Membership Committee Chairs:
Membership in Zonta is by club invitation. To be eligible, an individual must be of good character and good business or professional reputation, and must devote at least 50% of a normal workweek in a decision-making capacity in a business or profession in a Zonta classification. Members are required to spend a minimum of 12 hours per year on Zonta service projects.
Membership opportunities include:
- Networking: Zontians are committed to women's development. Zontians find role models, mentors and like-minded professionals in their Zonta clubs and through international contacts and meetings.
- Building leadership skills: Zonta members organize events, chair committees and facilitate meetings. Zonta builds leaders.
- Cross-cultural sharing: Zontians share ideas across cultures and continents, through visits and conversation, in print and in person.
- Developing life long friendships: Zonta members support one another and share personal and professional milestones and challenges, often across national borders.
- Taking action: Zontians work together and experience the satisfaction of making a personal contribution to improving women’s lives.
Zonta International is on the front lines of global and local efforts to help women overcome barriers to equal education, health care, legal rights, credit and employment through education, service and advocacy programs funded by Zonta International Foundation.
Since 1928, Zonta International has addressed challenges to women’s equality in science, business, public affairs and government by providing critical financial support through programs funded by the Zonta International Foundation.
Globally, gender-based violence is the most pervasive and least recognized human rights violation. It affects every race, class, culture, ethnicity, age and country. Women are potential victims of violence at every stage of their lives. Violence against women takes many forms, including prenatal sex selection, female infanticide, female genital mutilation, sexual harassment, abuse and assault, dowry violence, honor killings, domestic violence, battering, marital rape, forced prostitution and trafficking.
Women's equality is not yet a reality. Women worldwide face systemized discrimination - they lack opportunities to live healthy lives, free from legal, social, economic and political inequality.
Interested in joining? Please contact one of the membership chairs.