In 2010 the Country Directors of Women for Women's programmes in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo had an idea that became the impetus for a global campaign, led by Women for Women, in which over 20,000 people took part with 119 events in 19 countries on the 8th March, as part of International Women's Day.
The Bridge events ranged from a group of girls in the Hindu Kush, north eastern Afghanistan who stood on a bridge beside their school to women from as far afield as Panama, Sydney, Ontario and Brussels, who stood alongside women in war-torn countries and in towns all across the US and UK.
Read more at www.womenforwomen.org/bridge
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