One Shared World
Hope is Our Common Language

As one of its international corner programs, AAUW continues for a third year in an unprecedented partnership to support One Shared World with American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT), the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). Funded by the United States Agency for International Development, AAUW’s grant is administered by the Washington, D.C.-based Academy for Educational Development.

Focusing on health, education and economic progress, One Shared World aims to connect American working women to the many public and private efforts that help people in developing countries overcome poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease. It highlights the similarities between American women and those in cities, towns and villages in every corner of the globe.

AAUW members have always been in the forefront of helping others…from our immediate families to our extended communities. Now, by connecting with each other, with our partner organizations, and with women around the world, we can have a real and measurable impact on our global future.

 Program Overview 
Information about the campaign, our partners, and development assistance to help introduce the subject and answer questions.

 Tools and Resources
Program-in-a-Box materials, great ideas and resources available for state and branch programming to introduce the One Shared World campaign to your community, including a PowerPoint presentation, Icebreaker, quiz, postcards and other resource tools.  Comprehensive tools to learn more about this crucial and often overwhelming issue and to prepare you to discuss it with others in your social and professional circles. Login — username: onesharedworld; password: osw

Learn More

In every corner of the world, global development assistance from U.S. government agencies and private organizations is helping people to help themselves. If you’d like to learn more about global poverty and the simple steps that help to diminish it, you will find many ideas to assist you.

 Connect More
Our lives may seem very different from the lives of poor women a world away. But all of us are increasingly interconnected through trade, global problems and shared aspirations for a better life for ourselves and those we care about. Here are some simple ways for you to connect with your friends, family and community around issues of world poverty.

 Do More
If you’re like most Americans, you feel compassion for the world’s poor. But the problem seems so overwhelming you don’t know how you – as an individual – can possibly make a difference. Here are some fresh ideas for ways you could have an impact on the lives of others…and on your own life as well.

 SHARE YOUR ONE SHARED WORLD STORY OR EVENT! Share your events, an article, a book or link related to global development assistance that has captured your interest. Please send an e-mail to ial@aauw.org and we will share the many ways that members are spreading the word about the importance of alleviating poverty around the world and how AAUW can make a difference.

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