Find service opportunities & meet women making a difference.
Discover meaningful ways to give back. Meet women building businesses and making a difference where they live. Find your place in a growing community of women who care.
Starting close to home. Building connections around the world.
Global Women in Service brings together women who want to contribute to their communities and connect with others doing the same. Service is our foundation. The relationships we build help the work continue.
Serve near home or while traveling. Offer a few hours, share professional skills, or explore an ongoing commitment shaped by a local community's needs.
Explore ways to serveDiscover women building businesses, supporting their communities, and creating opportunities for others. Learn their stories and find reasons to connect.
Discover the CollectiveBehind every business is a woman with a story. We want to share the ones reaching beyond business and into community.
The Collective will highlight women around the world who are building something of their own and giving back—through mentoring, volunteering, supporting local causes, or creating opportunities for others.
We're gathering our first stories and inviting women to help shape this growing network.
Member profiles organized by location, business, skills, and community involvement. Our first profiles are coming as women join.
Interviews and features about what women are building, why they care, and how they contribute.
A place to find shared interests, exchange ideas, and explore collaboration, mentoring, and service.
You don't have to own a business to belong to GWS. Join to serve, connect, learn, or share your skills.
Illustrative photo · cottonbro studio / PexelsGWS is developing locally led opportunities with community organizations and Rotary-connected networks. Come on your own or with a group, bringing the time and skills you can offer.
Our pilot is in development. Dates, roles, costs, and host details will be shared when confirmed.
Requests open an email draft. An inquiry is not a confirmed placement.
Does your organization have a community need and a defined role for volunteers? We'd like to hear about it. This space will highlight confirmed projects as the pilot takes shape.
Introduce a community projectTravel, new connections, and the women whose work inspires us. Our journal begins with NomadHer’s She Can Found Anywhere experience in Busan.
A reflection by founder Melanie Baumgarten
From applying for She Can Found Anywhere to taking the KTX to Busan, Melanie shares the beginning of a journey centered on women, entrepreneurship, and connection.
Read the storyTell us about a woman building a business and giving back to her community. Our first Collective features will grow from these introductions.
Suggest a storyJoin the GWS interest list for updates as service opportunities and the Collective take shape. Tell us where you are and what interests you.
Founded by Melanie Baumgarten. GWS is an independent, women-led initiative; it is not a Rotary International program.
Interested in service, the Collective, hosting, or collaboration? Start with our interest form or send us a note.
Join the interest listThe form opens in a new tab. Joining the interest list is free. It does not create a public directory profile.