Women’s Voices Heard Around the Globe with New Organization

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) April 20, 2004

When Jenni Prisk gets mad, she doesn’t get even. Instead she builds a forum for women’s voices to be heard, loud and clear, to help contribute to the international peace process.

In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Prisk, CEO of a San Diego-based public speaking and communication firm, was really angry. Her anger stemmed not only from the feelings of devastation and vulnerability that most Americans experienced, but also from her belief in the futility of war, and frustration with the underutilization of diplomatic approaches to peaceful solutions.

A lifelong abhorrence of the violence of war, combined with a deep-seated belief that women do not enjoy equal rights around the world, prompted Prisk to found Voices of Women (VOW).

“After 9/11, I felt that I simply had to do something to add my voice, along with others, to the peace process. More often than not, people go to war because they don’t understand one another’s basic differences. I thought that if there could be a way for peace-minded people to educate themselves and others on international issues and foreign policy, perhaps we could move away from mother’s sons killing mother’s sons and towards peace and justice for all. VOW offers a forum for this process,” said Prisk, VOW founder and president.

Through its fundraising efforts, VOW has provided books and scholarships to women in Afghanistan and children in Iraq. As an education resource, VOW invites speakers from around the world to San Diego, providing an open forum to speak freely about women’s issues and economic conditions in their part of the world.

“In addition to our international invitees, we plan to bring Carol Moseley Braun here in the fall and are working on bringing other prominent women, such as Madeleine Albright, to speak here in San Diego as well,” noted Prisk. “We believe that women must be active participants in the formation of global policies. Our goal is to partner with other women around the world in this endeavor, with the full belief that we can make a difference.”

Many of VOW’s past speakers were co-sponsored by University of San Diego’s Institute for Peace and Justice, Prisk added.

For a calendar of upcoming events and more information about Voices of Women, please visit http://www.voicesofwomen.org or call 858.642.6770.