RIT Women for Women International

08/11/2015

http://mashable.com/2015/08/09/female-ge***al-mutilation/

To become informed on female ge***al mutilation, read up on these facts you need to know.

07/23/2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/upshot/more-than-their-mothers-young-women-plan-career-pauses.html?_r=1&abt=0002&abg=1

Even those with high ambitions are more likely than their predecessors to plan to scale back at work at certain times.

03/08/2013

Happy International Women's Day!
http://ecards.womenforwomen.org/march4women/
Honor a woman in your life by celebrating March for women!

12/09/2012

Join us for a merrier Christmas!! This is for a great cause :)

12/06/2012

CNN's Anderson Cooper reads a letter from Malala, the young education activist who was shot by the Taliban earlier this year.

Malala Yousufzai, the teen shot by the Taliban for advocating education for girls, sends a thank you to her supporters.

12/03/2012

WfWI's Karen Sherman shares the stories of Rwanda's top female entrepreneurs and program graduates.

Women are often the canary in the coal mine of modern warfare. In the DRC and across the globe, war and conflict disproportionately impact women.

11/22/2012

Happy Thanksgiving!

11/12/2012

In honor of yesterday's Malala Day, here is an update on Malala's progress as she recovers in England. She is now well enough to use the school books her father brought from Pakistan and is well on her way to recovery.

It is nothing short of a miracle that Malala Yousufzai is still alive and even more astounding that she suffered no brain damage.

11/11/2012

To all RIT students, good luck with your finals this upcoming week, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving break!!!

11/10/2012

Good luck for the final week and happy holiday!!

11/03/2012

10/27/2012

Thank you to everyone who came out to our International Dinner, hope you all had a good time!!!

Many thanks to our wonderful e-board for catering the event, and to RIT Bhangra and RIT Capoeira for the amazing performances.

Following up on our discussion today - to learn more about how you can help stop Domestic Violence, visit: http://womenthrive.org/issues/violence?gclid=CPux79-voLMCFUQw4AodrTsA3A

Have a great night!

-President of RIT Women for Women International,
Nini Ikhena

An estimated one in every three women worldwide experiences violence, with rates reaching as high as 70 percent in some countries. Gender-based violence ranges from r**e to domestic abuse and acid burnings to dowry deaths and so-called “honor killings.”