A short video of me talking about Day 2 by @fhi360

#WDLive: Jane Sloane, Vice President of Programs, Global Fund for Women from FHI 360 on Vimeo.

Tweets from #WD2013 – Thursday May 30th 2013

Final day of the Womens Deliver 2013 conference

Final day of the Womens Deliver 2013 conference

Final day of the Womens Deliver 2013 conference

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Collected my tweets and retweets from #WD2013 – Wednesday May 29th 2013
Day Two of the Womens Deliver 2013 conference in Kuala Lumpur

Collected my tweets and retweets from #WD2013 – Wednesday May 29th 2013
Day Two of the Womens Deliver 2013 conference in Kuala Lumpur

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Economic empowerment is often at the heart of securing women’s and girls’ universal human rights. Speakers will discuss the interventions and partnerships that are making a difference to women’s and girls’ economic security and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and what is needed to accelerate and adapt those interventions to other areas.

MODERATOR: Jane Sloane, Vice President of Programs, Global Fund for Women

Investing in Women’s Economic Sustainability: What Interventions Will Advance Women’s Economic Empowerment, Health and Well-being?… Continue Reading

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An informed and active citizen movement in Australia is what has moved the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) from being a great idea to an almost certain reality.  There’s been a groundswell of support for this insurance for a long time now, with many Australians agitating for action to make it happen.  The promise of a Federal election in the next few months was the Australian community’s ace card to get it across the line.  Every politician, parliamentarian and future Prime Minister wants the popular vote and this legislation will win favor with many Australians.… Continue Reading

Fierce Courage: Muslim Women’s Transformative Activism – Jane Sloane

The changing political landscape over the last year, fueled by an active citizenry, has shown us why the fierce courage of Muslim women is important for them, their countries and for ourselves. The focus of this activism — in opening up options for peacemaking and peace-building, in pursuing the creation of democratic societies that are inclusive — diverse in voice and choice and in embracing a moderate form of Islam – is to secure a global transformation of power as much as a regional or country specific transformation.… Continue Reading

This was what a donor said when speaking about the importance of recognizing the diversity of the philanthropic community in a video presented to us at the recent Women’s Funding Network conference. I thought about how powerful this concept is in many other contexts too.

I see me.

It’s what Stella Cornelius always coached me about when teaching me conflict resolution skills – look for the points of commonality to open up options and dialogue.

If men could more often say ‘I see me’ when they see the struggle of women in their families and communities, they would begin to change the equation for women, for their families and communities, and effectively reduce hunger in the process.… Continue Reading

I was reminded of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s remarks on the Marriage Equality Act – full milk vs. skim milk and thought that the image was apt – a perception by some that there was a full milk feminism for those who ticked the boxes on a number of causes and a skim milk feminism for those who were challenged by some of these causes and campaigns and yet still believed in a rights based approach.  It seemed that if women and men believed in a rights based approach to women claiming and realizing their rights – a right to education, a right to a childhood without early marriage, a right to work, a right to the choice of work, a right to protection from trafficking and abuse and a right to choices about our bodies – then there was room for a variety of views and voices to surface within the realm of feminism.… Continue Reading

stories and solutions

(Stunning) Performance by Michaela Deprince

• Born in Sierra Leone, orphaned by its civil war and adopted by an American family when she was 4 years old
• Began dacing at age of 5 and by 13 attended the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive
• Now a ballerina with the Dance Theatre of Harlem

Co-hosts: The Women I’m Here For (views and voices of women from the ground presented by high profile US women)

• Michelline Kadiriho, Congo presented by Former Ambassador Melanne Verveer – a rape survivor from the Congo where violence and rape continues each moment of the day, impunity reigns and the war against women continues
• Souad, Syria presented by Lauren Bush Lauren, Co-founder, FEED, the violence continues unabated, we’ve lost our homes, we live in camps, “we want our lives back, we want to live in peace”
• Maria Da Penha, Brazil presented by Nizon Guanaes, Chairman, Grupo ABC – “my husband shot me in the back, leaving me paralyzed and he then tried to kill me.
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