Thursday, September 23, 2010
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A BLOG POST BY STEPHENIE FOSTER On September 16, I attended an exciting day-long forum on closing the gender gap on corporate boards. The forum was hosted by the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and was the brainchild of Susan Ness, a Senior Fellow at the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations [...]
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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A BLOG POST BY STEPHENIE FOSTER I just spent the last week in Accra, attending meetings sponsored by Vital Voices Global Partnership, the Africa Businesswomen’s Network (the ABWN) and the ExxonMobil Foundation. These organizations aim to build and support a network of businesswomen organizations in Africa to expand the number of women succeeding as entrepreneurs [...]
Friday, September 3, 2010
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Guest Blogger – Roshaneh Zafar, Founder and Managing Director Kashf Foundation, Pakistan Dr Yunus once told me that if we wait for the ideal world to happen we will never be able to bring about change. I am beginning to feel that this is exactly what is happening with respect to the response of the [...]
Thursday, September 2, 2010
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By Stephenie Foster Accra, Ghana — Just landed in Accra and went directly to the African Businesswomen Network (ABWN)/Vital Voices meeting focusing on supplier diversity. The 30 women (and one man) attending were just finishing a four day intensive session on how women owned businesses can prepare themselves to make the best business case possible [...]
WOMEN AT THE PEACE TABLE
What: The Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000). First Security Council resolution to specifically address impact of war on women, and women’s contributions to conflict resolution and sustainable peace.
Action to date: Security Council Resolution 1960 (2010). Strengthens reporting & monitoring mechanism of resolutions 1820 and 1888 and reiterates possibility of sanctions against parties committing acts of sexual violence. Affirms that prevention of sexual violence can contribute to international peace and security, and also expresses willingness to take steps to address this violence when considering issues on the Security Council’s agenda.
What’s missing: Hardly any women at the peace table. Please call on your government to implement these resolutions. More to follow.