The DVF month of women continues, and last week our store in Madrid celebrated International Women’s Day with an evening to benefit Vital Voices. The event was hosted by Maria Eugenia Giron, the founder of the Madrid chapter of the International Women’s Forum and one of Spain’s top female business leaders!
Last night, the DVF boutique in Mayfair, London hosted its International Women’s Day celebration. Featuring a conversation with Mu Sochua, a Cambodian parliamentarian, human rights activist, and Vital Voices Global Leader, the event drew a chic crowd of London ladies. Hosted by the likes of Baroness Mary Goudie, Elizabeth Saltzman and Plum Sykes, everyone was Proud to be Woman and proud to wear DVF!
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Diane Birch in the Mina gown
Last night, DVF celebrated International Women’s day at its New York store with an evening of speaking and song. Kakenya Ntaiya, a member of the Vital Voices Global Network, spoke about her experience growing up in a village in Kenya. She talked about how at the age of 5 she was engaged to be married, but that she wanted a different path for herself. After attending college in the U.S., she returned to Kenya, and with the help of Vital Voices, she has built a school for girls in her home village so that other girls can have the gift of education.
Proud to be Woman
We’re getting ready to celebrate International Women’s Day at DVF. And this year we’re celebrating all month long…and around the world. To start things off, DVF shops worldwide and DVF.com will donate 10% of sales to Vital Voices from March 8th to March 15th. As if you needed another reason to shop the new collection, DVF has also designed a limited edition “Proud to be Woman” t-shirt and tote bag that will benefit Vital Voices. We’ll also be hosting events around the world at our shops and be profiling different women who inspire us all month long on INSIDE DVF (check back Monday to read about it). And there are so many ways for you to be involved…
Shop the T-shirt and Tote bag…
RSVP your support on Facebook…
Send a “Proud to be Woman” gift to your friends…
Watch the Vital Voices video and share it…
Read our “Proud to be Woman” conversation series starting on Monday…
We’re gearing up for International Women’s Day at DVF, but you can start celebrating tomorrow night by going to see A Powerful Noise. This amazing documentary was created by Sheila C. Johnson – philanthropist, entrepreneur, business owner, not to mention a global ambassador for CARE and the first African-American women to have stake in three professional basketball teams! But she has out down herself with this new movie, and has organized a live event on March 5th in 450 theatres across the U.S.. Following the film, there will be a live town hall discussion broadcast from New York to all the participating theatres featuring an all star panel: Madeleine K. Albright, Natalie Portman, Christy Turlington Burns, Nicolas Kristof, and Dr. Helene Gayle, to name a few. Through profiles of women around the world, the movie and event is meant to raise awareness about the importance of empowering women worldwide – something DVF can definitely get on board with!
