Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation

Wishes you a

Happy upcoming New Year!

We take this time to thank all of you our supporters for helping us have a successful 2016.  Here are some of the things you helped us accomplish this year.

• We began one-on-one counseling sessions with women who have experienced FGM/C
• We began support group meetings with women from various parts of the community
• We moved into a corporate office in Fairfax
• We established and maintained relationships with several like-minded organizations
• We partnered with CGCS (Council of the Great City Schools) in compiling an educational toolkit on FGM/C
• We partnered with IAC-USA in the Vacances San Excision (Summer without Cutting)
• We participated in several women’s conferences, such as the National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN)
• We held a very successful Walk To End FGM in October with many like-minded organizations and government agencies present. We raised enough funds to send women to California for genital reconstructive surgery
• We participated in the first End Violence Against Girls Summit on FGM/C, held in Washington, D.C. in December

We thank you for making it possible for us to achieve some of our goals in 2016.  We still have a lot of goals for 2017 so please continue your support.

Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation’s 2017 Save-the-Date Calendar

• The first newsletter edition of 2017 on January 3^rd
• Support Group Meetings resume January 28^th
• International Day of Zero Tolerance on February 6^th
• International Women’s Day on March 8th
• Walk To End FGM registration begins – May
• Vacances San Excision (Summer without Cutting) Camp – August
• Walk To End FGM on October 21^st
• Giving Tuesday – November 28^th

We will update this calendar as the year progresses.  Please mark your calendars, as we look forward to a prosperous 2017.

Make Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation Your Favorite Charity

When you shop this holiday season at Amazon, please select Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation as your charity of choice.

In your year-end charitable contributions and donations, please consider Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation by either through the DONATE BUTTON below or by sending a check to Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation, 14001A Grumble Jones Court, Centreville, Virginia 20121.  Your generous donations are tax deductible.  Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.

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The guidelines to submit an announcement are to appear in this newsletter:

• The length of announcement must be no more than a paragraph of 6 lines.
• Your announcement should be something that pertains to women, girls or students, such as events, walk-a-thons, conferences, etc.
• If there is an accompanying image, it must be no less than 72 dpi, preferably in jpeg.
• Your announcement must be received no later than the Thursday 5:00pm prior to the following Tuesday publication.

Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation reserves the right to deny a submission if it is not within our guidelines.

Do you enjoy playing with words?  This is a fun way to see how well you can unscramble the following words.  We will reveal the unscrambled words in next week’s edition of the newsletter.  If you enjoyed this, write and give us your feedback to info@globalwomanpeacefoundation.org.

Can you unscramble the following five words?

This Week’s Scrambled Words

WEN REYA (2 WORDS)

PAPYH

NARAJUY

MENOW

PERITYPROS

 

Last Week’s Scrambled Words                               Last Week’s Unscrambled Words

MASCHRIST                                                                       CHRISTMAS

HUNKAKAH                                                                       HANUKKAH

DAYSOLIH                                                                          HOLIDAYS

DELSACN                                                                            CANDLES

RAST                                                                                     STAR

We give you five scrambled words each week.  We hope you enjoy playing.

Here are some of the ways you can help and support our programs in 2016:

• Donations (including in-kind donations) globalwomanpeacefoundation.org
• Partnering (collaborating in one of our programs and/or events)
• Joining our Internship or Student-Ambassadorship Program
• Volunteering
• Donate through employer payroll deduction (through Your Cause, United Way or the government employee giving program)
• Sign our Petition

Support Group is currently meeting in the following Sessions until the end of the year:   We will break for the holidays and resume sessions on January 14^th.  We invite you to join us at 3920 Alton Place, NW, Washington, D.C. 20016 at 12:30pm.  Our Counselor on site is Willa Jones, and Amie Jallah is now in charge of the support group.  For one-on-one meetings, contact us for appointments at info@globalwomanpeacefoundation.org or call 703-818-3787.

Important Contacts in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area to Keep Handy

Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation               703-818-3787

National Child Abuse Hotline                              800-422-4453

Fairfax County Office for Women                       703-324-5730

Virginia Crime Victim Assistance                        888-887-3418

Montgomery County Abused Persons Program   240-777-4673 (24 hours)

Prince Georges County Sexual Assault                301-618-3154

Prince Georges County Child Advocacy Center  301-909-2089

Baltimore City Child Abuse Center                     410-396-6147

Frederick County Child Advocacy Center           301-600-1758

Howard County Listening Place                           410-313-2630

Washington County Child Advocacy Center       240-420-4308

District of Columbia Metropolitan Police            202-727-9099

Alexandria Victim/Witness Program                    703-746-4100

Arlington County Victim/Witness Program         703-228-7273

Loudon County Victim Witness Program             703-777-0417

Prince William County Victim/Witness               703-392-7083

Attention: The U.S. government opposes FGM/C, no matter the type, degree, or severity, and no matter what the motivation for performing it. The U.S. government considers FGM/C to be a serious human rights abuse, gender-based violence, and, when done to children, a form of child abuse. It is against the law to perform FGM/C in the United States on a girl under the age of 18 or to send or attempt to send her outside the United States so FGM/C can be performed. People who violate this law can face prison time and significant immigration consequences. Additionally, anyone who performs FGM/C on a woman 18 years old or older without her consent may be charged with a crime under other laws.  If someone performed FGM/C on you, you have not violated any U.S. laws and are not at fault, call 1-800-994-9662.