World Pulse Impact

When women have a platform to speak freely, they tell their stories. They start movements and reform laws. They band together to break the silence and build a better world, today impacting tens of millions more and growing.

Our impact results

Impact data breakdown

Women leaders on World Pulse report that they are expanding their impact across multiple issues and regions.

Cumulative reported community impact (all-time)

201420152016201720182019202020212022202306,500,00013,000,00019,500,00026,000,000
Top 7 Regional Impact Areas
Top 8 Issue Impact Areas
Top 7 Impact Strategies

All World Pulse impact data reflect an assumption of contribution rather than attribution. While we only report results that our members attribute to World Pulse's impact in their lives and communities, we recognize that we are a contributing factor — one strand in a web of activities and circumstances that members participate in throughout their changemaking journey.

Community survey

In 2023, our members reported that by speaking out and networking on World Pulse, they made significant gains in the areas of:

70%

Told us their actions as a result of World Pulse made an impact

25%

Trained or educated others

22%

Changed behaviors in their community

9%

Influenced a law or policy

World Pulse uses a systematic monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) methodology that examines how digital empowerment leads to members taking action for personal and social change. We use multiple qualitative and quantitative methods to measure impact.