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Video: Cherie Blair calls for "less of business as usual"
Watch Cherie's interview Top independent, global members organisation the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) recently filmed an insightful video dialogue with Cherie Blair, where she called for a need to "examine how we do business". Stressing the "quality and skills...
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Women's Voices
Cherie's video for TrustLaw Women's 'What do Women's Rights Mean to you?'
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International Women's Day 2012
March 8th marked International Women's Day and Cherie took part in a series of celebrations this year which began with the Join Me on the Bridge Event on Millennium Bridge, organised jointly by Women for Women International, Google and Equals...
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Join Me on the Bridge Campaign & Women in the World Festival
On 8 March 2012, for International Women's Day, Cherie will be joining the "Join me on the bridge campaign" and the Women in the World Festival at the South Bank.
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Inaugural Meeting of the International Council on Women's Business Leadership
Click here to view Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton's remarks at the Inaugural Meeting of the International Council on Women's Business Leadership...
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Emirati Reporter Amal Al Jabry Interviews Cherie Blair in Dubai
Cherie spoke to Emirates News reporter Amal Al Jabry about the opportunities and challenges facing women in business....
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Seeking True Democracy: The Challenge and Promise of Full Equality for Women
Listen to Cherie at Chatham House on women business owners in developing countries.
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The British Woman on Death Row
View the Channel 4 documentary on the case of Linda Carty, who is awaiting execution in Texas.
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Mentoring Women in Business
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women's Mentoring Women in Business Programme, fostering women led businesses in Africa, Asia and the Middle East through an on-line platform developed in collaboration with Google WIth thanks to Innovation Arts for the awesome animation...
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Cherie Joins a Panel Discussion: "Women at the Top"
Last week in San Francisco Cherie was invited to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference in to join a Panel discussing "Women at the Top: how diverse leadership benefits everyone" moderated by Tina Brown, Editor, The Newsweek Daily Beast...
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Watch Video Footage of Cherie on International Women's Day
On the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day, Cherie and Rachel Kyte, Vice President for Business Advisory Services at the International Finance Corporation, discuss their views on promoting women entrepreneurs and unlocking their business potential in the world....
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Thomson Reuters Foundation Launches Global Centre for Women's Rights
TrustLaw, run by Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the world's leading provider of news and information, Thomson Reuters, is a global centre for free legal assistance, anti-corruption and women's rights news. TrustLaw hope to spread the culture and...
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Amparo Crafts
Amparo Crafts seeks to alleviate poverty in rural areas of Colombia through promoting conservation and fair trade.
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Cherie's Interview with the World at One
In a BBC World at One interview, Cherie spoke to Shaun Ley, a BBC reporter, about women's progress in business. She said the progress of women in business was 'too slow' despite women having more opportunities than when she started...
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The Girl Effect: Watch The Latest Video
"Girls living in poverty are uniquely capable of creating a better future. But when a girl reaches adolescence, she comes to a crossroads. If you want to end poverty and help the developing world, the best thing you can do...
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Because I am a Girl
On the 27 September Cherie gave a keynote speech at the launch of Plan's 2010 'Because I am a Girl' Report. She spoke about the opportunities technology and urbanisation can bring to young women, and pointed out that a report...
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Cherie Meets Women Business Leaders in Oman
I want to prove that a woman can do everything. She can make success by herself, she can prove herself by her own business. I don't need people to help me.
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Campaigning for Widows of the World
By recognising 23 June as International Widows Day, The United Nations would be doing much to amplify the calls for long-overdue action.
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Same Sky: Every Woman, One Dream
Same Sky employs HIV+ women in Rwanda who survived the 1994 Genocide. Instead of a hand out, Same Sky gives these women a hand up and the chance to rebuild their lives.
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Ethiopia's Abducted Wives Rebel
Over the last few decades, Ethiopian women have been fighting against bridal abductions in the kidnapping capital of the world. Nurame Abedo experienced bridal abductions as a young girl, when she was kidnapped, raped and forced into marriage. When she...
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The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
The aim of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is to help women across the world to realise their potential by promoting and supporting their economic independence and empowerment.
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Cherie Blair Endorses Women in Africa
Women with economic security and independence have much greater control over the lives of themselves and their children. It also, importantly, gives women a more influential voice in their communities and wider society to tackle injustice and discrimination.
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Nablus Project Graduation
Cherie Blair's Foundation for Women, in partnership with Tomorrow's Youth Organisation, currently supports women entrepreneurs in Nablus through a project which will enable women to generate income based on their skills, education and motivation to work. On Monday 29 March,...
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The Sun shines on Women Entrepreneurs in Kenya
When Romonah heard about Sunnymoney, she knew she wanted to get involved with her community. Sunny money is SolarAid's micro-enterprise scheme that trains entrepreneurs to sell new solar products to help free themselves from poverty.
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South Korean Ad Highlights How Hard It Is to Be a Working Mother
I may be a good employee, but to my family, I am a failure. In their eyes, I am a bad daughter-in-law, a bad parent, a bad wife and a bad mother. Hwang Myeong-eun
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GSMA and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Publish 'Women & Mobile: A Global Opportunity' Report
This report is the first detailed global study of the nature of women mobile subscribers in low and middle-income countries such as Kenya and India. It underlines the barriers facing women's use of mobile phones and also shows that by extending the benefits of mobile phone ownership to more women, a multitude of social and economic goals can be achieved.
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Saudi women to be allowed to argue cases in court
Saudi Arabia is planning to bring in a new law to allow women lawyers to argue cases in court for the first time. Saudi Arabia's Justice Minister Mohammed al-Issa, who is drafting the law, said it was part of King...
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The AUW Cherie Blair Fellows
Cherie recently visited Bangladesh on a four-day trip, during which she launched the Cherie Blair Fellowships at the Asian University for Women in Chittagong. As a patron of the AUW, she gave Cherie Blair Fellowships to ten outstanding students who...
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Refuge - The Campaign against Domestic Violence
Refuge provides women and children suffering from domestic violence with help, advice, support and a safe house if need be.
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Women are seen to be the major agents for progress in attaining the climate change development goals.
Think of the women who depend directly on the environment for their livelihoods and for the well-being of their families and communities
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Women power comes to Ethiopian banking
By Muluken Yewondwossen Prominent female Ethiopian professionals and entrepreneurs are to found a pioneering Women's Bank that will be fully controlled by women. Last Friday, a founding meeting called by promoters of the new bank held talks about the gender-based...
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The Asian University for Women
The key to success for nations now and in the future will be the ability to harness the talents and potential of all its citizens. And that means women as well as men.
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Women Mean Business Conference
The Women Mean Business conference hosted by the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women will take place in Mumbai on the 11th of December, 20009. The aim is to bring together highly successful professionals from across India to share their knowledge...
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The Girl Effect
'We should have absolute confidence in these girls. It makes absolute sense to invest in them....they're not asking us for our pity. They're just asking for us to enable them to do what they're already doing, but they could do so much better with our help'. Cherie Blair
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The Global Gender Gap Report 2008
The World Economic Forum has published its third annual report on the Global Gender Gap.This fascinating report examines the relative position of women to men in 130 countries.
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The Launch of the World Bank's Adolescent Girls Initiative
On 10th October 2008 a group of remarkable adolescent girls attended the launch of the World's Bank Adolescent Girls Initiative ("AGI") at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington.
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Sex and Power: Who runs Britain
"A snail could crawl the entire length of the Great Wall of China in 212 years, just slightly longer than the 200 years it will take for women to be equally represented in Parliament."
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Mary Fisher Bracelets Project
AIDS-affected women in Africa are earning desperately-needed income by handcrafting beaded bracelets, with training from artist-activist Mary Fisher.
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Educating Girls
If there is one single thing we can do to counter inequality and poverty, it is to ensure that every child across the world, but particularly every girl, gets a good education.
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The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
By accepting the Convention, states commit themselves to undertake a series of measures to end discrimination against women in all forms
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United Nations Women Watch
The UN has created a website called WomenWatch which is a rich source of information about women's Issues around the world, particulary in relation to their rights and to gender parity.
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Cherie's BBC Radio 4 Interview on Woman's Hour
Click here for her BBC Radio 4 Interview on Woman's Hour about her book...
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Innovations in Global Child Healthcare
Four million infants die within a month of birth every year. Ninety eight percent of these infant deaths occur in developing countries
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Al-Fatah School in Afghanistan
Under the Taliban rule, Afghan girls were forbidden to attend school. These days, girls are making up for the lost years.
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Empowering Women Economically
"Helping women to make the most of their economic potential is vital in tackling global poverty and inequality"
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Stop the Trafficking
Many estimates suggest that more than two million people are sold into modern day slavery every year, the vast majority of them women and children...
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World Economic Forum Gender Gap Report
The World Economic Forum Gender Gap Report examines four critical areas of inequality between men and women:
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Because I am a Girl : Plan International's Campaign
Plan UK's Because I am a Girl campaign is tackling the huge issues girls living in poverty around the world face.
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Women for Women International
Women for Women International works to provide women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies.