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…
New York, NY – September 7, 2004 – On Friday, September 10th, Virtue Foundation and the United Nations NGO Section/DESA will present the third annual multidisciplinary symposium commemorating the anniversary of September 11 entitled “Healing the World: The Ethical Dimension of Globalization and Interdependence in the Age of Terror,” at the United Nations Trusteeship Council…
By Mandy M. Goodnight Elisha Taylor sat with her son, Carl Taylor III, as he typed on a laptop computer. “I could never have imagined this,” the mother said. “I didn’t have this when I was here.” Taylor’s son is one of the Bolton High School students being issued a computer instead of textbooks this…
Virtue Foundation Louisiana Education Initiative Hosts Digital Teaching Training with McNeese State University and University of California, Berkeley for Cameron and Vermillion Parish Teachers Affected by Rita on July 19-20, 2007 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The conference is designed to provide state-of-the-art digital teaching skills to teachers and other educational stakeholders participating in the Virtue…
Virtue Foundation hosts a Digital Teaching Professional Development Conference in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of New Orleans for teachers in 9 schools districts affected by Katrina and Rita.
UNITED NATIONS – Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson made a guest appearance Wednesday at an awards ceremony promoting women’s achievements and paid tribute to her own female inspirations. The 25-year-old star of “Dreamgirls” spoke of the support of her mother and especially her grandmother before a large crowd at UN headquarters that included teenage girls trying…
NEW YORK, March 7, 2007 — The Virtue Foundation and Avon Products, Inc. announce The Global Summit for a Better Tomorrow, co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNIFEM, and UN-DESA. The Global Summit for a Better Tomorrow is a call to action to address the most important issues facing women today. The Summit was designed to raise global…
BBC News Pakistan’s six-party opposition Islamic alliance is threatening a campaign of countrywide protests over amendments to the country’s strict rape laws. The MMA alliance says its members will resign from national and provincial assemblies after MPs voted that rape should no longer fall under Sharia law. President Pervez Musharraf in a television speech said…
Virtue Foundation Katrina Education Initiative provides 660 Apple notebook computers and Microsoft software licenses to hurricane-affected schools
NEW YORK, New York—September 12, 2006—Virtue Foundation, a public charitable organization and NGO focused on empowering vulnerable women and children worldwide through various education and healthcare initiatives, announced a partnership with Apple Computer yesterday to provide technology-driven education to children affected by Hurricane Katrina. The partnership, which includes a donation of 600 iBook G4 laptop…