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She Builds: women and girls in international development



Devex, in collaboration with partners, launched a campaign to promote conversations about women and girls in development issues and projects on March 8, 2014, to commemorate the annual International Women’s Day.


The campaign, She Builds, is a platform for organizations to work more collaboratively and more effectively to raise the voice of women in development. Since launching She Builds hundreds of thousands of individual women, as well as organizations, have participated via the Devex website and social media.
The campaign commenced with She Builds Communities, launched on March 8, to spotlight the critical role women play in creating healthy, stable communities as political and spiritual leaders, educators, advocates, health workers, law enforcers, and in other roles.
From March 14, She Builds Economies focused on women’s contributions to economic growth as bank account holders, farmers, small business owners, and more.
Between March 17-21, companies, NGOs, and agencies, who work with women’s and girls’ issues in the field of international development, added their voices to the global conversation by participating in the She Builds Digital Rally.
Future activities include …
She Builds Innovations, beginning on March 21, will feature leaders and their vision in politics, science, and development, and other sectors.


She Builds the Future, beginning on March 28, will dedicate a week to girls that shape the world’s future. The next generation of women are already preparing to foster an environment of peace and prosperity for all.


The She Builds campaign features the trends and innovative solutions that women and girls are involved in through communities, economies, innovations, and future generations.
People can participate through the Devex website at https://www.devex.com 


https://pages.devex.com/About-She-Builds.html


Read The Powerful Role of Women in Peace Building by Martina Nicolls:
http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Powerful-Role-Of-Women-In-Peace-Building/3751084



MARTINA NICOLLS is an international aid and development consultant, and the author of:- The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).

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