MFAN, WTW & AJWS Event - Forging the Path to Effective Development: Getting Gender Policy Right - 3/8/11
From: Jenni Rothenberg [mailto:jrothenberg@modernizingforeignassistance.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 12:55 PM
To: Jenni Rothenberg
Subject: MFAN, WTW & AJWS Event - Forging the Path to Effective Development: Getting Gender Policy Right - 3/8/11
American Jewish World Service, Women Thrive Worldwide and The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network to invite you to An International Women’s Day event: Forging the Path to Effective Development: Getting Gender Policy Right Tuesday, March 8, 2011 8:30a.m.-10:00a.m. Breakfast will be available Reserve Officers Association Building Minuteman Ballroom A One Constitution Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC An event featuring Ruth Messinger and Ritu Sharma, Presidents of American Jewish World Service and Women Thrive Worldwide. Additional speakers will be announced soon. The first government-wide global development policy issued by the President last fall and the State Department’s recently released Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) both commit the United States to consider the unique needs of women and girls, as well as men and boys, in designing U.S. diplomacy and poverty-fighting efforts around the world. When gender is taken into account, foreign assistance can truly reach the people it is intended to benefit—so that both women and men can contribute to the growth and development of their countries. However, without a commitment to gender integration, women are usually the ones left behind; even though research shows that investments in women yield economic, health, and education benefits in lifting families and communities out of poverty.
Join us on International Women's Day as we discuss the importance of taking gender into account when designing truly transformative development and foreign assistance programs. The speakers will focus on how we can make lasting changes in U.S. policy that give women in the developing world a greater voice in setting development priorities and being a more integrated part of their execution on the ground. To RSVP for this event, please e-mail rsvp-dc@ajws.org. |
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Jenni Rothenberg
Outreach Coordinator
MFAN|Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network
425 3rd Street SW | Suite 1200 | Washington, DC 20024
T: 202.688.1107 | C: 610.585.4230
