The Partners In Health Women’s Alliance is a philanthropic, learning, and service initiative aimed at inspiring a group of women philanthropists to have a positive impact on the health of women and children by becoming educated on the issues, engaging with PIH leadership and staff, advocating for PIH’s patients, and mobilizing philanthropic resources for lasting change. Members do more than make donations. They listen and learn, forge and facilitate relationships, and serve as a hands-on group of activists committed to PIH’s mission to bring high-quality health care to some of the world’s most impoverished people. 

Today, women’s collective and individual philanthropic influences are stronger than ever. Women now control a greater share of philanthropic dollars and have more influence over the key issues of our time. At the same time, women’s health and rights around the world are under attack. We are calling on women philanthropic leaders to stand in solidarity with the women and children we serve around the world.

Women are the champions of health care in their communities, delivering more than 90% of care globally. Women are not only the anchor of their families and communities, but entire health systems. When a mother dies in childbirth, the entire family and community suffer. When women are healthy, poverty and malnutrition decline, living standards improve, and economic growth increases. Investing in women’s health is an investment in health for all. Delivering excellent health care for women in resource poor settings requires the staff, equipment, facilities, and systems that ultimately make the entire community healthier and more prosperous.  

In 2016, following an inspiring trip to Haiti, the Women’s Alliance of Chicago was born. What began as a small group of passionate women evolved into a dynamic force dedicated to advancing philanthropy, advocacy, and education around global health challenges. Over the years, the Women’s Alliance has experienced remarkable growth, mobilizing vital resources, hosting impactful fundraising events, and cultivating a diverse donor base to support key PIH initiatives.

Expanding beyond Chicago, the Women’s Alliance now reaches into South Florida, welcoming women from Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties.  

In 2018, the Women's Alliance started the New Mothers Kit Packing Program. This biannual event in Chicago accompanies PIH’s Journey to 9 Program at Kay Manmito, a maternal waiting home at the Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM) in Mirebalais, Haiti. Since its inception, the Women’s Alliance has sent over 4,500 kits to new mothers in Haiti. Kits contain the supplies new mothers need to care for themselves and their infants such as baby blankets and hats, breast pumps, baby lotion and soap, hand sanitizer, thermometers, and feminine pads. 

Members of the PIH Women’s Alliance will become ambassadors for women’s and children’s health and for PIH, growing their understanding of the issues while also expanding the circle of women philanthropists engaged with PIH. Members will get an inside look at PIH’s work through the following benefits and activities: