Dr. Joan LaRovere speaks at Fast Forward Women’s Innovation Forum about Virtue Foundation, it’s work, and the importance of supporting education for girls, especially in areas of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math).
Virtue Foundation partnered with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to host a discussion on the newly minted book, Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose, written by Ambassador Melanne Verveer and Kim Azzarelli.
Virtue Foundation in partnership with Seneca Women hosts an event in Washington DC with U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and a special tribute to Justice O’Connor.
As part of it’s ongoing partnership with the Avon Global center for Women and Justice, Virtue Foundation co-sponsored the 2015 Avon Global Center’s Fifth Annual Women and Justice Conference in Washington, DC.
Representatives from the Virtue Foundation participated in a discussion on Partnerships for Good at Davos on January 22, 2015. Dr. Ebby Elahi, VF Director of Global Health and International Programming, presented the significant progress on the VF Data Mapping Initiative and had the opportunity to share the latest iteration of the mapping project to a panel of global development leaders, including Muhammad Yunus.
On Friday, November 7th, 2014, the Virtue Foundation Ghana Team will again share their experiences from last year’s Women’s Health Mission to Ghana at LKH Wolfsberg Hospital in Austria.
Between December 10th and 12th, 2013, the Virtue Foundation co-sponsored the 2013 Women in Justice Conference, State Responsibility for Eliminating violence Against Women: The Due Diligence Principle and the Role of Judges. Led by the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School, this conference brought together more than 30 judges from…
Virtue Foundation honors the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer at our annual fundraiser. A long-time champion for women’s empowerment, Verveer is an innovative thought leader working tirelessly for gender equality and women and girls’ rights globally.
Virtue Foundation Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in Ghana sponsors Ghanaian nurses attending London’s Commonwealth Nurses’ Conference to improve healthcare delivery in Ghana. In line with its mission and goals to invest in local women leaders, build capacity and train local professionals toward improving health, education and the advancement of communities, Virtue Foundation Institute for…
Virtue Foundation hosts evening with Plácido Domingo and Monica Yunus at Lincoln Center and co-hosts 2012 Senior Roundtable on Women and the Judiciary at Fordham Law School in New York, NY. In celebration of International Women’s Day and as a kickoff to the 2012 Senior Roundtable on Women and the Judiciary, Virtue Foundation hosted a…