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Our Mission is to launch a ground-breaking humanitarian campaign to ignite a global movement to make poverty history by empowering women and girls with education and economic opportunity. This multi media benefit platform will generate tens of millions of online sign-ups and actions, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, towards achieving this goal. We will mobilize people worldwide to spark historic new levels of investment in women’s funds to help accelerate the social and economic empowerment of women and girls. |
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AWAKENING
THE HEART OF HUMANITY -
TO RESPOND
TO THE SEVERE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS |
The global recession and financial crisis has hit the most vulnerable half of humanity with exceptional force. If this crisis causes us to open our hearts to lend a helping hand to all those in dire need, then in the end it may prove to be a promising beginning for our brave new world.
Women's Day Live addresses head on the UN Millennium Development goals; To fund and support programs to empower women and girls with education, economic opportunity, health, HIV prevention, and to ending violence against women. To implement proven initiatives that expand financial literacy, skills-training and access to finance for women entrepreneurs. The key steps to alleviating poverty in America and around the world. |
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The Solution
WHEN YOU EMPOWER WOMEN YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD |
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The Women's Funding Network is an umbrella of over 145 organizations that provide women with the resources to transform their lives and overcome poverty, have access to healthcare and education and equal human rights.
www.womensfundingnetwork.org |
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The Global Fund for Women is an international network committed to equality and social justice for women. GFW advocate and defend women's rights and awards millions to support women's organizations around the world. www.globalfundforwomen.org |
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Women for Women International aid women in war and post-war to rebuild their lives through a series of programs designed to offer job skills and business training in order for women to gain employment and rebuild their lives. www.womenforwomen.org |
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CARE is a humanitarian organization fighting global poverty in 66 countries worldwide with a special focus on women because women equipped with resources have the power to help whole families escape poverty.
www.care.org |
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Vital Voices Global Partnership is the preeminent non-governmental organization (NGO) that empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs around the globe, enabling them to create a better world for us all. They are at the forefront of international coalitions to combat human trafficking and other forms of violence against women and girls.
www.vitalvoices.org |
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The Girl Fund provides girls in the developing world with access to quality education; health care; adequate livelihood; freedom from violence, HIV/AIDS, and harmful practices such as child marriage and female genital mutilation. These creative and ambitious programs address a girl's basic needs, her community, her financial opportunities and ultimately her future. www.thegirlfund.org
The Girl Fund is a joint venture between the UN Foundation, the Nike Foundation, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. Their goal is to get girls on the international agenda by unleashing the "girl effect." and to bring about radical change based on understanding, valuing and incorporating women. Watch the Girl Fund Video |
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The Coalition for Adolescent Girls is committed to creating lasting change in the developing world by driving investments to adolescent girls. CFAG is a public-private partnership, founded by the United Nations Foundation and the Nike Foundation, and is joined by more than 30 leading international organizations. CFAG aims to mobilize new allies - corporate, religious and cultural leaders - on behalf of adolescent girls and to drive investments, leverage existing initiatives and make adolescent girls a central part of global discussions on poverty, development and policy. www.coalitionforadolescentgirls.org |
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African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) is a grant-making foundation which supports local, national and regional organizations in Africa working towards women's empowerment. The objectives of AWDF are fundraising within and outside Africa, grant-making on an Africa-wide basis, communicating the work and achievements of African women’s organizations and providing technical assistance to grantees. AWDF has funded over 800 women's organizations in 41 African countries. www.awdf.org |
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Worth A global women's empowerment program to help women with literacy and economic opportunity. Chosen by Worth magazine as a Top 100 charity, Pact is an exceptionally successful micro lending and skills teaching organization.
www.pactworld.org |
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Equality Now advocates the protection of women, and promotes human rights for women around the globe. Together with human rights organizations and activists, EN documents violence and discriminatory acts against women, and mobilizes support to end human rights abuses against women.
www.equalitynow.org |
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The Women AID International Fund will be held and adjudicated by fiduciary partner, the Women’s Funding Network. The Women’s Funding Network is a consortium of more than 162 organizations that fund women’s solutions across the globe. Collectively, members invest $65 million annually and have over $535 million in working assets. A Steering Committee composed of Supporting and Strategic Partners will make recommendations on the disbursement of funds, which are intended for existing organizations who are doing outstanding work worldwide, some of which are noted below. Funding decisions will be ratified by the Women AID International Board of Directors. SEE STRUCTURE |
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The Women's Day Live Benefit Concert represents an opportunity of enormous magnitude to put the issue of poverty and women’s empowerment front row center and work from the bottom up.
Why We’re Needed? Currently, only 7% of all philanthropic dollars fund programs for women and girls. Although the linkage of gender inequality, poverty, and violence against women and HIV has emerged with increasing insistence, funding to tackle this pandemic is vastly inadequate.
The future of the world’s economy lies increasingly in women’s hands. Supporting the potentiality of Women Entrepreneurs worldwide with the necessary resources and policy changes is a huge opportunity waiting to happen. |
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