Causes we support

Female Empowerment

Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and, therefore, also half of its potential. Gender equality, besides being a fundamental human right, is essential to achieve peaceful societies, with full human potential and sustainable development. Moreover, it has been shown that empowering women spurs productivity and economic growth.

Unfortunately, there is still a long way to go to achieve full equality of rights and opportunities between men and women, warns UN Women. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to end the multiple forms of gender violence and secure equal access to quality education and health, economic resources and participation in political life for both women and girls and men and boys. It is also essential to achieve equal opportunities in access to employment and to positions of leadership and decision-making at all levels.

The UN Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres has stated that achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls is the unfinished business of our time, and the greatest human rights challenge in our world.

Human Rights are Human Rights

WVRPC supports global lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights for equality, 

We join others and envision a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community. 

 BLACK LIVES MATTER

BLM’s #WhatMatters2020 will focus on issues concerning racial injustice, police brutality, criminal justice reform, Black immigration, economic injustice, LGBTQIA+ and human rights, environmental injustice, access to healthcare, access to quality education, and voting rights and suppression.

blacklivesmatter.com

Seek the seal, make a difference.

The Fair Trade Certified™ seal represents thousands of products, improving millions of lives, protecting land and waterways in 45 countries and counting. Purchases have sent $610 million to farmers and workers since 1998.

Everyone deserves to earn a fair wage for their work

 fairtradecertified.org

Public libraries and librarians are essential to communities.

A public library is so much more than borrowing a book.  They can be a space that represents a safe haven for many in need.  They are also a space to learn computers, use the Internet, and to enjoy thousands of books, tapes, CDs, records, and more that might not be available to a visitor otherwise.

Libraries provide comfort and education and go hand and glove to creating an educated society.

WVRPC supports responsible gun ownership reform laws 

Nobody is saying to take the rifles away from legitimate hunters or individuals who live in areas where wildlife is prevalent.  They are just asking to control ownership and usage of guns.

It starts with you, and how to save lives.