Our Partners
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Women for Women International would like to thank our Corporate Partners who have generously provided financial or in-kind investments. Because of their commitments to the global women's movement, today we are able to serve more than 40,000 women in eight countries around the globe. Their continued support will allow us to serve even more women and help drive social change to create sustainable civil societies.
Click on each logo below to learn more about our wonderful partnerships.
Elite Partners
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Bloomberg Philanthropies has given over $15 million to improve the lives and livelihoods of more than half a million women, men and children by directly serving 103,000 women survivors of war in a comprehensive program of rights education and vocational and business skills training that will enable them to raise themselves, their families and communities out of poverty.
Learn more about The Bloomberg Foundation's support of WfWI ›
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative
10,000 Women is a five-year, global initiative to drive economic growth and opportunity by providing 10,000 underserved women with a business and management education. The program is founded on research conducted by Goldman Sachs, the World Bank and others which suggests that such an investment can help to create jobs and generate revenue growth, and that investments in women can have a multiplier effect that extends beyond the individual beneficiaries to their families and their broader communities.
Since its launch in March 2008, 10,000 Women has become active in 22 countries including Afghanistan, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Rwanda and the United States. The program is coordinated at the local level by a network of more than 70 academic and nonprofit partners, including Women for Women International. Women for Women International and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women have partnered together since 2008 to empower women as business owners and entrepreneurs in the countries where Women for Women International works.
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Leadership Partners
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Starting in 2005, kate spade new york and Women for Women International have been working together to promote micro-enterprises for women in the still-recovering communities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through hand in hand, an ongoing product development partnership, Women for Women International provides training in knitting for the women, with creative direction from kate spade new york. In 2010, kate spade new york and Women for Women International expanded the partnership to Kosovo, Rwanda and Afghanistan, providing women in these countries with year-round job opportunities.
Learn about our kate spade new york Hand In Hand Partnership ›
Google has always been committed to diversity and gender issues. On the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, Google has collaborated with Women for Women International on their Join me on the Bridge campaign by providing exciting, interactive web-based technologies to participants. Thousands of men and women around the world were able to register for bridge events, check in upon arrival, and share videos and photos afterwards. Those who couldn't attend in person were able to support events online via Street View in Google Maps, forming a truly global online community of support.
Sharon Davis Design Studio
Sharon Davis Design embraces the professional ideal of positively changing the way people live, both globally and locally, through multidisciplinary rigor and compassionate empathy for the Earth and humankind. Thanks to the generous gifts of financial support and in-kind architectural design from Sharon Davis Design, Women for Women International is on track to open its first two Women's Opportunity Centers beginning in 2011 in Kosovo and Rwanda.
These projects integrate Women for Women International's programmatic goals with the unique challenges of building centers to train women in Kosovo and rural Rwanda. Sharon Davis' studio's design is generated by the immediate reality of real-life issues. In Rwanda, they have integrated their design with the WfWI's mission by introducing brick-making as a job training skill and using these bricks as a key building material. Innovative design also addressed both water and cooking fuel shortages in ways that can be incorporated into the education.
The project was structured and financed in a manner that included the support of the Rwandan government, private individuals and a network of consultants recruited by their studio to donate their time and expertise.
Mission Partners
Andaz
Andaz and Women for Women International are proud to announce a new initiative rooted in Hyatt's corporate responsibility platform, Hyatt Thrive, which focuses on helping associates, their families, and neighbors in local communities thrive through economic development and investment, as well as education and personal advancement.
This joint effort will include skills training and income for Iraqi women who will produce special laundry bags for all guestrooms at Andaz hotels around the world - a welcome addition to the other handcrafted products from emerging artisans featured at Andaz hotels.
Additionally, each Andaz hotel will sponsor women through the Women for Women International Life Skills Training Program.
Salesforce.com
In an ongoing technology partnership, Salesforce. will provide technology tools and resources to help our program offices function more efficiently at a much lower cost. Salesforce.com employees will work as volunteer IT consultants and will also have the opportunity to connect to the global women’s movement through our corporate sponsorship program. Sponsorship of a sister in one of our program will be offered to all 3,300 employees across the globe.
Barclays Capital
Since 2008, Barclays Capital’s support has been invaluable for women in countries affected by war, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, DRC and Afghanistan where their grants have financed key projects. Staff engagement in the UK has also highlighted Barclays Capital’s commitment to investing in women and to diversity and gender issues and has greatly contributed to raising awareness of Women for Women International in the UK and in Europe at large.
The Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation
The Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation works to increase the impact of non-profits globally by contributing its human capital management software and business consulting services to organizations that focus on education, workforce development and disaster relief. The Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation is pleased to have selected WFW as a 2010 Strategic Partner and to providing support to this critical organization and the many women they serve around the world.
Supporting Partners
Prosperity Candle is a mission-driven company that seeks to provide women who are rebuilding their lives in regions like Haiti, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Iraq with the opportunity to create independent businesses that enable them to go beyond survival and to truly prosper and thrive. In close partnership with Women for Women International, Prosperity Candle is today working with women graduates of WfWI vocational training programs in Baghdad, Iraq and providing them with the opportunity, resources and tools to earn above a supplementary income by producing high quality pillar candles in the safety of their homes for local and global markets.
Learn about our Prosperity Candle business skills partnership ›
Australia's award-winning Yellingbo Gold Extra Virgin Olive Oil, is hand crafted by father and son on their family olive grove. This premium, single estate oil is now available at chef's wholesale prices online, in environmentally friendly 2 and 4-liter Casks. The innovative Cask keeps the oil sealed from air and light, even when pouring, offering deliciously fresh olive oil on tap for months. The family proudly donates 5% of profits from each sale to Women for Women.
Pangea Organics is proud partner with Women for Women International to provide women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self- sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies. For 2010, Pangea Organics has pledged to donate 5% of profits to Women for Women International to help women move from victims to survivors to active citizens.
SpaceNK apothecary store has partnered with Women for Women International to launch an exclusive perfume, "IN PEACE." 10% of net profits from the sale of each bottle will go directly to Women for Women's sponsorship program which supports women survivors of war to enable them to rebuild their lives.
