Vital Voices

Can Leadership Be Mentored?

The Levo League | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Third Billion, Chris Thile, Women for Women, Alyse Nelson, Prodigies, Neuroplasticity, Vital Voices, La Pietra Coalition, Mark O'Connor, Impact News

Without mentorship, education, and development, there would be very little continuity of culture over history. Those who strive to teach us have a permanent impact on the future.

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Roots and Wings

Emmie Twombly | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Future Leaders, Vital Voices, Oxford University, British, Women News

Vital Voices, Rising Voices Contest Every day, every woman should wake up asking who can I bring with me? Who can I empower? As each woman extends h...

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Invest in Women to Improve the World

Emmie Twombly | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Vital Voices, Melanne Verveer, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu, Margaret Mead, Wendi Murdoch, Tina Brown, Oscar-Nominated Documentary, She's the First, Hillary Clinton, Diane Von Furstenberg, Yael Melamede, Diane Sawyer, Impact News

The women of Vital Voices show that you cannot let obstacles big or small keep you down. The women and their stories taught me that you cannot use your past or circumstance to hide behind.

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Look out! Here Comes The Mom Bandwagon

Jamie Bechtel | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Transparency, Women, Philanthropy, New Course, Mother's Day, Vital Voices, Donors, Heifer International, Women's Earth Alliance, Jamie Bechtel, Fundraising, Manup, International Development, Accountability, Impact News

If the difference you want to make is to improve the lives of women and the communities they support, then make sure you are getting the real deal.

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The Strength of Our Voices

Haydee Morales | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Vital Voices, Pence, House of Representatives, Senate, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, I Stand With Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood, Action, New York News

On April 8, our government will be deciding whether or not to leave millions of women, including many Latinas, without basic health care, with no provider to turn to.

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Women in the World: Stories and Solutions Summit 2011

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Violence Against Women, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tina Brown, Isobel Coleman, Vital Voices, Dr. Nawal El Saadawi, Lydia Cacho, Zainab Salbi, Madeline Albright, Lesley Stahl, Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, Dr. Sharon Cooper, Women for Women International, Liesil Gerntholtz, Aung San Suu Kyi, Condoleezza Rice, Robin Morgan, Malika Saada Saar, Barbara Walters, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Christiane Amanpour, Emma Bonino, The Daily Beast, Women's Issues, Women in the World: Stories and Solutions Summit 2011, Newsweek, World News

Women In the World: Stories and Solutions continues to lead and lay the groundwork for amplifying concerns that have too long remained out of view.

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Women In Haiti See New Opportunities Post-Earthquake

Huffington Post | Cassandra Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Haitian Women, Vital Voices, Haitian Government, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Danielle Saint-Lot, Femmes en Democratie, Haiti Rebuilding Effort, Impact News

Prior to the January 12 earthquake, almost half of the households in Haiti were exclusively matriarchal, at least in terms of management. Though accus...

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Brilliant Film Premiers Monday in NYC, Offering Solution to Global Child Exploitation

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vietnamese Mafia, CUE Art Gallery, Juliet Supper Club, Film, Sexual Slavery, Adi Ezroni, Dr. Susan Bissell, Redlight Children Campaign, Ron Livingston, Madhu Dhas, Queen Silvia, Phnom Penh, Carolyn B. Maloney, Restore NYC, Guy Jacobson, Somaly Mam, Lexisnexis, Priority Films, Oiww, Interpol, Cambodian Mafia, Human Trafficking, Vietnam, Sexually Abused Children, Mu Sochua, Jim Luce, Abigail Disney, Susan Sarandon, Elkana Jacobson, Aids, Child Prostitution, Child Trafficking, Unicef, Lucy Liu, K11 Project, Nobel Peace Prize, Holly, Goodwill Ambassador, Swanee Hunt, New York City, Global Hero Award, Lauren Bush, Brothels, Cambodia, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Orphans International Worldwide, Chinese Mafia, Human Rights, RedLightChildren.Org, U.S. State Department, Sex Industry, Redlight, Andrew Prozes, Vital Voices, Mark Lagon, World Economic Forum, Richard Attias, Cecilia Attias, Davos, Alyse Nelson, New York News

Not often does a filmmaker present both an untenable social problem - and its solution. Not often is its filmmaker an artist as well as a banker and ...

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Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua Visits U.S., Speaks on Lack of Human Rights at Home

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris Peace Accords, George Washington University, Vital Voices, Sam Rainsy Party, War, Thought Leaders, Diane Von Furstenberg, Cambodian Parliament, Thailand, Queen Noor of Jordon, Global Citizens, Sanitation, Human Trafficking, Southeast Asia, Health Centers, Bank of America, Urban Poor, Mu Sochua, vAllida Black, Cory Aquino, Queen Rania of Jordan, Jean-Michel Tijerina, Eleanor Roosevelt Award, Squatters, Genocide, Goldman Sachs' 10, Rights of Women, Sexual Exploitation, Cambodia Project, Exxon Mobil, Khmer Rouge, Washington D.C., Lincoln Center, Nobel Peace Prize, New York City, France, Women in Politics, Sam Rainsy, Aung San Suu Kyi, Human Rights, Land Rights, Ngos, Cambodia, Killing Fields, Hillary Clinton, 000 Women, Civil Society, Secretary of State, Poverty, Hp, Assassination, Kampot, Bradley Cox, Kennedy Center, Women-in-the-World-Stories-and-Solutions, Who Killed Chea Vichea?, World News

Jean-Michel Tijerina, CEO and Founder of the Cambodia Project, insisted I must meet her. After an hour over coffee, I fully comprehended why. I wa...

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A Report from Women in the World: Stories and Solutions Summit - Part 1

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vital Voices, Leymah Gbowee, Rare, Human Slavery, Goldman Sachs 10, Bank of America, Liberia, Sex Trafficking, Women in the World Conference, Diane Von Furstenberg, Marie Brenner, Diane Sawyer, Frances Townsend, Campbell Brown, Madeleine Albright, Human Trafficking, Luis CdeBaca, 000 Women, Christiane Amanpour, Exxonmobil, The Daily Beast, Denis Mukwege, Rape in the Congo, Sexual Violence, Michelle Obama, Kiran Bedi, Tina Brown, Seven, Conrad Hilton Foundation, Archie Panjabi, Hp, Women in Afghanistand and Pakistan, Fatima Bhutto, Erica Jong, Meryl Streep, Barbara Walters, Lesley Stahl, Julie Taymor, Hillary Clinton, Gayle Lemmon, Rape as a Weapon of War, World News

At the Daily Beast's "Women in the World" conference last weekend the theme repeated and over was that "women's rights may exist on the books and in the law, but not on the street."

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Sally Field Works With Vital Voices, Helps Women Leaders Around The World

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vital Voices, Womens Issues, NBC Nightly News Making a Difference, Women's Rights, Sally Field, Sally Field Vital Voices, Nbc Vital Voices, Video, Impact News

Each night this week, NBC Nightly News is highlighting the work of a celebrity and how they are making a difference. The series puts the spotlight on ...

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"Vital Voices" Honors Andeisha Farid in Washington

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vital Voices Global Partnership, Eurasia, Washington, Vital Voices, United Nations, Girls, Diane Von Furstenberg, Asia, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Middle East, Jim Luce, Melinda Gates, Nicholas Kristof, Doffie Rotter, Carly Fiorina, Nancy Kassebaum, 000 Women Program, Peter Buffet, Kabul, Michelle Obama, Ian Pound, Africa, Goldman Sachs' 10, Latin America, U.N. Secretary-General, Global Leadership Award, Lincoln Center, Paul Stevers, Dina Powell, Kofi Annan, Sally Field, Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News, Angelique Kidjo, Andeisha Farid, Making a Difference, Afghan Child Education and Care Organization, Afceco, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Poverty, CharityHelp International, 10, World News

I spoke to Andeisha Farid yesterday in Washington yesterday, who was pleased to have just met Michelle Obama. Hillary Clinton then spoke about her in...

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Diane Von Furstenberg Celebrates Me ... I Mean Women

Mihal Freinquel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mary J. Blige, Vital Voices, Estelle, Joss Stone, Diane Von Furstenberg, Dj Kiss, Panmela Castro-Anarkia, Style News

In celebration of International Women's Day, DVF was launching a compilation CD to benefit the NGO Vital Voices, an organization dedicated to empowering women worldwide.

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The Goldman Sachs Investment You Haven't Heard About Yet

Dan Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women Entrepreneurs, Goldman Sachs, Community TeamWorks, 000 Women, 10, Egyptian Americans, Women for Women International, Acumen Fund, Women in Development, Vital Voices, Endeavour, Business News

Of all the possibilities this storied bastion of testosterone production might have selected, educating women entrepreneurs surely qualifies as one of the more astounding.

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5 Ways Women Can Make Changes Across Generations

Emmie Twombly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sally Field, Vital Voices, Ben Affleck, Women's Rights, Global Trailblazer Award, Diane Von Furstenberg, Candice Bergen, Cambodia, Kennedy Center, Congo, Hillary Clinton, World News

The women of Vital Voices are defining success on their own terms in their own countries, organizations and families.

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One Congolese Woman Uses Radio As A Weapon Against Rape

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vital Voices, Sexual Violence, Rape, Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu, Congo Rape, Drc, Radio, Global Leadership Award, Drc Rape, Congo, Rape in the Congo, Radio Congo, Hillary Clinton, World News

As newspapers crumble in the U.S., radio is flourishing in the Congo. It's not a tactic to keep the media in business, however; it's a weapon, and women are the unlikely ones wielding it.

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