by Stephenie Foster | Dec 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Day 10 (Leaping Lords) gives me an opportunity to highlight Ushers New Look Foundation. I spoke at the New Look Foundation annual conference last year, and it was an impressive group. Usher, who is a global super star, started New Look in 1999, and the foundation has...
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Day 9 (Ladies Dancing) seems right to highlight the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum, which celebrates womens progress toward equalityand explores the evolving role of women and their contributions to societythrough educational programs, tours, exhibits, research and...
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Day 8 (eight maids milking) is an easy choice. Heifer International is well known for its great work with communities to help end hunger and poverty in an environmentally sustainable way. Heifer is best known for its program that allows donors to buy cattle, sheep,...
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Its Day 7 (swans a swimming) and who better to highlight than the Girl Scouts, which does so much to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. The Girl Scouts will be 100 this year, and they are about more than those yummy...
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Day 6 (geese a laying) made me think about the importance of women in business. And, so I am highlighting a global organization that works with both women and men to develop business skills and support advocacy for legal reforms to build a better business climate, the...
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Day 5 (five golden rings) is a great day to highlight the Umoja Uaso Womens Group in Samburu, Kenya. I visited this amazing village several years ago. It was founded in 1990 as a safe women-only environment for women who have left their families because of domestic...
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
For Day 4 (four colly birds or is it calling birds?), I recommend the Women in Public Service Project, launched just today at the U.S. Department of State by Sec. Clinton, accompanied by other women leaders from the IMFs Christine LaGarde to Kosovos President Jahjaga,...
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Day 3 (three French hens) is a tough one, but here is a great organization that lets you give anywhere in the world, GlobalGiving,GlobalGiving is a fundraising web site that gives social entrepreneurs and non-profits anywhere in the world a chance to raise money....
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
For Day 2 of Christmas (two turtle doves), I am recommending an outstanding corporate partner, Pax World. Pax is a leader in smart, responsible investing as well as advocacy for gender equality as an investment criterion and for increasing the representation of women...
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
For the 12 Days of Christmas, I am going to highlight an individual, organization or business that does great work to promote women and girls, whether that is in the political, social or business realm. For the first day of Christmas, (Partridge in a Pear Tree), Id...
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
From Burma to her speech on gay rights, Secretary Clinton has used the power of her office to make human rights a priority both here and around the globe. As a global leader, Secretary Clinton’s actions remind me how important it is to have leaders who are...
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Heres my latest Huffington Post piece, with a focus on how we can all fight trafficking.
by Stephenie Foster | Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Instead of spending Thanksgiving weekend watching the Macys Parade, eating turkey and shopping (my usual Thanksgiving activities), I was in Amsterdam and London for meetings on fighting human trafficking. Human trafficking, or modern day slavery, is an enormous global...
by Stephenie Foster | Nov 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
As we begin this Thanksgiving week, I am struck by how much I have to be thankful for this year. Yes, we live in difficult, uncertain and tension filled times. But, I am thankful for being able to listen to so many others around the world and learn from them. Despite...
by Stephenie Foster | Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook girl isnt a girl, really. Esraa Abdel Fattah is a courageous 33 year old activist who has been a driving force for social change in her country, Egypt. Shes both a pragmatist and an optimist, with an understanding that change is both hard fought and hard won....
