The Alliance for International Women’s Rights offers assistance to women, who are often the primary providers for their families, as they are expected to provide resources for their children and to other extended family members, such as their parents. Statistically, women fall into the lowest income brackets and are overrepresented in impoverished groups. The Alliance professes to provide women educational support so they may be better prepared financially to support themselves and their families; education has proven to be an invaluable resource to increase economic sustainability.

The Alliance for International Women’s Rights was founded in 2005 by Lisa Herb, an American attorney. The Alliance is a nonprofit U.S. organization with a small staff of volunteers. Essentially, the organization provides long-distance education and mentoring programs with future ...