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ANNEXE 4 : RÉSEAU MONDIAL DE PARTENARIATS DE WOMEN THRIVE (Anglais/English) Join our Global Partnerships Network! womenthrive.org/join-our-global-partnerships-network Women Thrive Worldwide believes that empowering women is the most effective long-term solution and key to ending global poverty.  It is, therefore, a core part of our mission to raise the voices of women from around the world before U.S. and global policymakers, and to build women’s own capacity to be advocates.  The Global Partnerships Network is a program of Women Thrive Worldwide. We are NOT a grantmaking organization. Benefits of Joining the Global Partnerships Network Women Thrive’s partnerships with local organizations around the world are crucial and animate all aspects of our work.  We believe women in developing countries know best about their own needs and priorities, and what we hear from them informs our entire advocacy agenda.  We work in partnership with them and highlight their experiences so policymakers can get a local, on-theground perspective of how U.S. and international policies are affecting women.  Our partners also help us track and monitor the impact of international policy change on a country and community level. Joining the Global Partnerships Network is free. Here are just a few of the benefits you’ll receive by joining the Global Partnerships Network (GPN):  Gain more visibility. Using our website, global partnerships newsletter, blog, and/or social media platforms, we can work with you to increase your organization’s profile internationally.   Increase your access to information-sharing and other organizations. Through our network, we can connect you with an organization doing similar work and/or share information with or about your organization, in order to advance your work to improve the lives of women and girls in your home country and around the world. About the Global Partnerships Network (GPN) The GPN is a dynamic new network that connects organizations from around the world working to advance women, so we can learn from each other, and collaborate to forward common goals. We hope to be a conduit for organizations and individuals committed to gender equality, to share their experiences on how to best address the needs of and empower women and girls living in poverty around the world.  Members of the GPN are diverse, including local and civil society organizations; service-providers; national and regional networks and coalitions; social enterprises and small businesses; advocacy-oriented organizations; researchfocused groups; and more.  Promote your work through collaboration and advocacy. We work hard to collaborate with our partners by providing feedback, toolkits, guidebooklets, and/or connections, as well as notifying them of potential funding or capacity development opportunities. These tools and opportunities can help promote and advance your cause locally, nationally and internationally. Whether you use our Advocacy Training Guide in your country, or you provide us with input on a U.S. or international policy or program, we will do what we can to make sure your voice is heard by policymakers. 64 FundraisingGuide2014_R8c-FR.indd 67 6/20/14 3:40 PM