Together For Her is a joint initiative of the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, CARE and Entertainment Industry Foundation to mobilize and deploy the budget to combat domestic violence.
Los Angeles (August 25, 2020) – Today, Together For Her partners – The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP), CARE and Entertainment Industry Foundation – announced that Lyft, Mary Kay and others have joined the campaign, which aims to provide relief to the pandemic developing gender-based violence that arose from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lyft provides access to behavioral credits to U.S.-based domestic violence organizations. To help women who leave or have left dangerous situations. When activating its LyftUp initiative, career credits will be distributed to choose Together for Her recipients in the United States to help survivors on their journey, free of charge. For survivors of domestic and sexual violence fleeing dangerous situations, reliable transportation is an essential resource. Transportation is also important for those who have discovered protection and cure trauma, rebuilding their lives, seeking safe employment and housing, and building monetary security. Lyft joins Together For Her to connect those in need with access to transportation. This new partnership builds on LyftUp’s efforts of Together for Her and Lyft to help those who revel in domestic violence during the COVID crisis.
“We are proud to launch our LyftUp initiative in partnership with Together For Her to satisfy the mobility desires of those who want it most,” said Lisa Boyd, Director of Social Impact at Lyft. “We know that transportation is important for survivors of domestic and sexual violence to reach the places and for those who have discovered access to essential services.
In addition to Lyft, Mary Kay Inc. and the Mary Kay Foundation contributed $100,000 to Together For Her’s overseas aid efforts that oppose gender-based violence, organized through CARE. The budget will be used for systems around the world to help victims and survivors of violence; Provide PPE to staff accompanying survivors of violence to court hearings and deliver food, hygiene and cleaning supplies to female victims who obtain psychological, medical and transitional accommodation services.
“In countries around the world, we find that space is not necessarily a haven of peace during quarantine or isolation. We are experiencing outbreaks of gender-based violence. The COVID-19 crisis is expected to cause another 31 million cases of VBG in six months of virus-related blockages. We know that this amazing opportunity can be avoided and that women who have been abused want our help. Together for Her contributions help us take quick action and provide them with essential help for women and women facing the most difficult situations. The desires are maximum and develop quickly,” said Rogelia Soto, national director of CARE Guatemala.
Since the announcement of Together For Her on April 22, CTAOP, CARE and the EIF have called on other women and influential organizations to join this important cause to provide important spaces and systems for women in need. More than 50 female models of film and entertainment, sports, fashion and business have committed to making a monetary donation, adding Margot Robbie, Alexandra Daddario, Amy Schumer, Bellamy Young, Danai Gurira, Jennifer Garner, Michelle Williams, Octavia Spencer, Penelope Cruz, Viola. Davis and more. Male models have also signed up for the effort, adding longtime anti-sexist violence advocate Michael Bolton, Joe Torre, Julius Tennon and Huck Paisley (son of Brad and Kimberly Paisley).
“I am proud to subscribe to CARE, the Entertainment Industry Foundation, the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project and Lyft in their call to action to stand in solidarity with women around the world affected by gender-based violence,” Alexandra Daddario said. . “COVID-19 has kept others locked up in recent months, making life much more harmful to women suffering from domestic violence. Together they will provide funding, walks, help in the global reaction to domestic violence and, through our collective voices, show that we are more powerful together.
Anyone can make a contribution to Together For Her by purchasing Together For Her candles from Little Market. Little Market co-founders Lauren Conrad and Hannah Skvarla associate the purchase of a product with a donation to Together for Her.
In addition, to celebrate Wonder Woman’s long-awaited 1984 theater, Xbox has created a one-of-a-kind Xbox One X Wonder Woman Golden Armor console that will be auctioned and all winnings will be donated to Together for Her.
Donations to Together for Her will be directed to essential facilities such as safe haven/safe haven, case management, psychosocial help and counselling, helplines, crisis intervention, sexual and reproductive conditioning facilities, legal facilities, prevention of network paints and defense paints to fight. violence and other support mechanisms for women and young victims of domestic violence.
Lyft’s beneficiaries are:
ABOUT THERON AFRICA OUTREACH CHARLIZE PROJECT (CTAOP)
CTAOP advocates for other young people living in Africa through investment in organizations that prioritize and promote the health, education and network paintings of these other young people, and their ability to protect themselves from HIV. By offering funding, building capacity and publicizing the paintings of its program partners, CTAOP is helping to ensure that the other young people they serve are on track to succeed to their full potential. CTAOP was created in 2007 through un United Nations actress and peace messenger Charlize Theron in the hope of making a difference for young people in her home country of South Africa. Although CTAOP’s geographical success is sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa has once again become the leading leader in intervention with the largest number of people living with HIV in the world. For more information, visit www.charlizeafricaoutsucceed in.org and stick to @ctaop.
ABOUT THE FOUNDING OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Founded in 1942, the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) is a multifaceted organization with an exclusive position in the world of philanthropy. By mobilizing and leveraging the harsh voice and artistic talents of the entertainment industry, as well as cultivating organizations (public and private) and philanthropists committed to social responsibility, the EIF generates awareness and funding, creating and editing local, national and global. systems that facilitate positive social change.
Visit eifoundation.org and @eifoundation for more information. EIF is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization with a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, Guidestar’s Platinum Transparency Seal, and EIF meets 20 BBB charity standards.
ABOUT CARE
Founded in 1945 with the creation of CARE Package®, CARE is a leading humanitarian organization in the fight against global poverty. CARE places special emphasis on accompanying women and women because, with the right resources, they have the strength to lift families and communities out of poverty. That’s why women and women are at the center of CARE’s network’s efforts to combat hunger, ensure nutrition and food security for all, education and health, create economic opportunities and respond to emergencies. In 2019, CARE has worked in a hundred countries and brought together more than 68 million people worldwide. Examples of countries where CARE offers programmes to combat gender-based violence include Jordan and Turkey, which host a large number of Syrian refugees; Ecuador and Colombia, home to many Venezuelan migrants; Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, each with its own demanding situations in gender progression and justice.
ABOUT LYFT
Lyft was founded in 2012 through Logan Green and John Zimmer for people’s lives through the world’s most productive transportation and is available to 95% of the U.S. population. And some cities in Canada. Lyft is committed to making a positive replacement for our cities and making cities more livable for everyone through projects that close transportation gaps and sell equity in transportation through ride-sharing, motorcycle sharing systems, electric scooters and transit associations.
CARE works around the world to save lives, succeed in poverty, and achieve social justice. We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has triumphed and where everyone lives with dignity and security.
90% of all our expenditure goes to program services.
90% of all our expenditure goes to program services.
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