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folk art festival blog

AWIU Board Meeting 2018

Inviting AWIU Members To AWIU Board Meeting on July 13 at 9AM, Hotel Santa Fe Attend The AWIU Board Meeting As Well As Enjoy The 15th Annual International Folk Art...
2018 AWIU Grant Recipients

2018 AWIU Grant Recipients

In 2018, AWIU awarded grants to over 15 organizations worldwide and the International Women of Courage 2018 U.S. Secretary Of State’s International Women of Courage Roya Sadat, Afghanistan Aura Elena...
iwoc roses blog

We Need to Tell Our Stories: The 2018 International Women of Courage Celebration

“Together, we need to speak up,” Roya Sadat, a filmmaker, founder of the Afghanistan International Women’s Film Festival and 2018 Secretary of State’s International Woman of Courage Awardee, told the...
deloitte blog

Deloitte is the Presenting Sponsor of International Women of Courage Celebration for 8th Year

On March 29, 2018, American Women for International Understanding (AWIU) will host the 11th International Women of Courage Celebration in Los Angeles in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State...
ana rold blog

AWIU Announces Diplomatic Courier’s Ana Rold as 2018 Internationalism Award Honoree

The American Women for International Understanding is honored to announce that the 2018 Internationalism Award recipient is Ana C. Rold, the founder and publisher of Diplomatic Courier, a global affairs...
marsha niazmand blog

Bernice Behrens Founder’s Award to AWIU Grant Program Chair

AWIU is pleased to announce that the Bernice Behrens Founder’s Award will be presented to Marsha Niazmand at the 2018 International Women in Courage Celebration in Los Angeles. Created in...
hands globe blog

International Career Opportunities

Join us for a time of Conversation, Networking, Q&A and Youth international experiences stories by Ariel Sweet, Co-Founder of Aliah Sweet Fragile Hearts Foundation and Kris Grimes, Systems Specialists, Orbasis Solutions, Inc. This is a special event...
lisa ling blog

Journalist Lisa Ling named Honorary Chair for the International Women of Courage Celebration 2018

American Women for International Understanding is pleased to announce that our Honorary Chair for the International Women of Courage Celebration 2018 is Lisa Ling, an award-winning journalist, author and advocate...
uganda grant blog

AWIU Announces List of Grant Recipients for 2017

2017 Grant Program Summary AWIU awards grants focused on training and empowering women and girls throughout the globe. Each year individual grants are given to the U.S. Secretary of State’s...
50 book blog

Delegation Book in honor of our 50th Anniversary

The exciting and courageous stories about AWIU’s twenty-first century delegations to such destinations as China, Russia, Libya, Cuba, Myanmar, Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia (shortly after 9/11) were compiled by Chicago...

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