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IEEW launches new campaign on International Women’s Day

As we celebrate our fourth year at the Institute for Economic Empowerment of IEEW logoWomen, we are proud to unveil our new IEEW campaign on this momentous day of celebrating women around the globe.

“IEEW: I Educate and Empower Women.”

Today is International Women’s Day, and it is a time to reflect on how women have helped change our world for the better. Just think about the number of lives throughout history that women have singlehandedly impacted and inspired. All it takes is the power within one person to help start a chain reaction of change and empowerment. We celebrate the personal engagement of our sponsors, supporters, mentors and volunteers, and we are so grateful for these individuals who create our powerful support system.

"I Educate & Empower Women," Charlene Lake, AT&T sponsor.

"I Educate & Empower Women," Charlene Lake, AT&T sponsor.

With this strong support behind us, we look to the future. It is time to expand our work, and help women not only in war-torn countries, but also here on the U.S. home front.

As we launch our new IEEW campaign, we are also on the cusp of launching our new domestic program. We’re not quite ready to take off, but our domestic pilot project is on the runway, and in April, it will be wheels up.

At A Glance

Imagine back to the days of childhood. As you grabbed your sack lunch to head to school, your parents likely grabbed their suit jacket to head to a place called “work.” You weren’t quite sure what that meant, but, one day you were given a glimpse into a day in the life of your parents when you shadowed your mom or dad at “Take Your Daughter/Son to Work Day.”

In that same spirit of discovery and insight, we at the Institute believe that as U.S. citizens, we should know what goes on at the Capitol — on a state and federal level. Businesswomen, especially, need to know what their legislators do and how it affects their businesses. So, we are kicking off a pilot project that incorporates “Take Your Constituent To Work Day” to propel and participate in the process of public policy education.

We are unlocking a winning combination of education and mentorship for entrepreneurial inner-city high school students, women business owners and Oklahoma state legislators in this project.

This will be a successful way for our government and community leaders, our local businesswomen and our future leaders to declare aloud:

“IEEW: I Educate and Empower Women!”

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"I Educate & Empower Women," Kaethryn Duncan, 2009 mentor.

We hope you are as excited as we are about our new domestic program and about the IEEW campaign, which celebrates the power within one person to help women. We sincerely thank our sponsors, mentors, Northwood partners, volunteers, students and so many more for joining us on our journey so far.

We know that the road ahead can only lead us to more exciting places. So, hold on, we’re about to kick things into the next gear!

“IEEW: I Educate and Empower Women!”

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

"I Educate & Empower Women," Freda Deskin, '08 and '09 mentor.

"I Educate & Empower Women," Freda Deskin, '08 and '09 mentor.

There are many ways you can get involved, and we’ll be outlining the details soon.

For now:

  1. Change your Facebook status to the campaign slogan, “IEEW: I educate and empower women!”
  2. Join our Facebook group.
  3. Follow us on Twitter!
  4. Retweet the slogan!

Help make this movement strong and shout from the virtual rooftops:

“IEEW: I Educate and Empower Women!”

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‘09 Graduate Creates Business Brochure

Farzana Ibrahimi has created a new brochure for her business in Afghanistan, Kandahar Health & Development Organization. Way to go, Farzana!

A glimpse at the brochure for Kandahar Health & Development Organization.

A glimpse at the brochure for Kandahar Health & Development Organization.

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‘09 Graduate Creates Business Brochure

Farzana Ibrahimi has created a new brochure for her business in Afghanistan, Kandahar Health & Development Organization. Way to go, Farzana!

Click here to download Page 1 of brochure
Click here to download Page 2 of brochure

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2009 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS

2009 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS

Welcome to the PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS 2009 information section.
Whether you are just looking, learning, thinking about becoming contributor to the Institute or you are considering applying to become a mentor to our 2009 students, this page contains important facts you’ll want to know!
Women all over the world are embracing the [...]

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Journal Record story on PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS

Peace through business
by Heather Caliendo
The Journal Record August 26, 2009

OKLAHOMA CITY – On a simple bridge in a quiet backyard, a Rwandan and an Oklahoman take a moment to reflect on their journey.

“We have a great relationship,” said Angie Hendricks, president and chief executive of Bentley Hedges Travel Services in Oklahoma City. “But I [...]

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OETA Covers Peace through Business

Lori Rasmussen from OETA’s Oklahoma News Report covers PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS students, Saudah Nalule and Roqia Sajjadi, who mentored in the Oklahoma City area. Click here to learn more about OETA.

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Rezai Shahrbanoo*

Rezai operates the Afghanistan Women & Men Development Organization at Jawzak Village.   AWMDO has been open since September 2008 and is in the business of processing and packaging almonds.  Comparing her operation to that of local processing, Rezai has been able to improve in the areas of  quality control, production control and packaging.
AWMDO employs 24 [...]

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Mariam Yousufi*

After leaving Pakistan, where she was a refugee, Marian traveled to Afghanistan and started a handy craft business under the name Mariam Handy Craft.  She eventually created “Mariama Education and Culture Association” which  trained 370 women in tailoring and literacy.  She now sells the goods made by these women.
* Denotes that student has been selected [...]

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