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CALLING FOR NOMINATIONS: WOMEN DELIVER 50, Inspiring
Ideas & Solutions to Deliver for Girls & Women
January 25th, 2012
NOMINATIONS
MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 10, 2012.
Every year, in
conjunction with International Women’s Day, Women Deliver celebrates the
progress made on behalf of girls and women worldwide. Our Women Deliver 100 list in
2011, which featured 100 of the most inspiring people who have delivered for
girls and women, was covered by over 100 traditional and new media sources.
This year, to continue the momentum, we are spotlighting the top 50 inspiring ideas and
solutions that deliver for girls and women. We would love to
hear what you think are the most innovative, impactful, and promising advancements
in overcoming gender inequality.
These advancements
could have been made by an individual, governments, the private sector, or
civil society, but they must have helped to improve the condition of girls and
women around the world, in one or more of the following 5 categories:
· Technologies and Innovations
· Educational Initiatives
· Health Modernization
· Advocacy and Awareness Campaigns
· Leadership and Empowerment Programs
Examples of inequities
that the solutions may have addressed include, but are not limited to: Violence
Against Women; Sex Trafficking; Child Marriage; Political Processes; Maternal
Health; Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; HIV/AIDS, Lesbian; Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender Rights; Economic Inequity; or Female Genital
Mutilation.
NOMINATIONS
MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 10, 2012.
Once all nominations
have been received, a selection committee of experts and advocates from leading
global NGOs and foundations will choose 25 per category. Voting opens on
February 20th, and the Top 50 (10 winners per category) will be announced on
International Women’s Day. The winners from each category will be featured
prominently on Women Deliver's website, through the selection committee's social
media portals, and at the Women Deliver 2013 conference in
Criteria:
· Advancements may include projects, programs,
technologies, initiatives, or campaigns launched anywhere in the world
· Solution or Idea must have been implemented in the last
five years
· Can be grassroots or global in scale (example: community
initiative or global technology)
· If the solution has been ongoing for more than a year,
please provide quantitative and qualitative data that demonstrates results
· If the idea is in the early stages of implementation,
please include an explanation of why it will be effective
· Please provide website (if applicable) and references
Selection
Committee:
Chair:
Jill Sheffield, Founder and President of Women Deliver
Jimmie Briggs, Founder and Executive Director of Man Up
Cory Heyman, Chief Program Officer at Room to Read
Josh Nesbit, CEO of Medic
Mobile
Amie Newman, Communications Officer and Editor of the Impatient Optimist at the
Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation
Lyric Thompson, Special Assistant to the President at the International Center for Research
on Women
Michael Tirrell, Communications Manager for Media and Public Affairs at Marie Stopes
International