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Deputy Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams engages with women in ICT and broadcasting on empowerment strategies for women in the sector at the Hyatt Regency in Rosebank, Johannesburg. (Photo: GCIS)
Foto's Kirsten van Sant
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Uit de uitnodiging:
Ambassadeurs van het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zijn ieder uur van de dag ergens in de wereld actief voor Nederlanders en Nederland, laten hun stem horen en oefenen invloed uit op internationaal niveau. Zij houden zich bezig met thema’s als veiligheid, duurzaamheid, economische groeikansen en diversiteit & inclusiviteit.
Met dit WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EVENT in het Amsterdamse Pulitzer Hotel slaan we de brug tussen twee werelden; die van vrouwelijke ambassadeurs en die van vrouwen met invloed in de maatschappij en media. We bespreken relevante maatschappelijke thema’s op internationaal niveau met bijbehorende stellingen. Er zijn drie hoofdthema’s en twee sprekers per thema.
Jouw tafelgenoten ondernemen, schrijven, acteren of regisseren en bereiken een publiek dat zij in beweging kunnen brengen. Het zijn vrouwen met een stem die gehoord wordt en waarmee ze effect kunnen bereiken in de media en in hun eigen netwerk. Door onze krachten te bundelen kunnen wij een voorbeeldfunctie innemen en invloed uitoefenen op de nieuwe generatie vrouwen op internationaal niveau.
Education to Empowerment committee held a Wine Tasting Event on July 11th at The Gardens of Woodstock.
The event highlighted the scholarship recipients: Amberley Kowalski of Hebron and Brianna Carli of Woodstock.
May 23, 2013 - Scenes from the Empower Campaign launch party marking the start of the University's $1 billion comprehensive campaign on Thursday night at an event held in the Marino Center that featured inter?ac?give research exhibits and inspiring calls to sup?port the university’s momentum.
Steve Nash Foundation presents the SHOWDOWN in DOWNTOWN photos by RonSombilonGallery.com
Sponsored by Coast Capital Savings and BC Hydro PowerSmart
Showdown in Downtown is a collaboration of sponsors, local non-profits, sports superstars who educate and empower new energy for community action, the Street Festival brings together private and public resources to show off all we can do together.
About the Steve Nash Foundation
About the Foundation
Formed in 2001, given U.S. charitable status in 2004, and Canadian charitable status in 2007, the Steve Nash Foundation is a private foundation dedicated to assisting underserved children in their health, personal development, education and enjoyment of life. Like its NBA MVP founder, the Foundation is fast becoming a leader in assists . . . to a slightly shorter population.
Through our own initiatives, and through grants to public service and nonprofit entities in British Columbia, the Foundation aims to grow health in kids by funding projects that provide direct services to children affected by poverty, illness, abuse, or neglect, and create opportunity for education, health, and empowerment. We love the opportunity to get involved in the good work being done by child-focused ngo’s in our home province.
The Foundation also seeks to afford thoughtful solutions to community needs through our own projects to address critical health and education needs. The Foundation focuses its resources on underserved populations of children in British Columbia, Arizona, and the country of Paraguay. Equipping a neonatal intensive care ward in Asuncion to provide basic necessities for infants and their families, developing an early childhood education center of excellence to bring best practices to young kids that don’t always enjoy that access in Arizona, and uniting civic outreach, corporate and social service organizations to show kids how to get involved in their communities are examples of the daily work of the Foundation’s small but dedicated staff. Stemming from our first ever Steve Nash Foundation Charity Classic, held in Toronto, Ontario, in 2005, the Foundation is also working closely with the City to establish an all-access, all-kids after-school center there to build hope through hoops for kids.
While our work focuses exclusively on child welfare, we believe that corporations must share responsibility for the well-being of our communities. The Foundation employs and encourages environmentally-friendly office practices, and offers grantees assistance in developing their own recycling and energy conservation programs (check out our Green Leaf here). We also like to highlight the important work of other individuals and organizations, using our website links to increase their exposure, and contribute to their efforts. Further, we are proud to be working with young people that excel in their chosen fields, from whom we welcome energetic leadership and fresh voices.
The Steve Nash Foundation. Growing health in kids.
For more info, visit
SteveNash.org/about-the-foundation/
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Burmese refugee youth attending vocational training in Penang. ICMC provides Burmese refugees in Malaysia with transferable skills to empower them within their local community.
© ICMC / Nathalie Perroud
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In the spirit of advancing the crucial role of the private sector to achieve Goal 5 "Gender Equality", UN Women, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP) joined forces to to organize the Annual Women’s Empowerment Principles Forum. The Forum took place in New York on 15 March 2018 and provided a platform for presenting ongoing, successful business initiatives that aim at women’s empowerment, economic inclusion and entrepreneurship globally.
Speakers included:
Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
H.E Mrs. Geraldine Byrne Nason, CSW62 Chair, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations
Ambassador Mara Marinaki, Principal Advisor on Gender and on the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, European Union
Ms. Laura Trevelyan, BBC Anchor/Correspondent
Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
Ms. Lise Kingo, CEO and Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
Ms. Laura Stachel, Co-Founder and Executive Director,We Care Solar
Ms. Michèle Sabban, Honorary President of R20 and President of the Green Fund for Women
Mr. Eduardo Martinez, President, The UPS Foundation and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, UPS
Mr. Scott N. Mitchell, President & CEO, Sumitomo Chemical America
Ms. Katherine Lucey, Founder and CEO, Solar Sister
Ms. Luz Maria Jaramillo, President, Pavimentos Colombia
Ms. Joanne Farrell, Managing Director, Rio Tinto
Keynote Remarks
Ms. Padma Lakshmi, Author, actress, model, television host, executive producer
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Foto's Kirsten van Sant
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Uit de uitnodiging:
Ambassadeurs van het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zijn ieder uur van de dag ergens in de wereld actief voor Nederlanders en Nederland, laten hun stem horen en oefenen invloed uit op internationaal niveau. Zij houden zich bezig met thema’s als veiligheid, duurzaamheid, economische groeikansen en diversiteit & inclusiviteit.
Met dit WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EVENT in het Amsterdamse Pulitzer Hotel slaan we de brug tussen twee werelden; die van vrouwelijke ambassadeurs en die van vrouwen met invloed in de maatschappij en media. We bespreken relevante maatschappelijke thema’s op internationaal niveau met bijbehorende stellingen. Er zijn drie hoofdthema’s en twee sprekers per thema.
Jouw tafelgenoten ondernemen, schrijven, acteren of regisseren en bereiken een publiek dat zij in beweging kunnen brengen. Het zijn vrouwen met een stem die gehoord wordt en waarmee ze effect kunnen bereiken in de media en in hun eigen netwerk. Door onze krachten te bundelen kunnen wij een voorbeeldfunctie innemen en invloed uitoefenen op de nieuwe generatie vrouwen op internationaal niveau.
I took this all on my day off, I just wandered around the city looking for places to take pictures of things and stuff and wandered into some friends who were hanging out at a pub where the big booty bartender was having a birthday party. Her friends made her dress up...it was the best birthday ever.
"A man can’t plow a field by turning it over in his mind."
- old Welsh saying
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"A man can’t plow a field just by thinking about it, he must go out to the field and get to work. Yet if he is fully present to the work and acts with mindfulness and loving attention — that is, if he brings his whole self along — then even as he turns over the rich soil beneath his plow, he turns it over in his mind and heart as well. The act of tilling the soil becomes an act of tilling the soul."
- from "Turning the Soil of Soul: Ritual as Celebration"
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At first, I only wanted to find some small thing that represented the meaning of "devotion" in my life. Devotion gives me a sense of empowerment, a sense of connection and gratitude that keeps me going. But then I asked myself: what is it that empowers my devotion? What helps me to "do devotion better"?
Just yesterday, I finished a piece on ritual as celebration that has gone up over on the Patheos CUUPS blog, Nature's Path. In my life, learning and curiosity empower my acts of devotion. Knowledge shapes my practice as a I search and research for those threads that weave us into the world.
My Word of the Day altar is set up on the windowsill next to my desk, and there on my desk was a perfect example: Catherine Bell's Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions. When we see the diversity available to us, we're empowered to explore beyond the simple forms that we've inherited by default.
#UULent #empower #devotion #meditation #spirituality #ritual
Foto's Kirsten van Sant
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Uit de uitnodiging:
Ambassadeurs van het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zijn ieder uur van de dag ergens in de wereld actief voor Nederlanders en Nederland, laten hun stem horen en oefenen invloed uit op internationaal niveau. Zij houden zich bezig met thema’s als veiligheid, duurzaamheid, economische groeikansen en diversiteit & inclusiviteit.
Met dit WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EVENT in het Amsterdamse Pulitzer Hotel slaan we de brug tussen twee werelden; die van vrouwelijke ambassadeurs en die van vrouwen met invloed in de maatschappij en media. We bespreken relevante maatschappelijke thema’s op internationaal niveau met bijbehorende stellingen. Er zijn drie hoofdthema’s en twee sprekers per thema.
Jouw tafelgenoten ondernemen, schrijven, acteren of regisseren en bereiken een publiek dat zij in beweging kunnen brengen. Het zijn vrouwen met een stem die gehoord wordt en waarmee ze effect kunnen bereiken in de media en in hun eigen netwerk. Door onze krachten te bundelen kunnen wij een voorbeeldfunctie innemen en invloed uitoefenen op de nieuwe generatie vrouwen op internationaal niveau.
Mission to Cambodia: Beneficiaries of the EmPower project in Cambodia, 17-19 October 2022
Photo: UN Women/Ploy Phutpheng
Foto's Kirsten van Sant
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Uit de uitnodiging:
Ambassadeurs van het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zijn ieder uur van de dag ergens in de wereld actief voor Nederlanders en Nederland, laten hun stem horen en oefenen invloed uit op internationaal niveau. Zij houden zich bezig met thema’s als veiligheid, duurzaamheid, economische groeikansen en diversiteit & inclusiviteit.
Met dit WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EVENT in het Amsterdamse Pulitzer Hotel slaan we de brug tussen twee werelden; die van vrouwelijke ambassadeurs en die van vrouwen met invloed in de maatschappij en media. We bespreken relevante maatschappelijke thema’s op internationaal niveau met bijbehorende stellingen. Er zijn drie hoofdthema’s en twee sprekers per thema.
Jouw tafelgenoten ondernemen, schrijven, acteren of regisseren en bereiken een publiek dat zij in beweging kunnen brengen. Het zijn vrouwen met een stem die gehoord wordt en waarmee ze effect kunnen bereiken in de media en in hun eigen netwerk. Door onze krachten te bundelen kunnen wij een voorbeeldfunctie innemen en invloed uitoefenen op de nieuwe generatie vrouwen op internationaal niveau.
Foto's Kirsten van Sant
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Uit de uitnodiging:
Ambassadeurs van het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zijn ieder uur van de dag ergens in de wereld actief voor Nederlanders en Nederland, laten hun stem horen en oefenen invloed uit op internationaal niveau. Zij houden zich bezig met thema’s als veiligheid, duurzaamheid, economische groeikansen en diversiteit & inclusiviteit.
Met dit WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EVENT in het Amsterdamse Pulitzer Hotel slaan we de brug tussen twee werelden; die van vrouwelijke ambassadeurs en die van vrouwen met invloed in de maatschappij en media. We bespreken relevante maatschappelijke thema’s op internationaal niveau met bijbehorende stellingen. Er zijn drie hoofdthema’s en twee sprekers per thema.
Jouw tafelgenoten ondernemen, schrijven, acteren of regisseren en bereiken een publiek dat zij in beweging kunnen brengen. Het zijn vrouwen met een stem die gehoord wordt en waarmee ze effect kunnen bereiken in de media en in hun eigen netwerk. Door onze krachten te bundelen kunnen wij een voorbeeldfunctie innemen en invloed uitoefenen op de nieuwe generatie vrouwen op internationaal niveau.
The Empowered Woman,
she moves through the world
with a sense of confidence and grace.
Her once reckless spirit
now tempered by wisdom.
Quietly, yet firmly, she speaks
her truth without doubt
or hesitation
and the life she leads is
of her own creation.
She now understands
what it means to live and let live.
How much to ask for herself
and how much to give.
She has a strong,
yet generous heart
and the inner beauty
she emanates truly sets her apart.
Like the mythical Phoenix,
she has risen from the ashes
and soared to a new plane of existence,
unfettered by the things
that once posed
such resistance.
Her senses now heightened,
she sees everything so clearly.
She hears the wind rustling
through the trees;
beckoning her to live the dreams
she holds so dearly.
She feels the softness of her hands
and muses at the strength
that they possess.
Her needs and desires
she has learned to express.
She has tasted the bitter and savored
the sweet fruits of life,
overcome adversity and pushed past heartache and strife.
And the one thing she never understood, she now knows to be true,
it all begins and ends with you.....Sonny Carroll poem
Phulme Majhi, a firebrand tribal leader in the Kalahandi district of Odisha has been leading a movement for rights and dignity. Starting from the anti mining Niyamgiri movement to the innovative ideas of running a full fledged organisation, Phulme's journey is worth every bit. She is among the organisations being supported by Oxfam India, Centre for Social Equity and Praxis Institute for Participatory Practices under the project 'By the People' supported by the European Union www.oxfamindia.org/programdetails/4/gender-justice
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The Abuse of Power
Quite a few years ago electricity supply was deregulated in the state of my residence. Energy deregulation means electricity competition. It used to be that there were only a few energy providers. These companies held a monopoly, as well as a lock on your pocket book. They could charge whatever they wanted and jacked up the rates during the summer, as well as in the winter, when it is needed the most. In many cases electricity producing plants used fossil fuels, and there was little or no choice about using clean energy, such as from wind farms or solar grids. Now this has all changed. With deregulation, the energy companies compete for your business. Newer companies, ones that use alternative sources to make electricity, now have the ability to offer cleaner forms of electricity. This means that you don't have to be stuck with a company that has high rates, or that uses fossil fuels in the production of electricity. Now you can pick your company, one that has the lowest rates. It also means that there are more companies available. You now have a better choice in determining where this energy comes from. You no longer have to put up with companies that change their rates every few months, customer service that is poor or non-existent, and you can stand up for cleaner, renewable electricity. For myself, it meant a lower electric bill. For a period of time i just kept the same company that had supplied me previous, as there wern't yet that many new companies around to choose from. But as the years passed more companies started making their way into the supplier marketplace. About five years ago i did an active search and found this new supplier that was offering a considerable cut in the price of electricity compared to the company i was then receiving it from. They made it easy to switch, and i did. Until about two weeks ago, i was quite naively happy with the electricity they were supplying to me. Over the time period that i was receiving electricity from them they slowly crept their price up to the point that they were higher than most other suppliers. Being occupied with many other aspects of life i never really gave it any mind. About two weeks ago they sent me a letter in the mail thanking me for being such a loyal, valued customer. Great. Thanks for thanking me! Then i read a little further on. Effective with your February 2013 bill your new electricity price will be $0.0892 per kWh, is what it said. It went on... No action is required on your part if you wish to continue your service with us. How convenient. Not really knowing what the going rate of electricity was i did some research. Turns out they were presently charging me $0.0829 per kWh. This was already higher than most other suppliers and they were raising it more. Hmmm. After some more research i found a company that was charging $0.069 per kWh. That doesn't seem like a big difference but for me it equates to about $300 a year in my pocket. So i switched. The past couple of days my home phone has been ringing off the hook. Typically i don't answer the home phone because nine times out of ten it's not somebody i care to talk to. There's no answering machine so i just let it ring. If somebody i know is going to be calling i'll answer it. In addition, my cell phone has voice mail and the number is pretty much only known by those whom i want to know it. Yesterday evening i was expecting a call from someone and when the home phone rang, i answered it. Turns out it was the company which i had just switched from for my electricity supply. The person stated that they had recieved notice that i was switching to another supplier and was wondering if i knew that. Hunnnnnh? Yes, i stated. My thinking was the next question would be, "Could you tell us why?" But it wasn't. They apparently knew why. The next statement was, "Well we are prepared to offer you $0.079 per kWh, if you stay with us. How does that sound to you?" The next sound they heard was click. You've been overcharging me for about three years, send me a letter telling me you are going to overcharge me even more. When i wake up and find another supplier you are now going to offer a lower price? Hah! Talk about the abuse of power. My electric bill runs about $1200 a year. That's $1200 that won't be going to them. Big deal right? But if ten customers switched...
May 23, 2013 - Scenes from the Empower Campaign launch party marking the start of the University's $1 billion comprehensive campaign on Thursday night at an event held in the Marino Center that featured inter?ac?give research exhibits and inspiring calls to sup?port the university’s momentum.