Partners

kate spade new york

Women for Women International is grateful for the continued support of kate spade new york.  Through our HAND IN HAND partnership, kate spade new york employs women in our Bosnia program to knit seasonal selections of cold weather wares and accessories.  With each hat, scarf or mittens sold, kate spade new york and its customers are lending a hand to a woman survivor of war as she moves toward stability and self-sufficiency.  Graciously building on the success of our partnership in Bosnia, kate spade new york is currently expanding its product line to support more women in more countries.  Their spring 2010 line will feature totes made proudly by women in our Kosovo program.

In honor of International Women’s Day and the Join me on the Bridge campaign, kate spade new york has specially created a HAND IN HAND gold metal bangle bracelet, engraved with the words “hand in hand” and “there’s strength in numbers.”  The bracelet is available online and in stores now.  Twenty-five percent of net proceeds will benefit Women for Women International.

The Women's Peace Collection

The Women’s Peace Collection is an enterprise that fully supports women in regions of conflict and post-conflict – as mothers, peace builders, entrepreneurs, and skilled artisans.  It is a company that believes in the power of investing in women's creative enterprise as a foundation for healthy and vibrant communities. They offer a meaningful collection of distinctive handmade gifts created by talented, resilient women who are rebuilding their lives in the shadows of war, civil strife or crippling poverty from regions such as Darfur/Sudan, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Burma. Many of these artisans live in refugee camps, remote villages and distant townships in volatile areas of the world where they seek a dignified livelihood often as the sole support for their families.

Collaborating with a small group of talented jewelry artisans in Kabul, The Women’s Peace Collection is offering a multi-colored fluorite Humanity Bracelet in honor of Join me on the Bridge and the women around the world who are imagining a peaceful future. This beautiful bracelet is now available online, with the Women's Peace Collection contributing 35% to Women for Women International, based on a combination of proceeds from the sale of the bracelets and wholesale orders from Afghanistan..

Danielle Stevens Jewelry

Launched in 2002, Danielle Stevens Jewelry is a fun, fresh, whimsical line that's popular among women of all ages. The designs are creative and fashionable. Color and texture inspire her most. Danielle is fascinated by nature's ability to turn something ordinary into magnificent gems and enjoys combining these natural elements with 10k gold plated metals and findings. She has traveled the world to find only the finest stones, crystal, and beads, and brings aspects of many cultures into her unique designs. Danielle believes jewelry should be exciting, a conversation piece, and something that enhances a woman's inner and outer beauty.

Danielle has selected a leather braided bracelet from her Spring 2010 collection to honor the Join me on the Bridge campaign. Sixty percent of the proceeds will benefit Women for Women International.

Creatively Fit

The mission of Creatively Fit is to guide women in achieving an inspired & richly fulfilling life. Creatively Fit, led by Whitney Ferre, is soon launching the Creatively Fit Program to create a supportive and exciting opportunity for women to get to know their ARTIST WITHIN! You will learn to see your life as ART, and to attain a new balance between spirit, soul & body. As Whitney guides you through your personalized "right brain boot camp" you will experience new energy & optimism. A supporter and partner of Women for Women International, Whitney is the creative force behind the official design for the New York City Join me on the Bridge Peace Banner.

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WITNESS

WITNESS uses video to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. WITNESS empowers people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change.

The Enough Project

The Enough Project's RAISE Hope for Congo campaign is mobilizing the public to end the epidemic of violence in Congo by addressing its root causes. Collaborating with international, national, grassroots, and Congolese organizations, the campaign aims to educate and empower individuals to be a part of the solution to the conflict.

RAISE Hope for Congo seeks to fundamentally change the equation for Congo by using Enough's robust field research, policy analysis, advocacy and communications to bolster a broad grassroots movement that promotes lasting solutions.Ê The strategy is one that emphasizes ending the conflict, as opposed to managing its symptoms.

Congo is not hopeless. There are solutions, and where there is hope there can be peace.

change.org

Change.org is a cause based media network and online hub for social change that helps launch, promote, and syndicate advocacy campaigns across the web. Their team of more than 75 expert bloggers help to raise awareness about major social issues and connect readers to opportunities for powerful collective action. Change.org runs leading communities for 20 major causes ranging from climate change to women's rights to poverty, each of which leverages partnerships with national and local nonprofits to create Change on the most pressing issues of our time.

By aggregating content and activist campaigns from thousands of nonprofit and grassroots partners, Change.org serves as the central platform for launching, promoting and empowering movements for social change on the web.

Feminist.com

Feminist.com is a thriving online community fostering awareness, education and activism for women all across the world. It serves as the internet's definitive hub for resources and information dedicated to women's equality, justice, wellness and safety. Like a "feminist Google," Feminist.com facilitates connections between women and the many, varied organizations serving their needs and interests worldwide.

World Pulse

World Pulse is a media enterprise covering global issues through the eyes of women and is dedicated to listening to and broadcasting the unheard voices and innovative solutions of women worldwide. They produce World Pulse Magazine and PulseWire, an interactive community newswire where women can speak for themselves to the world and connect to solve global problems.

World Pulse invites women worldwide to join us on PulseWire to participate in our global, virtual On the Bridge event. Here you can join other grassroots women leaders in building a bridge with our voices – in solidarity with our sisters worldwide to advance peace, demand gender equality and alleviate poverty.

Are you already participating in an On the Bridge event? We invite you to share your experience with the PulseWire community to extend the campaign beyond March 8 and help create a written account of this inaugural event.

Click here to share your experience!

Soroptimist International

Soroptimist International, a worldwide organisation for women in management and the professions, is a global voice for women through Awareness, Advocacy and Action.

Soroptimist International is a vibrant, dynamic organisation for today's professional and business women.Ê They are committed to a world where women and girls together achieve their individual and collective potential, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong, peaceful communities worldwide. Soroptimists inspire action and create opportunities to transform the lives of women and girls through a global network of members and international partnerships.

Afghanaid

Afghanaid has worked alongside Afghan communities for over two decades. They currently work directly with over 500,000 adults and children focusing on long term sustainable development in rural areas.

In a country where 1 in 5 children die before the age of 5, their work has an immediate effect helping build a future where people have healthier lives. Their vision is ofÊaÊpeaceful and secure Afghanistan, where Afghans exercise their rights to political freedom and economic opportunity in a country where institutions are held accountable.

Afghanaid works alongside poor and marginalised Afghans to increase their chances and capabilities to enjoy sustainable and fair economic and social development through several diversified projects.

Wedo

WEDO's mission is to empower women as decision makers to achieve economic, social and gender justice, a healthy, peaceful planet, and human rights for all. Through their programs onÊEconomic and Social Justice, Gender and Governance and Sustainable Development,ÊWEDO emphasizes women's critical role in social, economic and political spheres.

Within these three program areas, WEDO initiatives encompass climate change, corporate accountability, UN reform, and women's political participation and leadership.

One World Action

One World Action's VISION is of a Just and Equal World, where there is no need for One World Action.

Their MISSION is to create the power and opportunity for the poorest citizens to transform their own lives, and to challenge the international policies that make and keep people poor.

To this end, they provide funding, expertise and practical support to partner organisations committed to strengthening the democratic process and improving people's lives in poor and developing countries. They place particular emphasis on women's rights and gender equality; a just and equal world isn't possible if half the world is excluded.

InterAction

InterAction is a coalition of over 200 U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focused on the world’s poor and most vulnerable people. At InterAction, we understand that gender equality is fundamental to development effectiveness, and investments in women and girls have proven successful toward reducing global poverty and improving the lives of the world’s poorest individuals. Since 1992, InterAction has been promoting gender equality through organizational transformation, foreign aid reform, resource sharing and skills building, and a global effort to create partnerships that achieve gender equality.

Woman Kind

Women have an abundance of practical ideas for improving their own lives and lifting their families and communities out of poverty. But this can only happen if they have the confidence and opportunities to articulate their needs and ideas - and be listened to.

WOMANKIND Worldwide is the only UK charity devoted to enabling women to achieve this.

They work closely with 37 partner community groups in 15 developing countries. This means that the projects they fund and support tackle the specific issues in a particular area, rather than trying to import a 'one size fits all' solution from the UK.

All projects are connected to enabling women to understand their legal rights. And to use these rights to benefit their daily lives. Where new legislation is needed to protect women or improve their status, they help their partners secure this too.

Plan UK Because I'm a girl

Plan UK believes that girls' access to education and legal rights can break the cycle of poverty and discrimination that girls face around the world.

They are campaigning to ask the British government to make sure that girls benefit as much as boys from the aid money they give to education in developing countries and to create a procedure to enable girls and boys to take complaints against their governments to the UN.

WI

The Women's Institute was formed in 1915 with two clear aims: to revitalise rural communities and to encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War. Since then the organization's aims have broadenedÊand it is now the largest women's organisation in the UK. The organization celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2005 and currently has 205,000 members in 6,500 WIs.

They play a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and toÊcampaign on issues that matter to them and their communities.

IANSA

The International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) is the global movement against gun violence - a network of 800 civil society organisations working in 120 countries to stop the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW). IANSA seeks to make people safer from gun violence by securing stronger regulation on guns in society and better controls on arms exports. It represents the voices of civil society on the international stage, for example in the UN process on small arms, and draws on the practical experience of its members to campaign for policies that will protect human security.

IANSA is composed of a wide range of organisations concerned with small arms, including policy development organisations, national gun control groups, women's groups, research institutes, aid agencies, faith groups, survivors, human rights and community action organisations.

Care International

Care International's mission is to create lasting change in poor communities and they put money where it is needed most: more than 90 pence in every pound goes towards poverty fighting programmes. That's one of the highest rates among all the UK aid agencies.

When disaster strikes, they are also one of the first to respond, ensuring that aid gets to where it is needed most. They can do this because we've often been working in countries for many years, and stay to help communities rebuild their lives long after the TV cameras have gone.

Care International is a pioneering organisation and has constantly improved its work and increased its impact over the years. And with more than 13,000 employees, more than 90 percent of whom are employed locally, they also have an in-depth knowledge of local issues, cultures and languages.

Save the Congo

Save the Congo's mission is to be a source of ideas, innovation and civic enterprise for the Congo and Africa. They believe saving the Congo is saving Africa; and they dream of an Africa in peace with itself. They strive to develop and promote new ways of thinking in the light of many challenges troubling the Congo and the Great Lakes region; and strive to provide a platform for sharing knowledge, skills and experience.

Congo Now

Congo Now is a joint campaign led by a coalition of NGOs, members of the Congolese community in the UK and the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes Region of Africa. The conflict in the DRC continues to be a stain on the conscience of the world – an unacceptable scandal that should be a call to action for governments everywhere. Congo Now will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Congolese Independence in June 2010 with a month of events across the UK, Europe and America – and calls to the British public, the UK government and to people all over the world to unite to help the Congolese change the future of the Congo – now.

Crisis Action

Crisis Action is an international, non-profit organisation which aims to help avert conflicts, prevent human rights abuses and ensure governments fulfill their obligations to protect civilians.

Crisis Action works behind the scenes to support a diverse range of partners who are all concerned with tackling the immediate effects or long-term consequences of conflict. They aim to help them increase the impact of their responses to current and emerging conflict-related crises.

Crisis Action operates in a flexible manner with partners choosing to engage in temporary 'opt-in' alliances on specific crises.

Save the Children

Save the Children is working to ensure children get proper healthcare, food, education and protection. They're saving lives in emergencies, campaigning for children's rights, and improving their futures through long-term development work.

Women's National Commission

As the only official, national body working on women's equality, Women's National Commission has a special role to fulfill and an important remit within the equality machinery in the UK. Their independent voice, bringing the informed voice of women to government,Êespecially women whoÊmay not be represented by mainstream organisations, is unique.

New Internationalist

With over 30 years of publishing under its belt, and more than 55,000 subscribers worldwide, the New Internationalist is renowned for its radical, campaigning stance on a range of world issues, from the cynical marketing of babymilk in the Majority World to human rights in Burma.

ActionAid

ActionAid tackles the effects of poverty. They also change what keeps people poor. ActionAid improves people's lives every day. But they know that's not enough. So they work relentlessly to change whatever is keeping them trapped in poverty. This means they have a better chance of ending poverty for good.

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