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Opportunity International in Today’s USA Today
We are so excited to announce that Opportunity International has been featured in a special supplement in today’s edition of USA Today entitled, “Investing in Women and Girls: 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day.” This is a great opportunity for you to read all about our Banking on Women initiatives that help women gain financial freedom and change Read more…
Tagged Africa, Banking on Women, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Chicago, Christy Turlington Burns, Clients, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Gates Foundation, Kenya, Loans, Mary Robinson, Melinda Gates, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, New York, Nicholas D. Kristof, Opportunity International, Poverty, San Francisco, USA Today, Washington D.C., Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
Teri Goudie Shares Kilimanjaro Climb for Women with her Chicago Alma Mater
Back in September on the Opportunity Blog, we shared the inspiring, triumphant story of Teri Goudie, a communications coach and former ABC News TV producer who joined two local Chicago friends, Lisa Stafford and Patty Orler, to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The three women summited the mountain in one week, facing extreme temperatures, scant oxygen, and treacherously Read more…
Tagged ABC News, Africa, Chicago, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, God, Half the Sky, Insight Trip, janada l. batchelor foundation for children, Kilimanjaro, Lillian Covington, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, Mount Kilimanjaro, Nicholas D. Kristof, Opportunity International, Poverty, Schools, Sheryl WuDunn, Students, Tanzania, Teri Goudie, The Daily Herald, TV, Uganda, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
Chicago Event: Empowering Women and Rebuilding Afghanistan
I frequently visit the Chicago Council on Global Affairs website to peruse their schedule of multidisciplinary programs, always hoping to find programs on microfinance. When I saw that the Women and Global Development Forum was hosting a program called Rebuilding Afghanistan: A Civilian and Military Perspective, I knew it would be an event not to Read more…
Tagged afghanistan, Canada, Chicago, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Children, Community, Education, Ending Poverty, Events, Family, Financial services, global security, Government, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, nation-building, NGO, Opportunity International, peace, Poverty, Women, Women and Development Forum, women for women international, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, Women's rights, WON, Zainab Salbi
Today, Honor Human Rights Defenders, Celebrate Human Rights Day 2010
Human rights are the foundation of freedom, peace, development and justice[...] On this Human Rights Day, let us be inspired by those seeking to make our world more just. And let us remember that everyone — no matter their background, training or education — can be a human rights champion. -UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Read more…
Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Children, Community, Domestic violence, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Geneva, Girls, Human Rights, Human Rights Day, India, Investing in Women and Girls, Loans, MediaGlobal, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity International, Poverty, Switzerland, The Case for Support: Bringing Opportunity to Women, UN Secretary-General, United Nations, videos, violence, Webcast, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
ONE Blog: “Cada madre cuenta!”
In honor of World AIDS Day this month, celebrity activist Christy Turlington Burns reports on her ongoing work with (RED) and the ONE Campaign on the No Child Born with HIV campaign. At Opportunity, we’re inspired by her commitment to improving the lives of women in the developing world with these health initiatives. The following blog post, ”Cada Read more…
Tagged (RED), Advocacy, Children, Clients, Community, community health, Education, Ending Poverty, Guatemala, Health, Healthcare, Latin America, Maternal Health, Millennium Development Goals, Mothers, Nonprofit, ONE, ONE blog, ONE Campaign, Opportunity International, Political advocacy, Poverty, Un millennium development goals, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
Today, We Celebrate Universal Children’s Day
Today, Saturday, Nov. 20, is Universal Children’s Day, as set by the United Nations. Time Magazine reports today on a new survey that gives voice to children living in poverty. The Small Voices, Big Dreams survey questioned children ages 10-12, in 30 countries throughout Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Conducted by ChildFund Alliance, a group of global Read more…
Tagged Banking on Education, ChildFund Alliance, Education, educational finance, educational microfinance, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Kampala, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, Opportunity Uganda, Rise and Shine School, Schools, Students, Trust Groups, Uganda, United Nations, Universal Children's Day
Opportunity & Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy Call for Citizen Diplomacy and Economic Empowerment
In support of the U.S. Summit and Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy this week in Washington, D.C., Opportunity International today called for a renewed focus on citizen diplomacy and economic empowerment. Opportunity Board of Advisors member U.S. Army Lieutenant General (Ret.) Claudia Kennedy encourages individuals to recognize the power of diplomacy and development to improve Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, 2010 US Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy, American Security Project, Board of Advisors, claudia kennedy, Clients, Conference, Economic development, Education, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, global security, Hunger, lieutenant general claudia kennedy, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, peace, Poverty, power, Rob Meloche, United States Army, US Army, US Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy, US Summit Citizen Diplomacy, White House Fellows Program, Women, Women Leaders, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
What We’re Reading: “Women Find Freedom through Land Ownership”
Every Wednesday, we highlight an article, book or a blog in our “What We’re Reading” series. We feature works that are noteworthy, inspiring, educational or relevant to the work we do at Opportunity. We welcome your comments in the comment field below–tell us what you’re reading, or respond to the piece we’ve highlighted. The following Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Banking on Africa, Clients, Domestic violence, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Center for Women's Land Rights, Global Poverty, India, Investing in Women and Girls, Loans, Lydia Baldridge Meier, Malawi, MediaGlobal, MFI, Microfinance, Mothers, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, Poverty, Poverty Alleviation, U.N. Development Programme, Uganda, United Nations, violence, what we're reading, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON, World Bank
