Subject: Clinton Foundation work highlighted on Int'l Women's Day
From: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
To: Clinton Foundation Press Office <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 20:24:55 +0000

Hi all - Today is International Women's Day, a day globally recognized to celebrate women's accomplishments and to build support for the full participation of girls and women everywhere.  It also marks the one year anniversary of the launch of the No Ceilings' Full Participation Report<http://noceilings.org/about/#!> and www.NoCeilings.org<http://www.NoCeilings.org>, which analyzes and visualizes the significant gains made for girls and women over the last two decades, as well as the gaps that remain.

To honor this day and anniversary, the Clinton Foundation's No Ceilings initiative is launching a digital campaign to share "ceiling-breaking"<https://www.clintonfoundation.org/fable/girls-and-women-march#!/> moments achieved over the past year.

CHECK OUT A NEW MICROSITE HIGHLIGHTING THOSE "CEILING BREAKING" MOMENTS:
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/fable/girls-and-women-march#!/

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WATCH OUR NEW VIDEO ON GENDER AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwJ7o4dPwpc

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While we're not there yet on gender equality, we are getting there, and together we can inspire a No Ceilings generation. See below for more coverage today of the work of the Clinton Foundation and how No Ceilings data is helping inform today's conversations.

BUSTLE: A Look at How Gender Equality Progressed in 2015 - And the Roadblocks That Still Lie Ahead:<http://www.bustle.com/articles/146490-a-look-at-how-gender-equality-progressed-in-2015-and-the-roadblocks-that-still-lie-ahead>
"This year, No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project is hoping the world will celebrate International Women's Day by reflecting on women's progress toward achieving gender equality, because it's true what they say: You don't know where you're going until you know where you've been...'In order for us to close the gender gap we need to know where we are currently,' No Ceilings Director Terri McCullough tells Bustle. 'We looked at the span of progress for women and girls over the last 20 years and we found a number of things to celebrate.'"

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FORTUNE: UN Women Director: If You Only Do One Thing for Women, At Least Pay Them as Much as Men<http://fortune.com/2016/03/08/un-international-womens-day/>:

"Every year on March 8th, countries around the world celebrate International Women's Day. For many, it's a day for action, a day to call attention to the injustices that women around the world still face...Learn more about the UN's Sustainable Development Goals from the video below, courtesy of No Ceilings & Fathom Information Design: https://youtu.be/sXrk0uamV-c"

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FINANTIAL TIMES: Poverty Is Sexist: Where Life Is Toughest for Girls<http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2016/03/08/poverty-is-sexist-where-life-is-toughest-for-girls/>:

"The lack of gender disaggregated data is highlighted by the excellent initiatives of Data2X, and No Ceilings, among others. While more data is available than ever before, the right kind of data, disaggregated by gender but also by other indicators, must be a priority for everyone who needs to better understand how people live."

Julia Gillard for BROOKINGS: What Does International Women's Day Mean for the Future of Gender Equality?<http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/education-plus-development/posts/2016/03/07-international-womens-day-gender-equality-gillard>:

"One effort that I am particularly proud of is the Girls CHARGE (Collaborative for Harnessing Ambition and Resources for Girls' Education) initiative<https://www.clintonfoundation.org/press-releases/no-ceilings-announces-charge-collaborative-harnessing-ambition-and-resources-girls>, an effort to globally prioritize local leadership as a second generation priority for girls' education. This works because local leaders help us to discover meaningful solutions for change."

INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION: Balancing the Workforce: Girls in STEM and Female Entrepreneurs<http://www.internationalinnovation.com/balancing-the-workforce-girls-in-stem/>; Interview with Terri McCollough, CEO, No Ceilings:

"An organisation highly invested in gender equality is the Clinton Foundation, which created, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, NoCeilings.org<http://noceilings.org>. The data-driven platform was launched to support and encourage the full participation of girls and women around the world in all aspects of society. It is home to over 850,000 data points from more than 190 countries on progress made in the past 20 years for girls and women, as well as the gaps that remain. In 2015, the Clinton Foundation also released The Full Participation Report, outlining the findings of the data. This was a milestone as it marked 20 years since the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, where 189 nations agreed to support the 'full and equal participation of women in political, civil, economic, social and cultural life'."

Huffington Post: These Young Women Around The World Are Doing Incredible Work To Improve The Lives Of Others<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/03/08/these-young-women-from-around-the-world-are-doing-some-incredible-things_n_9407266.html>

We don't need to tell you it's International Women's Day today.But we do need to tell you about the young women around the world who are campaigning and working tirelessly to improve the lives of their local communities, their countries, and other women around the world...Aliçia has been working in mental health advocacy for six years. Using the idea of mental health superheroes, she shows young people that fighting mental illness makes them strong...Aliçia has published research, spoken at TEDx, was the keynote speaker at the UN international youth day in 2014, published a book for the the Canadian school curriculum about suicide, and spoken at the Clinton Global Initiative.

MARTKETING INTERACTIVE: Gender Equality Is Not a Numbers Game<http://www.marketing-interactive.com/gender-equality-numbers-game/>:

"On average, women's participation in education and the workforce has increased considerably alongside neoliberal trends in policies worldwide. Yet, the workforce gender gap - which disfavours women - and it hasn't changed in the past 20 years. According to the No Ceilings report published by the Clinton Foundation, the percentage of women in the workforce is stagnated at a global rate of 55%."

PRESIDENT CLINTON LISTED AMONG THE "20 MEN WHO CARE ABOUT CLEAN COOKING"
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a CGI Member, included President Clinton in a list of the "20 Men Who Care About Clean Cooking"<http://cleancookstoves.org/about/news/03-07-2016-20-men-who-care-about-clean-cooking.html> in celebration of International Women's Day. The piece explains how "Every day, more than three billion people globally rely on heavily-polluting open fires or traditional cookstoves for cooking, leading to more than four million deaths every year caused by breathing in large amounts of toxic cooking smoke. When families do not have access to clean cookstoves and fuels, it is women and girls who suffer most."

President Bill Clinton: "The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is making progress on a solvable issue that negatively impacts millions of women and children worldwide. Proving what can happen when the private sector, governments, nonprofit and civic organizations work together, the collective efforts of the Global Alliance with members of the Clinton Global Initiative will enable 100 million households to adopt clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels by 2020."

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