Investing in Women: Worldwide Return. April 29, 2009

Looking for a winning investment strategy in the current economic climate? Invest in women. Once again, the Women’s Funding Network is bringing together visionary change-makers and grant-makers to highlight how investing in women-led solutions leads to positive global change. Our 25th annual conference, “Investing in Women: World Wide Return,” will showcase cutting-edge solutions, trends and insights to pressing social issues. This highly anticipated conference also offers practical skill-building opportunities while allowing attendees to experience the power of the network live. Join us for this unprecedented opportunity to share innovative strategies for raising and managing resources, articulate impact and achieve lasting social return with experts from women’s funds and beyond.

What You Can Expect:

In addition to comprehensive training, from fundraising to social networking, this year’s conference will also make available to you the following sessions and events:

• Philanthropy and Movement Building: Conversations with 2nd and 3rd Wave Leaders
• New Ways of Thinking in a Changing Climate
• Next Generation Leadership: Positioning Emerging Leaders Within the Movement
• Why and How Women Give: Highlights from Around the World
• Movement Building: Feminist Theory in Action
• Poverty: A Shift in Definition

About The Women’s Funding Network:

The Women’s Funding Network is more than 130 organizations that fund women’s solutions around the globe. Women’s funds give women the money and tools to transform their ideas into lasting change in every critical area, from poverty to healthcare, education and human rights. Today, women’s funds jointly invest more than $50 million per year and have working assets of more than $450 million. For more information, please visit the Women’s Funding Network’s Web site at www.womensfundingnetwork.org.

Official Website: http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org