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What We’re Watching: Last Chance to Watch Half the Sky Movement’s Documentary Online
If you missed the chance to watch the tear-jerking, moving, and inspirational Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide when it aired on PBS last week, the videos expire in the next two days. Part 1 closes tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 9) and part 2 closes the following day on Wednesday. It’s a Read more…
Tagged Africa, Asia, Cambodia, Children, economic empowerment, Education, Ending Poverty, Half the Sky Movement, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Healthcare, India, Kenya, Loans, Microfinance, Mothers, Nicholas D. Kristof, PBS, Sheryl WuDunn, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Somaly Mam, videos, Vietnam, what we're watching, Women
What We’re Watching: Documentary Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide on PBS
We’re tuning in tonight to PBS to watch the long-awaited documentary, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. (Airing in two parts, tonight and tomorrow, October 1 and 2, at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT.) With Nicholas Kristof as your guide, as well as Sheryl WuDunn, Hillary Clinton, and activist celebrities America Read more…
Tagged Cambodia, Children, Community, documentary, DR Congo, Education, Ending Poverty, Global Poverty, Half the Sky Movement, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Healthcare, Hillary Clinton, maternal mortality rates, Microfinance, Mothers, Nicholas D. Kristof, Opportunity DRC, Opportunity International, PBS, Sheryl WuDunn, Sierra Leone, strategic partners, what we're watching, Women, women's empowerment
Empowering Women & Girls with Half the Sky
Though microfinance is available to both men and women entrepreneurs, the gains that women achieve are almost three times more likely to be reinvested in their children—providing a powerful generational multiplier that accelerates economic growth. A woman will spend 90% of her income on her family, while men typically spend only 35%. That’s why if Read more…
Tagged Children, Education, Empowerment, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Girls, Half the Sky, India, Investing in Women and Girls, Jayanthi, Loan Officer, Loans, Microfinance, Mothers, Nicholas D. Kristof, Opportunity International, Poverty, Sheryl WuDunn, strategic partners, Trust Groups, Women, women's empowerment, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
Photo Blog: Happy Fourth of July
For clients, freedom is… What does freedom mean to you? Leave us your comments below. Happy Independence Day!
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Asia, Clients, Colombia, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Fourth of July, Ghana, Global Poverty, Health insurance, Independence Day, India, Latin America, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microensure, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity International, Philippines, Poverty, roof and floor program, Savings, Schools, Students, Tanzania, Training, Trust Groups, Women
What We’re Reading: Rio +20 and the Role of Women in Economic Development
Last week, June 20-22, over 45,000 people–including world leaders, NGOs, and other policymakers–came together in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as “Rio +20.” (So named because it has been 20 years since the seminal 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), known as “The Earth Read more…
Tagged brazil, Children, Conference, Economic development, Education, Ending Poverty, environmental sustainability, Global Poverty, Latin America, Mothers, Poverty, Rio de Janeiro, The Nature Conservancy, UN Women, United Nations, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Women, World Bank
Have You Gotten Our Note? Volunteer Thank-You Day in the Office
Two weeks ago, two groups of volunteers came by our office in Oak Brook–an afternoon and an evening shift–to help staff write thank-you notes to you. If you made a tribute patch this Mother’s Day on our Global Opportunity Quilt, you’ve probably already gotten a hand-written note from one of our wonderful volunteers. We’re all Read more…
Tagged donor, Ending Poverty, Events, Global Opportunity Quilt, gratitude, Mother's Day, Mothers, Oak Brook, Opportunity International, photo blog, photos, Volunteers, Women
