foreign affairs - Together Women Rise

By Susan Wright, leader of the Together Women Rise CA, Oakland chapter and member of the Together Women Rise Advocacy Group with RESULTS. Susan is also a former Peace Corps volunteer and staff member with USAID.

International assistance accounts for less than 1% of the US federal budget, but it still represents an important proportion of all foreign aid. Over 20% of all US foreign aid supports health and education programs vital for women and girls, whether through global, multi-donor programs or through funding for country-specific activities. US funds provide critical inputs such as medications; training of doctors, educators, and nurses; and development of country-specific educational materials. Without US government support for these broader efforts, the work of grantees funded by Together Women Rise and the ability of women and girls to take advantage of their activities would be severely hampered. Details

Jun 24, 2022

Leslye Heilig, Co-Chair of Together Women Rise Advocacy Group with RESULTS

Together Women Rise

foreign affairs, advocacy, malnutrition, grassroots advocacy, foreign assistance, global fund, global health

Advocacy Update: Your Actions Can Make a Difference!

For many of us, summer is the time to kick back and relax. But, hunger and illness do not take a summer vacation. Details

Jun 29, 2021

Leslye Heilig, Co-Chair of Together Women Rise Advocacy Group with RESULTS

Advocacy

federal budget, foreign affairs, Global Partnership for Education, girls' education, advocacy, grassroots advocacy, foreign assistance, budget

Advocacy Update

June has been an exceptionally busy time for our advocacy group. Many of us attended the RESULTS International Conference held on June 12 and 13, followed by Advocacy Week during which we joined other advocates to meet with congressional offices. You can listen to many of the speakers and workshops from this conference here. In particular, I recommend the session on global education, which included Ziauddin Yousafzai, Malala’s father, and Maryjacob Okwuosa, a Youth Leader for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), from Nigeria. One of my other favorite sessions discussed nutrition and global health equity. Feel free to wander through the recordings as there were many excellent speakers. Details

Oct 26, 2020

Leslye Heilig, Co-Chair of Together Women Rise Advocacy Group with RESULTS

Advocacy, Together Women Rise

advocacy, grassroots advocacy, foreign assistance, coronavirus, covid-19, global pandemic, foreign affairs

Dining for Women Advocacy Update

Advocacy, as I heard recently in a webinar on human migration and child health, is no longer an elective pursuit. It is the positive actions we take to make change. Right now, public health is our priority as the world is facing a once-in-a-generation pandemic. COVID has and will continue to change the world as we know it, and the most marginalized— women and girls—are suffering the most. As the Gates Foundation said recently in its 2020 Goalkeepers Report: “We’ve been set back about 25 years in 25 weeks.” It further states that “What the world does in the next few months matters a great deal.” Details

Together Women Rise

Advocacy

coronavirus, covid-19, results, foreign affairs, advocacy

A DFW Member’s Advocacy Experience

By Tonnie Cummings, member of WA, Vancouver-1

I have been a member of the Vancouver, WA chapter of Dining for Women (DFW) for 10 years. A couple of months ago, I decided I wanted to take a more active role in helping marginalized women and girls. I looked at the DFW Advocacy Chapter webpage, where I learned about DFW’s partnership with RESULTS. RESULTS is a grassroots organization that promotes policies to end global poverty. Their goals dovetail nicely with DFW’s. I participated in the June DFW Advocacy Chapter meeting and a RESULTS orientation call, and then I joined my local RESULTS chapter. My timing was perfect! Details