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MANY THANKS to the Thanksgiving Fund and the Rubens Family Foundation
WGEP would like to thank longtime supporters The Thanksgiving Fund for their gift of $25,000, and the Rubens Family Foundation for sponsoring our "Circumcision With Words" anti-FGM (female genital mutilation) and alternative rite of passage program.
We
could not do this life-changing work without the generosity of these
organizations, and without our many supporters around the world. THANK
YOU.
 WGEP Executive Director Amy Maglio will be a keynote speaker at Oklahoma City University's "Peace, Poverty and Planet Earth: Exploring Resources for a Sustainable Future" conference on sustainable development on July 12-14, 2010. Sponsored by the Oikos Scholars Program at OCU and the Institute of Cultural Affairs USA, the conference aims to engage
students and society with the most pressing social and ecological
challenges of the 21st century. Amy will be speaking about far-reaching
impact of women in development.
Click here for more information.
WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE! Data tabulated for Executive Director Amy Maglio's trip to the May 17-20 United Nations Girls' Education Initiative global conference show the impact WGEP is having in the communities where we work. In 2009:
Women's Global Senegal Scholar accepted to African Leadership Academy Women's Global congratulates Senegal scholar Maïmouna Diallo, who has just been awarded a place at the prestigious African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa! The African Leadership Academy brings together the most promising 15-18-year-old leaders from all 54 African nations and beyond for an innovative two-year program designed to prepare each student for a lifetime of leadership on the continent. Students are selected to attend the Academy based on merit alone and complete an innovative curriculum with a unique focus on leadership, entrepreneurship, college preparation, and African studies. Maïmouna is currently a student at Sokone High School and is the highest-achieving female student among this year's Sokone applicants. Congratulations, Maïmouna! Learn more about Women's Global Sisters-To-School Senegal Women's Global Senegal Project Coordinator speaks at village roundtable on girls' education Women's Global Senegal Project Coordinator Adji Senghor spoke at a recent village roundtable in Fatick, Sine-Saloum, Senegal, on the importance of educating girls. Adji participated in the round table at the request of the Fatick school inspectorate and spoke to all the village and school leaders. She focused her talk on the importance of encouraging girls to study subjects like science--traditionally seen as the territory of males--as early as kindergarten. "The fact that Adji is being invited by village leaders to speak at events like this shows that our work is making a real difference in changing attitudes on the ground towards girls' education," Women's Global Executive Director Amy Maglio says. Learn more about Women's Global Sisters-To-School Senegal 86 Girls and their Families say "No!" to Female Genital Mutilation  Women's Global congratulates our new Circumcision With Words graduates! This past December 18, 2009, 86 girls from the village of Gatunga in Tharaka, Kenya, graduated from our alternative rite of passage program, saying "No!" to the culturally-entrenched practice of female genital mutilation. The girls were celebrated at the graduation ceremony by family, friends, community members, village leaders, and North Tharaka District Commissioner Yaloo. Mr. Yaloo, the ceremony's guest of honor, commended the girls and their families for refusing circumcision and encouraged them to focus on attaining their educational goals. He talked about how the attitude towards this issue was changing in the community, saying, "It's only through education that girls can become real women." This message was also reinforced by the other speakers: graduate Caroline Kithega, parent Kagwiria John, other village leaders, and Women's Global Kenya Project Coordinator Aniceta Kiriga--as well as by the uplifting, anti-FGM songs and dances performed by the graduates. The graduation ceremony capped a week-long workshop that discussed health and reproductive issues, relationships, gender issues, and self-esteem, and which focused on empowerment. Learn more about Circumcision With Words and our work to fight female genital mutilation in the Tharaka region of Kenya. Women's Global is on ammado.com Women's Global is now part of the international social entrepreneurship online community ammado.com! Based in the United Kingdom, ammado.com connects socially responsible individuals and companies from 130 nations to more than 4,000 nonprofits worldwide. This unique social entrepreneurship online community can accept donations in 30 currencies and is available in a dozen languages (Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, traditional and simplified Chinese). ammado.com seeks to promote social change by empowering people to make a difference. Join Women's Global on ammado.com! IN THE COMMUNITY: Women's Global presents at Dominican University Women's Global Executive Director Amy Maglio will be presenting at Dominican University's "Education and Entrepreneurship in Africa: The Role of Women" conference on Feb. 9. Also presenting is Women's Global Advisory Board Member Julie Stagliano of Heartland International. The conference is hosted by Dominican University's Center for Global Peace Through Commerce and will be held at the Brennan School of Business on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. For more information, click here. Senegal Scholars Shine! End of the year grades are in, and Women’s Global Education Project’s Sisters To School Senegal program finished 2008-2009 with flying colors! • 60 percent of our secondary school scholars and nearly 50 percent of our primary school scholars finished in the TOP FIVE of their class
• The program had a 93 percent retention rate at the end of the year Their
success is especially commendable given the many barriers that stand in the way of academic success for many or our girls. The majority of Women's Global scholars
are the first girls in their families to go to school and can be among
only a handful of girls in their classroom. Their academic success
is a testament to the effectiveness of Sisters To School, the
commitment of their families, and the hard work and dedication of our
girls!
Congratulations, Scholars! Congratulations to the following Women’s Global Senegal scholars who were recognized in their classes for academic achievement! PRIMARY SCHOOL: Sibaly Bathilly, Aminata Dème, Christine Diouf, Dado Cissé,
Mame
Diarra Mbow, Aïssatou Diagne, Fatou Ndong, Aïssatou Cissé, Mame Asta
Sakho, Fatima Dème, Aminata Guèye, Marie Diouf, Adame Diouf, Sadio
Bakhoum, Adja Khady Sall, Marie Mar, Aïssatou Ségnane, Sira Diouf,
Mariama Ngom
SECONDARY SCHOOL: Maïmouna
Diallo, Aïssatou Gaye, Yacine Diallo,Mariama Boye Camara, Mame Léna
Diallo, Fatou Diago Thiam, Fatou Thior, Mame Fama Sy Barro,
Fatou Sarr, Khady Sarr, Oumou Kalsoum Diédhiou, Ndèye Aïda Diallo, Awa Bâ,
Fatma Touré, Fama Fame, Madeleine Sène, Awa Thiam, Fatou Ndiaye, Sadio Guèye,
Fatou Diamé, Aïssatou Mamadou, Fatoumata Barry, Ami Diop
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