CARE to celebrate International Women’s Day

As champions of issues concerning global poverty, social justice, and the hope for change, Penn Nursing is proud to encourage students, alumni, and friends to attend “A Powerful Noise,” a documentary playing in more than 450 theatres nationwide for one night only tonight, Thursday, March 5, 2009.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, CARE and NCM Fathom , in partnership with ONE and the UN Commission on the Status of Women, will show the film, “A Powerful Noise,” which features the stories of three inspiring women:

Madame Urbain — an activist working to educate and empower young women and girls in the slums of Bamako , Mali;
Bui My Hanh — an HIV-positive widow helping others combat the spread of HIV and the social stigma associated with the disease in Vietnam; and
Nada Markovic — a survivor of the brutal Bosnian War bringing women together to rebuild their once-tranquil community

These women are embodying the Penn Nursing motto. They care to change the world, and their stories will inspire. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.fathomevents.com/details.aspx?eventid=769&utm_source=CARE&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=APowerfulNoise. More than 30 percent of ticket purchases will go directly to support the work of CARE, a leading humanitarian organization that fights global poverty by empowering marginalized women and girls to bring lasting change to their communities.

As a board member for CARE, as council general of the International Council of Women’s Health Issues, and as someone who has made the rights of girls and women across the globe not just an area of research but a passion, I encourage everyone to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th by thinking of the many ways we can work, individually, on improving the care for all women, all over the world.