Donor Direct Action’s New Website Launch

Donor Direct Action’s New Website Launch

Donor Direct Action's New Website Launch Dear friend, Today is Human Rights Day, and I want to invite you to celebrate it with me by exploring the new website of Donor Direct Action and learning more about this visionary organization that is working around the...
Donor Direct Action’s Official Launch

Donor Direct Action’s Official Launch

Donor Direct Action’s official launch, featuring Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Lynn Nottage and Robin Morgan, took place on March 9th at the Ford Foundation in New York City, hosted by director Jessica Neuwirth, DDA’s steering committee members, and artists Kate Whoriskey and Daniel...
Dr. Denis Mukwege wins Nobel Peace Prize

Dr. Denis Mukwege wins Nobel Peace Prize

I am so delighted to share the news with you that Dr. Denis Mukwege, Medical Director of Panzi Hospital in the Congo, has won the Nobel Peace Prize, together with Nadia Murad, a Yazidi survivor/activist from Iraq.  Both of these newly awarded Nobel...

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Celebrating Girls!

Oct 11, 2018
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Thanks to you we have been able to do more than ever before to help our partners change the lives of thousands of girls around…

Dr. Denis Mukwege wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 5, 2018
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I am so delighted to share the news with you that Dr. Denis Mukwege, Medical Director of Panzi Hospital in the Congo, has won the…

25,000 reported rapes in Peru – introducing Manuela Ramos

Oct 2, 2018
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Peru has one of the highest rates of reported rape in Latin America. According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office three rapes are reported every single…

Purchase Tickets to Gloria: A Life, Benefit

Sep 19, 2018

Purchase Tickets to Gloria: A Life Benefit

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Third Somali girl dies after FGM in less than a week

Sep 18, 2018
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Third Somali girl dies after FGM in less than a week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, September 18th 2018 Suheyra Qorane Farah and her sister Zamzam underwent…

TNI helps Kenyan girls break the cycle of FGM

Sep 11, 2018
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A few weeks ago 78 Kenyan girls were protected from undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM). This was thanks to front line activist Agnes Pareyio and…

Embrace Dignity Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge

Help freedom fighter Nozizwe end the sex trade

Aug 12, 2018
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Help freedom fighter Nozizwe end the sex trade Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge has dedicated her life to the freedom of others. Raised by a single mother, she grew…

Nine-year-old child bride reportedly killed by husband in Afghanistan

Aug 1, 2018
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An Afghan man has been accused of strangling to death a nine-year-old girl who was forcibly given to him by her family as a child…

Congolese Activist Addresses UN Security Council on Path To Peace

Jul 31, 2018
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Although it has been proven time and time again that peace building is more sustainable when women are actively involved, in practice this has rarely…

Speech by Justine Masika Bihamba to UN Security Council, July 26th 2018

Jul 31, 2018
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Speech by Justine Masika Bihamba to UN Security Council, July 26th 2018 Mr. President, Excellencies, Good morning. I would like to thank the Swedish ambassador…

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Deeqa, 10, died from FGM – help Galkayo Center save others

Jul 24, 2018
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Deeqa, 10, died from FGM – help Galkayo Center save others A 10-year-old girl, Deeqa Dahir Nuur, bled to death last week after undergoing female…

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Help sex trade survivors end prostitution

Jul 11, 2018
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Help sex trade survivors end prostitution My mother died at the age of 12, leaving me and my two siblings to fend for ourselves in…