The Virtue Foundation Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in Ghana Launches the Ghana Jurist in Residence Program in New York, New York and the Ghana Clerkship Program in Accra, Ghana

On April 4, 2011, Ghanaian women circuit court and magistrate court judges began a month-long intensive education and training program on problem-solving courts at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School. As part of the Women Judges in the Pipeline Initiative, the Virtue Foundation Institute for Innovation and Philanthropy in…

Virtue Foundation Provides Emergency Relief Supplies to Survivors of Japan’s Earthquake and Explores Ways to Assist Devastated Coastal Fishing Villages

On Friday March 11, 2011, one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in Japan’s history slammed its eastern coast. The massive 9.0 earthquake triggered a 30-foot tsunami wiping out coastal villages and paralyzing Sendai, a city of one million inhabitants. Compounded by warnings of a looming nuclear disaster, hundreds of thousands of residents of the…

The Role of the Judiciary in Protecting Human Rights & Advancing Justice in Ghana

Virtue Foundation in partnership with the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School, the NYU Africa House, and the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on African Affairs, is pleased to announce a lecture by Ghana’s first woman Supreme Court Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Georgina Theodora Wood. Chief Justice Wood is…

Combating Acid Violence in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India

Launch event: In January 2011, Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School, the Committee on International Human Rights of the New York City Bar Association, the Cornell Law School International Human Rights Clinic and Virtue Foundation released a new report that examines acid attacks in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India. Acid violence…

Virtue Foundation Annual Reception

We are honored that Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be our featured keynote speaker. Justice O’Connor will discuss her activities since retiring from the bench with a special focus on her work with iCivics. We will also introduce the exciting Virtue Foundation/iCivics Citizenship, Philanthropy and Digital Storytelling Initiative. This 21st Century education initiative, which highlights…

Global Center 2010 Women & Justice Conference: Gender-Based Violence & Justice in Conflict & Post-Conflict Areas

In coordination with the Cornell International Law Journal, the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice will bring together judges (from international tribunals and national courts), scholars, policymakers and practitioners to discuss advances and obstacles to securing justice for women and girls in conflict and post-conflict areas. Women and girls are targeted for sexual and…

Virtue Foundation Presents Panel on Obstacles to Sustainable Development

Virtue Foundation will convene a panel of experts in law, medicine, and human rights to identify and discuss current obstacles to sustainable development. While there are many important and well-intentioned efforts being made to improve impoverished regions of the world, what lessons can be drawn from the past that might help accelerate such efforts and render them more effective?

Reese Witherspoon Backs Bracelet Sales for Women Fund
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Reese Witherspoon Backs Bracelet Sales for Women Fund

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Sales of a bracelet will go towards a U.N. fund to combat violence against women under a plan announced on Tuesday by the United Nations, the Avon cosmetics company and movie star Reese Witherspoon. Avon Products Inc., the world’s biggest direct seller of cosmetics, has pledged to match the first $500,000…