Jehmu Greene to Speak at Young Women Rock! Leadership Luncheon
On Sunday, May 19, 2013, Jehmu Greene, President of JSG Strategies and evangelist for disenfranchised and vulnerable communities, will be joining Anika Rahman, President and CEO of Ms. Foundation for Women, in speaking at the Young Women Rock! Leadership Luncheon: Investing in Young Women Leaders. Jehmu will provide the closing keynote speech at the annual … Read more
Anika Rahman of Ms. Foundation for Women to Keynote at Young Women Rock! Leadership Luncheon
On Sunday, May 19, 2013, Anika Rahman, CEO and President of Ms. Foundation for Women, will provide the opening keynote speech for the Young Women Rock! Leadership Luncheon: Investing in Young Women Leaders. The Luncheon celebrates the Young Women Rock! mentees’ completion of the year-long leadership and personal development program through which they challenged stereotypes … Read more
South African Designer Pearl Naidoo to Host Jewelry Party for Charity
NEW YORK, April 24, 2013 – South African Designer and Jeweler, Pearl Naidoo, will host a jewelry party for charity on her birthday, as a way to fundraise for youth and women empowerment organization, The Women Worldwide Initiative. Organized by premier fashion PR company, Urban Gypsy Productions, the event invites professionals, particularly in the New … Read more
Happy Earth Day: Why women are an important part of a sustainable future
“What does family planning have to do with Earth Day? More than you might think. Family planning gives women and families the tools they need to decide whether and when to have children – and that, quite literally, can mean the world.” Here are a few of the ways in which access to family planning … Read more
Young Women Rock! says street harassment is NOT OKAY
This public service announcement was created by the mentors and mentees in Young Women Rock!, a program of The Women Worldwide Initiative, for International Anti-Street Harassment Week 2013. Catcalls, sexist comments, public masturbation, groping, stalking, and assault: gender-based street harassment makes public places unfriendly and even scary for many girls and women. It limits their … Read more
Equal Work Deserves Equal Pay
This article is written by Denise Ferguson, Board Member of The Women Worldwide Initiative, and former Director of Advisory Council on Women for the City of Chicago, ahead of Equal Pay Day on April 9, 2013. Retired since September 2011, as Director/Community Liaison of Advisory Council on Women from the Chicago of Chicago’s Commission on … Read more
Saturday, April 6: Let’s Add a Little Hope to This Brownsville Park!
New York volunteers! Would you like to give back to a New York City community in need this Saturday? Join us on Saturday, April 6th from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. to help make a park in Brownsville safer and more attractive for our children and for the girls in our Young Women Rock! Program. Where … Read more
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