We have news that will make any hound stand on his hind legs! In recognition of International Women’s Day (which is Sunday, March 8th, if you were wondering), Animal Fair Media’s own Wendy Diamond will be honored at Global Connections for Women’s (GC4W) International Women’s Day Awards. She will be recognized as one of their 2015 Women of the Year! Global Connections for Women is a non-profit organization that pledges to connect, educate, and empower women.
As most of you already know, Wendy Diamond is a pioneer in the pet space! She created her career by coining the term “pet-lifestyle” with the 1999 launch of Animal Fair, the first media company to focus on the support of fairness to animals. It also bridged the gap between celebrity, pop culture and animal rescue. The New Yorker called Animal Fair, “the first to cross-breed two American passions: celebrity and pets.”
Since the start of Animal Fair Media, the number of animals euthanized annually has dropped by 58 percent, from 12 million to 4 million — but Wendy isn’t done just yet! As a pioneer in the industry, not only is Wendy looked to as a leader in the animal fairness community, she is now looked to as a leader for women in general.
Through her philanthropy, business and humanitarian endeavors, Diamond realized there was a definite need for women to support other women, globally! It wasn’t long before she founded Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED).
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day is a global celebration that honors, supports, and inspires women entrepreneurs. WED partnered with Global Entrepreneurship Week, and the US Department of State to annually celebrate this momentous movement in 144 countries on November 19, 2014. On this day, WED asked every man and woman around the world to dedicate the Wednesday following Thanksgiving (December 3rd) #WomenWOW, in support of women-owned businesses. WED’s mission is to engage women and men globally to pledge their support with a woman-owned business through our pledge to support a business woman in her community with Talent, Time, or Treasure.
Major Fortune 500 companies and various female company founders, CEO’s, Creatives, and business leaders who championed the inaugural launch include: Ms. Sandy Lerner (Co-Founder Cisco Systems/Founder Urban Decay), Ms. Tamara Mellon (Jimmy Choo Co-Founder), Ms. Gabriela Isler (Miss Universe 2014), Her Excellency Madame Gertrude H. Mutharika (First Lady of Malawi), Ms. Rose Byrne (Actress), Ms. Quvenzhané Wallis (Oscar-nominated Actress), Mama Sarah Obama (President Obama’s Grandmother), Her Royal Highness Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al-Saud (Alfa Intl./Harvey Nichols), Ms. Peggy Wallace (Golden Seeds), Her Excellency Madame Kim Simplis Barrow (First Lady of Belize), Her Excellency Madame Penehupifo ‘Penny’ Pohamba (First Lady Of Namibia), Her Excellency Sheikha Hanadi Al Thani (Qatar Amwal), and Icona Pop (Award-winning Recording Artists). CNBC is WED’s media partner.
New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio declared November 19th as Women’s Entrepreneurship Day.
Through her efforts with launching Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, Wendy is receiving this award from GC4W. The other honorees and special guests include: Intel, and Simon Venture Group will receive the Corporate Contributions & Leadership Award; Honorable Dr. Joyce Banda (Former President of Malawi, one of the first female presidents in Africa, Forbes 2014 Most Powerful Women in the World), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (U.S. Congress Representative, Californian’s 13th Congressional District), Janelle Monae (Grammy Award-Winning Recording Artist), Maura Paully (Acting CEO, Clinton Foundation, Executive Director of Office of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Clinton Foundation), Hayley Barna (Founder and CEO of BirchBox), Ana C. Rold (Editor-in-Chief and Founder, Diplomatic Courier: A Global Affairs Magazine), S. Lynn Cooper (Founder of Socially Ahead), Janell Hazelwood (Digital Media Manager of Black Enterprise), Emily Bennington (Founder of AWAKE EXEC, ForbesWomen Contributor), Dr. Yewande Adeshina (Senior Special Advisor of the Nigeria Ministry of Health), Sonia Alleyne (Press Secretary & Director of Public Information, New York City Department of Finance), Lilach Bullock (Co-Founder of CommsAxis, Forbes Top 10 Social Media Influencer), and Christine Amirian (Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Samsung) will receive the honor of 2015 Global Women Champions; Tony Olumelu (Founder and President of Tony Olumelu Foundation, second richest man in Nigeria, Forbes Most Powerful Man in Africa) will receive 2015 Man of the Year.
The 2015 GC4W International Women’s Day Awards & Fundraising Gala is scheduled for Saturday, March 7th, 2015 in Washington, DC at the Library of Congress, hosted by a Former Victoria Secret Model and a renowned TV Host.
You can reserve your tickets and/or donate HERE.
Click HERE for more information about Global Connections for Women!
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