Supporting women and the conservation of endangered species around the world

Petition Extension
The poaching crisis is escalating at an alarming rate fueled by Chinese demand for ivory. It is being carried out by very sophisticated gang related individuals. As such, WorldWomenWork is planning to concentrate much its efforts in 2012 in helping to tackle this urgent problem. We are therefore extending the time frame for our petition to November 1st in order to maximize its impact. Please share with your friends and urge them to sign the petition. We have to stop this slaughter.

https://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-brutal-killing-of-african-elephants

Film Update
WorldWomenWork and Swell Pictures are in the process of producing a film on the crisis and have done and are doing a number of interviews, including Crawford Allen, Director of TRAFFIC, North America,  Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Founder and CEO Save the Elephants,  Carter Roberts, President and CEO World Willdlife  Fund U.S.,  Ginette Hemley, Senior Vice President, Conservation and Science. We will be announcing the release date of the film as soon as we have one. Watch this space!

World Women Work is delighted to announce a new partnership with friend and Interior Designer, Kathryn Schumacher. Following her recent trip to Africa with Singer, Kathryn was inspired to create pillows from indigenous fabrics exclusively for WWW.

Kathryn Schumacher Designs grew out of Kathryn’s twenty-three years as an Interior Designer with projects in California, New Mexico, New York, Washington, Florida and Illinois.  She loves color, textiles, patterns, artistic detail and travel, all of which provide inspiration for her decorative pillow collections.

Kathryn has been friends with Singer for over 15 years and jumped at the recent opportunity to travel with Singer to her beloved Africa.  As a result of this trip Kathryn was inspired to create a selection of beautiful African oriented pillows exclusively for WorldWomenWork. Kathryn was struck by their vivacious spirit and the pride with which they wore their brightly colored and patterned clothing. “It was a life-changing trip,” Kathryn said. “We realized that, for people like us with so much, how little it takes to change other lives for the better.”

We are thrilled with this wonderful collaboration and delighted that we can participate in the debut of Kathryn’s stunning new Africa collection. The African pillows debut for sale this month at the WorldWomenWork website (www.worldwomenwork.org) and at www.kathrynschumacher.com.

All the designs are individual one-offs – check them out – and tell your friends!