International Women's Forum

Award winning author, woman's rights activist and 2002 Hall of Fame recipient Isabel Allende wrote her first children's book to help kids talk about bullying. Her inspiration was her three-year-old neighbor Camila and her nine-year-old dog, Perla:

Today in 1960, 2022 Hall of Fame recipient Jane Goodall, first arrived at what would eventually be called Gombe Stram National Park in Tanzania where she conducted her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees.

Here is yet another example of "if you see it, you can be it." We love that our 2003 Hall of Fame recipient Roberta Bondar was a role model for Dr. Shawna Pandya, who will be the first Canadian woman to be a commercial astronaut: https://buff.ly/4cwMkFT

This week’s #ForumFriday is International Women’s Forum France for hosting the IWFF Parity Conference – an event dedicated to promoting equity and inclusivity in the workforce. Through various roundtable discussions, the conference fostered meaningful exchanges on topics such as the impact of AI, mono-parenting, youth empowerment, female entrepreneurship, and corporate social responsibility.

IWF 2024 Women Who Make a Difference recipient Dr. Wafa Alkhadra, IWF Jordan, is this week's #WomanLeaderWednesday! She is a feminist, an academic by training, a practitioner by choice, a forward thinker whose work has led to a paradigm shift in women’s rights in the Arab world. She turns the theoretical into the practical and makes the abstract understandable, all in the quest for equality, liberty and dignity.

Add to your calendar: 1992 IWF Hall of Fame recipient and Olympic legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee will be interviewed on BBC by Katty Kay on July 12. They will talk about Joyner-Kersee's beginnings, her Olympic success and why she returned to her hometown to support the children of her community. https://buff.ly/3zrkMTL

This week's #ForumFriday features International Women's Forum of Massachusetts whose members had the opportunity to take an exclusive tour of Boston's historic Bunker Hill Monument. While touring the site, members witnessed a naturalization ceremony where 75 new Americans were sworn in.

#WomanLeaderWednesday is Kristen Miale, IWF Maine, and 2024 Women Who Make a Difference recipient! She is the embodiment of the organization she helmed. She is truly a Good Shepherd who is passionate about ending hunger, driven to alleviate deprivation and determined to empower others. She led by listening and changed the way we think about food insecurity by prioritizing those affected the most and finding new ways to ensure every child is nourished.

Fête du Dominion or Happy Canada Day to IWF Forum Canada and IWF Forum British Columbia!

Congratulations to Nawal Nour, IWF Massachusetts, on celebrating the 25th anniversary of the African Women’s Health Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital!