By Mina Alemzadeh | Associate, Organizational Advancement
On November 20-21 2013, Women Thrive sent a strong message to end violence against women globally. Women Thrive flew in our Haitian partner, Executive Director of Fondasyon Limyè Lavi, Guerda Lexima-Constant so that she could share her story at the Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights” hearing on gender-based violence. This was the highest-level discussion on gender-based violence in the past 3 years, and Women Thrive played a major role in making sure that a grassroots voice was heard. Guerda discussed the importance of working with local community organizations to achieve mission goals such as protection from violence and gender equality.
After the hearing, Guerda was able to speak in more detail with members of Congress, including Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jim McGovern (D-MA) Nita Lowey (D-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL) and Yvette Clark (D-NY) .
You can view the Tom Lantos Commission hearing HERE
And we didn’t stop there. The day after the hearing, Women Thrive organized our first-ever rally to end violence against women. The rally was held outside of the Capitol, as the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) act was reintroduced to Congress on that same day. The rally featured Guerda, MTV’s Girl Code comedian Tanisha Long and Indian human rights activist Ravi Kant. All are strong advocates for ending violence against women.
The rally was a success, bringing out coalition members, congressional staffers and folks passing by. Thank you to all who attended and showed their support for ending violence against women and girls globally.
To learn more about our efforts to end violence against women and the I-VAWA act, click HERE to read an informational summary written by Policy staff member, Christina Hart.
Join us in promoting awareness about this dire issue that affects women all over the world. We must never stop demanding a world where women live free of violence. Now is the time to let our voices be heard, loud and clear!
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