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Virtue Foundation collaborates with Cornell Law School’s Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, Jindal Global Law School and others to support Women and Justice Conference, “Gender-Based Violence and Justice in South Asia,” in New Delhi, India.

October 22, 2011June 29, 2014

October 22-23, 2011–New Delhi, India–Virtue Foundation is proud to support and participate in the Second Annual Women and Justice Conference, “Gender-Based Violence and Justice in South Asia,” hosted by the Cornell Law School’s Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, Jindal Global Law School and developed in collaboration with UN Women, Virtue, Kriti Team, the…

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Legal and health professionals issue first comparative study of acid violence against women in Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia

January 27, 2011June 23, 2014

Avon Global Center and Cornell Law Clinic join with New York City Bar Association and Virtue Foundation to recommend concrete steps governments and businesses can take to combat acid violence, a horrific form of violence committed against women in many countries New York, New York. Attackers have thrown acid on the faces and bodies of…

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“Global Center 2010 Women and Justice Conference” brought together over 175 participants from more than a dozen countries

March 23, 2010June 29, 2014

Participants included 30 jurists (including 5 supreme court justices), prominent scholars and distinguished advocates and practitioners. “I found the conference to be one of the most stimulating that I have ever attended. It was enlightening to hear from so many practitioners (judges, lawyers, doctors, etc.) and I was especially inspired by a number of those…

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

March 12, 2010June 29, 2014

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…

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Virtue Foundation Participates in Global Forum for Women & Justice Celebrating International Women’s Day

March 2, 2009June 29, 2014

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…

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Gender-Based Violence and Justice in Conflict and Post-Conflict Areas

February 9, 2009June 23, 2014

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…

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Third World Summit on Millennium Development Goals

May 19, 2008June 29, 2014

Virtue Foundation in partnership with Women Together and the NGO Section/DESA at the United Nations launches the Third World Summit on Millennium Development Goals.

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Reese Witherspoon Backs Bracelet Sales for Women Fund

March 4, 2008June 29, 2014

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…

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A Roundtable Discussion on the Diverse Challenges Facing Women Today & The Search for Solutions

June 14, 2007June 29, 2014

Emmy Award-Winning NBC Correspondent, Sara James & National Geographic/PBS Wildlife Filmmaker, Ginger Mauney, Co–authors of “The Best of Friends: Two Women, Two Continents and One Enduring Friendship”

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Hello Tomorrow Fund

April 26, 2007June 26, 2014

Empower Women Change our World The Virtue Foundation is proud to have both its founding members, Dr. Joseph Salim and Dr. Joan LaRovere, serve on Avon’s Hello Tomorrow Fund panel of prestigious judges, who will award individuals with the most Innovative and compelling Ideas for empowering women and their respective societies with a $5,000 cash…