gives and supporters pledging alongside her.

$40,000+

Raised as of Wimbledon

3,000+

Months free from violence

No. 2

Career-high WTA doubles ranking

Grand Slam titles, incl. US Open 2023 & 2025

Bronze

Mixed doubles, Paris 2024 Olympics

2024

WTA Finals champion, a first for Canada

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The movement

76 athletes and counting. Will you stand with us?

Olympians, world champions and professionals across codes and across countries, uniting to end gender-based violence.

1in3 mobilizes athletes and communities to combat gender-based violence by putting their voices and their giving behind the cause. Together, we're building a movement that outlasts any single campaign.

Our Athletes

Get support

If you or someone you know needs help.

These organizations provide support services for survivors of abuse and for athletes in need. In immediate danger, contact your local emergency number first.

1in3 women
face violence in
their lifetime.

A world where women and girls live free from violence.