Focusing on Latin America 101 Tickets Now Available: Speaker Series with Aminatta Forna This Season, Give the Gift of Change Stay Connected to IMOW! Call for Bloggers
Focusing on Latin America 101 An Introduction to Our Latest Project!
Explore Focusing on Latin America! Photo Credit: Paola Gianturco	Our latest project, Focusing on Latin America, explores the economic challenges and successes of women in Latin America in the wake of the global economic meltdown. Here are a few ways to start exploring the project: Read “Growth for Latin America, Gains for Women?” for an overview of the region’s challenges and successes. Watch our introductory video to the project, in English or Spanish! Learn about how you can Take Action to encourage women’s rights and gender equity in Latin America and throughout the world by checking out the Take Action opportunities in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Argentina! The project, as well as the rest of Economica: Women and the Global Economy, is now presented in both English and Spanish! Participate in the exhibition by commenting on and recommending stories, and help us spread the word about Focusing on Latin America by sharing your favorite story on your social networks!
Tickets Now Available: Speaker Series with Aminatta Forna Join Us on January 26 in San Francisco!
Reserve your tickets now for January 26, 2011, when the International Museum of will host acclaimed author Aminatta Forna in San Francisco as part of our Extraordinary Voices, Extraordinary Change Speaker Series.  Aminatta Forna will appear in conversation with IMOW’s Executive Director Clare Winterton. Purchase tickets>> Learn more about the event>> Aminatta Forna was raised in Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom and now divides her time between London and Sierra Leone.  She is the author of several books including her most recent, The Memory of Love. Forna is the daughter of a former Sierra Leonean cabinet minister and dissident, murdered by the state in 1975. In 2003, Forna helped build a primary school in her family's village of Rogbonko. She is a trustee of the Royal Literary Fund, sits on the advisory committee of the Caine Prize for African Writing and is a member of the International Museum of Women’s Global Council.		Aminatta Forna Credit: Simon Westcott
This Season, Give the Gift of Change Your Donation to IMOW Will Travel the World
	“I want to be part of this project because I want to reflect young Sudanese girl’s opinions about what is happening in the world and in the economy. Because it is the first time we have this chance… Sudanese girls’ voices are mute and no one in the world knows what we are thinking.” --Eman Asim Ahmed, 22 Young women like Eman are reaching through IMOW's internet portal to express themselves, share their stories and learn about critical global issues. But IMOW is much more than a forum. It is a catalyst for change. By being a part of the International Museum of Women, you’ve demonstrated your support of women’s creativity and self-expression. You have helped build powerful content and experiences that inspire people to engage in change. Today, you have an opportunity to do even more.  Will you consider making a financial gift that makes a statement?  Will you make a gift that says “I support change!”? This holiday season, spread your passion for social change and women’s rights by making a gift to IMOW in honor of a loved one. Your gift will help build the Elizabeth Colton Global Impact Fund, which fuels IMOW's growth and supports special initiatives.  An IMOW membership also makes a perfect gift for the holidays for friends, co-workers, and family members. For more information, please call Irene at (1) 415-543-4669 x27, or email irene@imow.org.
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Call for Bloggers
	Are you an activist for women’s human rights? Do you keep up-to-date with the latest gender equity issues around the world? Are you interested in women’s art and creativity? And most importantly, do you love to write? The International Museum of Women is looking for bloggers to contribute to the organization’s blog, Her Blueprint! If you’d like to write about arts, ideas, and global women’s rights issues for an innovative social-change museum, apply today! Learn more>>

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