"There is no investment more effective for achieving development goals than educating girls."
--World Bank
"Women's rights is the cause of our time."
--The New York Times
www.womensglobal.org
--World Bank
"Women's rights is the cause of our time."
--The New York Times
www.womensglobal.org
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- 2003
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- NDAJEE! Get Together for Girls...
North Pond Restaurant
Monday, October 19 at 5:30pm
Causes
Recently, the BBC and other news sources have reported on the rising food prices in Kenya to be a growing concern as it becomes increasingly expensive to purchase staples such as maize, milk, and flour...
Women's Global Education Project DECEMBER 1 IS WORLD AIDS DAY. “ Young people who finish primary school are half as likely to become infected with HIV/AIDS as those who did not finish primary school.”--U.N. Joint Program on HIV/AIDS.
Christopher Dunn It's great to hear about your wonderful work!
Women's Global Education Project Thank you, everyone, for your support of our NDAJEE Annual Benefit at North Pond and of Women's Global!
www.womensglobal.org
Aliou Barry Please add me as a friend. Thanks for The work you are doing. The world needs more people like you. Keep on keeping the great work.
Women's Global Education Project
and Executive Director Amy Maglio were featured in today's Chicago Tribune Oak Park/River Forest/Forest Park Triblocal! http://www.triblocal.com/Oak_Park_&_Rive
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When Oak Parker Amy Maglio watched her daughter Gia board the school bus for the first time this fall, she experienced the usual mix of emotions: pride that her child was starting school, nervousness about the new experience, and sadness at letting her baby go. ...
Women's Global Education Project will be on TODAY's (9/24) Chicago Public Radio global affairs show Worldview! Executive Director Amy Maglio will come on towards the end of the show to talk with host Jerome McDonnell about girls' education. Today at NOON on 91.5 FM, Chicago Public Radio
www.chicagopublicradio.org
Women's Global Education Project was cited in today's Chicago Public Radio global affairs show Worldview with host Jerome McDonnell and guests Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn of the New York Times! Kristof and WuDunn were on Worldview to talk about their book, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide."
www.chicagopublicradio.org
Women's Global Education Project
GUEST OF HONOR
JEROME MCDONNELL, host of Chicago Public Radio's global affairs show, Worldview, for his inspiring series on global activism
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
Sénéké West African Percussion Ensemble
SILENT AUCTION
Tickets to the Oprah Winfrey Show, Box Tickets to the Chicago Sinfonietta, Tickets to the Chicago Bulls, Chica...go Wolves, and the Chicago Red Stars, "Chef for a Day" at Chicago's internationally acclaimed molecular gastronomy restaurant, Moto, gift certificates to Chicago restaurants including North Pond, Ina's and Phil Stefani's, African antique wood carving from Primitive gallery, and much more!
ENJOY an open beer/wine bar and selections from James Beard-nominated North Pond Executive Chef Bruce Sherman
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT www.womensglobal.org
SPONSORED BY
The Rubens Family Foundation
HOSTED BY
Lynn Besser, Regina Bowgierd & John Kulczycki, Eileen & Shawn Budde, Nancy Juda & Jens Brasch, Laura Kennedy & Chris Boffey, Norma & Philip Maglio, Adele Simmons, Julie Stagliano, Bill Taylor
"Ndajee" (en-DAH-jeeh) means "get together" in Wolof, one of the national languages of Senegal
Join us to help fight global poverty by educating girls
Time:5:30PM Monday, October 19th
Location:North Pond Restaurant
Women's Global Education Project CHECK OUT the August 23 special edition of The New York Times Magazine, which examines why women's empowerment can help solve many of the world's problems from poverty, to child mortality, to terrorism, and why women's rights is the cause of our time.
www.nytimes.com
Joy El I WOULD LOVE TO BECOME ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT.... I WOULD LOVE TO START A PROJECT IN GHANA...any comments or suggestions
Edevina
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Safietou Kane Great to see WGEP on facebook!
Kendra Park Great to see WGEP here! Keep up the fabulous work.
RECENT ACTIVITY
Women's Global Education Project discussed Women's Global will be on NPR's Worldview 4/21! on the Women's Global Education Project discussion board.
