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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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?
On March 2-4th, 2009, Virtue Foundation Executive Committee Member Kim K. Azzarelli, Vice President, Legal and Public Affairs of Avon Products, Inc., and Dr. Ebby Elahi, Assistant Professor of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Director of Fifth Avenue Associates, participated in the Global Forum for Women and Justice in Washington D.C. hosted by the…