The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women.

Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women

Dr. Terry Neese, Founder / CEO

2709 W. I-44 Service Road, Oklahoma City, OK 73112

405-943-4474

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: April 21, 2009

Contact: Lin Weigel

Office: 405-943-4474

E-mail: [email protected]

OKLAHOMANS LEAVE FOR RWANDA, AFRICA

TO BUILD BUSINESS

(Oklahoma City) The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women’s Peace through Business® program will send a delegation to Rwanda, Africa from May 1^ST returning May 8^TH. The mission for the trip is to educate, empower, and mentor women business owners in Rwanda.

“Building on the Peace through Business ® program last year where fifteen Rwanda women business owners spent four weeks in Oklahoma, the delegation will visit with government officials, spend time educating women business owners on marketing, management, and business basics; and visit many of the businesses involved in the 2008 and 2009 Peace through Business ® program,” said Terry Neese, Founder & CEO of the Institute. “We are proud to send this delegation to work with women in Rwanda. The delegation includes Mary Melon, President and Publisher, Journal Record; Darcie Harris, (EWF International); Martha Parker, (Founder, Parker & Associates and IEEW board member); Desma Coleman (Founder of multiple businesses & IEEW BOARD MEMBER); and Lin Weigel (IEEW, Chief of Staff)”.

The Peace through Business ® program is conducting In-Country educational programs in Rwanda and Afghanistan to 60 women during March and April. Thirty women business owners from Rwanda and Afghanistan will be chosen to travel to the United States to participate in Leadership Development and International Women’s Economic Summit which begins August 10, 2009. The women will be matched with American women business owners for a five day mentoring program prior to departure back to their homelands.

IEEW is a 501(c)3 non-profit public charity dedicated to the economic empowerment of women through education, coaching, and mentorship. IEEW works collaboratively with educational institutions as well as government and private industry to execute our mission.

IEEW partners include Northwood University, Oklahoma Christian University, Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation, T. Boone Pickens Foundation, Paul Singer, AT&T, and many individual women business owners.

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Terry Neese and Lt. Governor Askins

Office of Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins
State of Oklahoma
State Capitol, Suite 211
Oklahoma City, OK 73105

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: April 15, 2009
Contact: Kim Roberts
Office: 405-521-2161
E-mail: [email protected]

Lt. Gov. Jari Askins Receives Personalized Soccer Ball

OKLAHOMA CITY - Lt. Governor Jari Askins was surprised with a unique gift from a woman business owner from Afghanistan. In 2007, Amir Taj Sirat attended an Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW) entrepreneurial business training course entitled Peace through Business®, which brought her to Oklahoma City for a week of mentorship with Oklahoma women business owners. Read the rest of this entry »

Terry Neese is in New York City with Anne Dickerson, Paul Singer Family Foundation. Paul Singer supports the work of the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women’s Peace through Business® program.

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Northwood University, our partner in the education of our students. Known as the school-of-choice for business-minded students of all ages and backgrounds, Northwood University’s management and entrepreneurship focus prepares students to become the future leaders of a global, free-enterprise society. With residential campuses in Florida, Michigan, and Texas; Adult Degree Programs for the working professional located strategically across the country; the DeVos Graduate School of Management; and our International Program Centers in Bahrain, Canada, China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Switzerland, Northwood University offers you the business degree options you need and the college experience you want.

View interviews with Peace through Business® participants, video of 2008 graduates in Rwanda! SBTV is dedicated to SMALL BUSINESS and is a supporter of IEEW. Click Here for the Peace through Business® segment.

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Ziba Seddiqi Peacehrough Business®2008 graduate reports that in addition to her existing florist business, she has expanded and opened a convenience store..

Connecting the US and Afghanistan

Program Overview

* Hosts: Mariam Atash Nawabi
* Length: 23:45
* Original Airdate: Mar 2009

The US-Afghan Women’s Council was formed in 2002 to promote partnership between the women of the two countries and to empower women in Afghanistan through training programs, leadership development, and economic opportunity.Mariam Atash Nawabi leads a discussion with these influential women.

Guests include: Terry Neese, President of the Institute for Economic Empowerment and the Peace Through Business program; Doris Buffett, founder of the Sunshine Lady Foundation and Diana Rowen Rockefeller, founder of Afghan Women leaders Connect.

About the program:

America Abroad Media (AAM) and Tolo TV in Afghanistan present PUL - a weekly public interest program, recorded in the United States for broadcast throughout Afghanistan. This groundbreaking half-hour show will inform a nationwide Afghan audience about critical issues, domestic and foreign, featuring interviews with leading Afghan and American officials and experts, as well as professionals involved in fields ranging from public health to agriculture to arts and entertainment.

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Shakila owns a women’s handicraft resale association west of Kabul City. Shakila provides raw material to women crafters. Shakila uses primarily Hazara people who are expert handicrafts providers. When goods are complete, Shakila resells the product to two shops in Kabul, distributing the proceeds equally.

Shakila has two partners and a total of 35 crafters.

* Denotes a student that traveled to the U.S. and participated in Leadership Development at Northwood University.

Celebrations will be held all over the world this week as we honor women in the workplace, women business owners, women in government, women in the corporate world, and women who stay home and take care of the family.

Last Thursday, March 5, I attended the movie “A Powerful Noise” presented by CARE. It is a story of three women making a difference in Mali, Vietnam, and Bosnia. There are thousands of stories like these where women are helping young girls and boys learn about HIV/Aids, education boys and girls in language skills, or using their voice to demand justice for others. We celebrate all of them this week! Read the rest of this entry »