|
|
IWCF in collaboration with
Boise State University
presents:
2010 Fall Symposium
Women Who Light the Dark
the spark that empowers generations
featuring Paola Gianturco
Photojournalist, documentary photographer, author, speaker and women's advocate -- sharing intimate images and stories of inspiring women all over the world through her work.
|
|
|
Thursday, October 7, 2010
9:30 to 11:30 a.m. — workshops
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. — lunch and keynote with spectacular slide presentation
Boise State University
Student Union Building — Jordan Ballroom
About Paola …
For the past 13 years, Paola Gianturco has worked as a photojournalist, documenting women’s lives in 40 countries. She has published four acclaimed photo books in the last nine years, combining inspiring stories with gorgeous photographs to motivate her readers to engage with, learn from and support women around the world.
All of Gianturco’s books are philanthropic projects, for which she donates her royalties to carefully selected nonprofit organizations that relate to each book's content.
Paola's most recent book, Women Who Light the Dark, tells the story of local women around the world who are helping one another tackle the problems that darken their lives—including violence, poverty, illiteracy and disease. Gianturco is giving 100% of her author royalties for this book to The Global Fund for Women, which advocates for and defends women’s human rights by making grants to support women-run groups around the world.
|
|
"Getting to know Paola was one of the highlights of my business career."
--Alice Hennessey
Betty Makoni, who is featured in Women Who Light the Dark, was selected as a CNN Hero in November and won a $25,000 prize, which will be used for the Girl Child Network in Zimbabwe, the nongovernmental organization that she founded.
UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador, Nicole Kidman, introduced Betty at the awards ceremony.
A poem about Paola:
The Silver Haired Woman
The silver haired woman
Sees the world through smiling eyes
As she gathers stories of hope.
In the desert sand
She plants the seeds
That will bring the rain.
--Julie Skarratt
“My dream about Women Who Light the Dark is that readers will give money through organizations like the Global Fund for Women -- and enable local women everywhere to make life better for their families, communities, countries, and our world.
“...visiting 18 grantees showed me exactly how effective local women can be if they have the funds to do what they know should be done. Everywhere, I saw grassroots groups developing creative strategies -- their own solutions -- and being impressively capable of resolving the difficulties they face.”
--Paola Gianturco
For more information on author, visit PaolaGianturco.com
To offset the cost of bringing Paola to Boise, we are offering both event and table sponsorships. If you know of a company or group who would like to sponsor our fall symposium ($1,000) or purchase a table at the event ($500), please contact Susan Smith at iwcfsusan@gmail.com for information on the benefits we can extend to our sponsors.
Many thanks to our event sponsors!
|
|
