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Shared Hope International Is Saving Children Worldwide

For four long years, Stephanie was known only by the name her trafficker gave her when he enslaved her at age 13. Her trafficker beat her and continually manipulated her emotionally. He constantly warned that he would enslave her 10-year-old sister unless Stephanie kept the customers satisfied. Her story is, in many ways, sadly typical: the […]

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Women Connect4Good Working For Parity

On December 20, 262 women (and men) came together to effectively change the world. That was the day that Women Connect4Good Inc. partnered with Take The Lead Women in an exciting and monumental 24-hour crowdfunding campaign to support them in their effort to propel women to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across

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Shelter and Support for Expectant Mothers

For most expectant mothers, pregnancy can be a source of great joy as well as a cause for physical and emotional challenges. Those challenges multiply exponentially for the women who are both pregnant and experiencing the hardship of homelessness. There are approximately 8,000 pregnant women in Los Angeles County seeking shelter and support on any

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Adolescent Girls Hold Power To Create Global Change

By Cheryl Benton, “Because I am a Girl” Private Sector Development Committee Here are some sobering facts about girls in the developing world: 65 million girls are NOT in school 41,000 girls are forced into early marriages EVERY DAY Childbirth is the leading cause of deaths for girls between 15-19 Being young and female in

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Women Helping Women Through Philanthropy

Women philanthropists are driving the ever-growing number of advocacy and charitable organizations seeking to advance the well-being of women and girls. The Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at Indiana University-Purdue University has found consistently that women and men give differently. In almost every income bracket, women give more than men: baby-boomer and older women gave 89%

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One Woman Really Can Make A Difference

I support today’s women-helping-women movements because we create our greatest impact when we work together and support each other. That is how we can transform our lives and the world. I also believe that to truly unleash a woman’s full potential, we have to reach out to young girls and give them the tools they

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Gift to Paris in Support of Freedom

When the people of Paris were attacked on November 13, the world mourned and reached out to them. Messages poured in to support them in both their loss and their determination to maintain their free society in spite of terrorist threat. We the people of the United States are reaching out, too. For the past

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Giving Hope Is Aurea McGarry’s Legacy

Aurea McGarry founded her Live Your Legacy Summits to give people hope that no matter what happened to them they could cope with it and not just survive, but “sur-thrive.” Aurea is living proof of this optimism. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, her father was murdered when she was 15; she had

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Leading Women Co-Author Writes on “Day Of The Girl Child”

Leading Woman co-author Rebecca Tinsley recently wrote in the Huffington Post about Mary, a ten-year-old girl in northern Uganda who was not aware the International Day of the Girl Child was October 11. Mary was not celebrating, she was in fact was being assaulted by a man who held her against her will for three

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Social-Profit Name Is More Accurate Than Not-for-Profit

Let’s Stop Calling Them Not-for-Profit Organizations The term “not-for-profit” suggests financial gain is the only worthwhile value. I much prefer to describe our important community groups as “social-profit organizations.” I believe these vital groups provide our path to changing the world. Think about the many social profit organizations that help our communities each day: The

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