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Mariella Frostrup is Platform 51′s ‘Woman of the week’

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Woman of the week, Mariella Frostrup Gender is her agenda! The excitement of this week comes to a close with the wonderful Mariella Frostrup as Platform 51‘s woman of the week. The PR-executive turned presenter turned writer has a book …

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‘Alfred Nobel’s Legacy to Women’

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By President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the New York Times, Opinion page, 12 december 2011. On Saturday I was in Oslo with two of my sisters from Africa, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in …

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The GREAT Initiative at the Noble Gift Gala

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On Saturday 10th December, GREAT trustees Karen Ruimy and Marc Carter attended the Noble Gift Gala at the Dorchester Hotel hosted by Eva Longoria and HRH Prince Azim. The evening aimed at raising funds for the Eva Longoria Fund, the …

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The GREAT Market

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As part of our strategy to raise awareness about gender balance, The GREAT Initiative is delighted to collaborate with The Market, a monthly magazine offering a contemporary look at the worlds of business, investment and culture. Together, we want to create …

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‘We will wear green scarves’

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Mariella Frostrup and other advocates urge world leaders ‘not to sacrifice the hard-won gains that Afghan women have made’. Read the plea published on Saturday 8th October 2011 in The Times: Green scarves campaign. Trustee Karen Ruimy shows her support …

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‘Women’s rights in - before troops out’

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As the 7th October 2011 marked the tenth anniversary of the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan, NGOs launched the Green Scarves campaign to call on people to wear a green scraf to show their support for Afghan women. Mariella Frostrup writes for …

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