June 1, 2022 — Global Fund for Widows Calls for Global Leadership on Widowhood
The Global Fund for Widows (GFW) is pleased to announce its first International Widows Day Event in Washington, D.C.
The event, entitled, “Ending the World’s Silence on Widows: Opportunities for Leadership around the World,” will be held on Tuesday, June 21. During the event, the speakers, comprised of policymakers and gender advocates from around the world, will discuss opportunities to mainstream widows into social policies, human rights reporting, and business practices. Using the UN Sustainable Development Goals as its framework, the event aims to provide concrete and actionable recommendations across sectors in order to address the needs of widows suffering human rights violations and discrimination in certain parts of the world.
The panel will feature:
High Commissioner Callista Mutharika, Former First Lady of Malawi and widow of former President Bingu wa Mutharika.
The Honourable Baindu Dassama, Minister of Social Welfare of Sierra Leone
Karen Fowler, designer and Co-Founder of Pour Les Femmes
Ms. Heather Ibrahim-Leathers, President of the Global Fund for Widows
and feature Mr. Vikas Khanna, Michelin-starred Chef and Global Goodwill Ambassador for Widows.
For more information about the Global Fund for Widows’ June 21 event please visit IntlWidows22.givesmart.com or www.globalfundforwidows.org.
About the Global Fund for Widows:
GLOBAL FUND FOR WIDOWS (GFW) is the world’s largest international non-profit organization dedicated to economically empowering widows and is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in New York City. We dedicate our work to financial inclusion programs for widows in Africa, the Middle East, and India, as well as their children through our financial inclusion programs. Additionally, GFW also advocates on public policy, leveraging its success in the field to mainstream widowhood as a human rights issue at the United Nations and countries of operations.
Our microbanks, otherwise known as WISALAs (Widows’ Savings and Loan Associations), have been extremely well-received by both sovereign governments as well as the women and families whom it supports. To date, we have enrolled over 20,000 widows in our program.
Global Fund for Widows
Marijke Kremin
marijke.kremin@globalfundforwidows.org
