The time for women is now! Help make this exciting bold vision a reality! Become one of the Visionary Founders of Women’s Day Live! and help us herald in a new vision of hope for the world’s women and girls. What you do now matters. Make it count. This is a pivotal moment in history we simply must seize.
By now we all know that women's empowerment is the key to long-lasting and positive social change.The Economist has trumpeted the economic power of women in all parts of the world, and the UN and the World Bank have confirmed that investing in women improves the health and livelihood of families and communities, even entire nations.
The increased financial power and philanthropic potential of women. It is estimated that women already hold more than 60% of the personal wealth in the United States, and are set to inherit trillions of dollars more.
A recent partnership called Women Moving Millions is a fabulous example of what women working together can accomplish on a magnificent scale. They share a powerful vision of the world, one in which justice, equality and safety are experienced by all women and girls and their families in every corner of the earth. They set out to raise 150 gifts of $1 million, but instead raised $184 million. SEE MOVIE
Women's Global Philanthropy Makes History A truly exhilarating opportunity exists on the occasion of the 101st Anniversary of International Women’s Day, for women to be moving billions of dollars. The thrust is to open our eyes to women’s collective power, and to celebrate on this significant day the milestones the women of the world have achieved, and look at where we can go, if we choose to.
“The world is waking up to a Powerful Truth: Women are the Solution.” It has become evident that unleashing the powerful and potent voice of women is key to many of the critical issues that face humanity now. That’s what’s missing for the resolution of our environmental problems, poverty problems, and as an antidote to escalating violence and global terrorism.
We will look at the cultural challenges to removing the roadblocks to full and equal political power and how women are now becoming the most potent force for global economic growth.
Women’s Day Live will be a truly epic event, one so powerful that it will be talked about for decades. People will look back at this day and point out with pride that this was the definitive moment when the tide shifted and the world truly opened up to the cause of women and girls empowerment planet wide.
At Live8, the most momentous global media event to date captured our hope and optimism and rallied the world to fight against poverty and lobbied the G8 leaders to make promises on debt relief, AIDS drugs, trade tariffs and education.
NOW is a defining moment for the world to carry through on its promises.
As things stand now, there is little chance of reaching the Millennium Development Goals, for ending world poverty and reaching gender equality by 2015.
But change can be lightning fast: Witness the fall of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall. Become a member of the great generation that had the power to create a better future for the women and children of the world - and did so.
Women's Day Live will be a true testament to the will of humanity, and to the power of music to inspire global action.
Clearly the opportunity is here and the time historic.
