On March 29th, First Lady Melania Trump and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon presented the 2017 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award to a group of extraordinary women from around the world on March 29 at the State Department. “It was be […]
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First Lady Melania Trump and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon Honor 13 Women of Courage at the 2017 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award. Play Video
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The American Women for International Understanding is honored to announce that the 2017 Internationalism Award recipient is Anita DeFrantz, an Olympian and member of the International Olympic Committee who is an advocate for equality and opportunity for women through sports, both in the United States and across the globe. The AWIU
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Awiu In Collaboration With U.S. Department of State Presents 3rd Annual Symposium on Career Opportunities for International Relations American Women for International Understanding (AWIU) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) will present its 3rd Annual AWIU Career Opportunities for International Relations (COIR) Symposium on April 19, 2017
The prominent African American Scientist, Inventor, and Botanist George Washington Carver once said, ‘Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” Joyce Nkausu, the Grocer had a vision to start her own business. She opened a Cantemba (Grocery Store) in Kanakantepa. With initial funding from the Los Angeles-Lusaka Sister
Mellody Hobson is president of Ariel Investments. Headquartered in Chicago, the firm offers six no-load mutual funds for individual investors and defined contribution plans as well as separately managed accounts for institutions and high net worth individuals. As president, Mellody is responsible for firm-wide management and strategic planning, overseeing all
AWIU Provides A Grant To HVWA To Help Create Self Employment To Underprivileged Women Through Tailoring Program Through AWIU’s grant, HVWA identified disadvantaged women and girls in Amalapuram, and its surrounding villages of East Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India and surveyed in these villages to create
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AWIU Grant Report From Shuru Calcutta, A Sister Organization Of Hope In Life Foundation and Flight To Harmony Foundation Purpose of project: Empowerment of women and children inside correctional homes via art therapy because everyone deserves a second chance! Typically all day Art Workshops not only enable inmates to release
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Piggery Project Training Report Introduction: Mitooma Women’s Dignity foundation (MIWODIF) received funding from American Women For International Understanding (AWIU) to support Mitooma Women’s Dignity Foundation piggery project. The management of MIWODIF has started conducting piggery farming training for its beneficiaries. The training was officiated by the town clerk Mitooma town
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AWIU provided a grant to Melel Xojobal for a project that will help obtain birth certificates for children from birth to seventeen who were born in small villages of Chiapas, Mexico. Young girls cannot qualify for basic rights, such as school registration without a birth certificate but most are from
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