Fundraising and WLP Program Coordinator at Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work (FSWW) (Turkey)
WLP and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies will present a day-long event examining and re-imagining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the foundation for global security and sustainable development, using conversation, poetry, film, and music.
International experts and young activists will reignite and reorient dialogue on the place of human rights in policy-making, and underscore the integral role of women’s advancement in development of human rights. The program will feature proven models for alleviating poverty, improving health and sanitation, and countering violent extremism, as well as the Washington D.C. premiere of the WLP documentary film: Human Rights: The Unfinished Journey
Zainab Bangura, special representative of the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, gives the Keynote Address at WLP's event, The World We Seek.
L to R: Poets Lissa Piercy and Jamila Reddy listen to Gowri Koneswaran share her poem about life after an armed conflict.
Join Women’s Learning Partnership and the International Development Research Centre to learn about 3 years of research on the link between family laws and violence against women.
Leading up to May 15th, International Day of Families 2019, WLP will hold a Partnership-wide digital awareness campaign including to raise awareness about the need for #GenderEqualityinFamily. Our partners, allies, and followers will be able to engage with our campaign by sharing info-graphic facts about inequality in the family and attending a webinar hosted by WLP staff and partners.
