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In 2012, Women in the World expanded outside of the U.S. with a summit held in São Paulo, Brazil. Between 2012 and 2019 Women in the World summits and salons were held in New Delhi, Toronto, London and Dubai, as well as Washington DC, San Antonio, Dallas, Los Angeles and Miami. [1] The Women in the World summits ended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Women in Parliaments Global Forum – in support of women parliamentarians; Women in the World Foundation; Women's Commission For Refugee Women and Children – Seeks to defend rights of refugee women, youth and children (organized 1989) Women's Environment & Development Organization – Advocates women’s equality in global policy (created 1990)
Robert Bosch Foundation Germany: Stuttgart: $6 billion €5.3 billion 1964 [35] 35 Children's Investment Fund Foundation United Kingdom: London: $5.9 billion £5.2 billion 2002 [36] 36 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation United States: Westlake Village, California: $5.9 billion 1944 [37] 37 Nemours Foundation United States: Jacksonville: $4.6 billion ...
"Her superlative compassion and conviction," according to Women in the World Foundation, "combined with her intelligence and charisma, have carried her from teenage motherhood in West Texas to a thirty-year career with the reproductive health provider and advocacy group Planned Parenthood Federation of America."
The Global Fund for Women is a non-profit foundation funding women's human rights initiatives. It was founded in 1987 by New Zealander Anne Firth Murray, and co-founded by Frances Kissling and Laura Lederer to fund women's initiatives around the world. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF), formerly known as Women in Europe for a Common Future, is a non-governmental organization created in 1994 following the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The aim of the organization is to "achieve an equitable and sustainable healthy environment for all". [ 1 ]
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Glamour magazine later named her and her two daughters among its 2010 "Women of the Year". [15] Two years later, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. [16] She also received the Women of Impact Award from the WITW Foundation, [13] BET's Social Humanitarian Award, [17] and the John Jay Medal for Justice. [18]