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Zonta International is a worldwide service organization dedicated to improving the legal, political, economic, educational
and professional status of women. More than 36,000 Zontians in over 1,100 clubs in 61 countries use their collective strength
to help individual women throughout the world realize their potential.
Zonta International actively works to promote
the status of women through its long-standing relationship with the United Nations and some of its agencies. It holds consultative
status with the U.N., and maintains 10 U.N. representatives, making Zonta a powerful force in the development of international
policy.
For the biennium 2008-2010, the following service projects
were adopted:
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS:
UNICEF Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in
Rwanda
UNIFEM Safe Cities for Women Project in Guatemala City, Guatemala and San Salvador, El Salvador
UNFPA
Reduction of Obstetric Fistula in Liberia within the context of Maternal and Newborn Health
ZONTA
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIES TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (ZISVAW)
UNIFEM Trust Fund to End Violence
against Women:
1. Ending Violence against
Women through Community Action in Cambodia
2. Combating physical violence against women and supporting the implementation of protective and anti-discriminatory laws and policies in Egypt
3. Community-based center for housing and rehabilitation of women victims of violence in Syria
THE LOUISVILLE ZONTA CLUB
The Zonta club of Louisville was chartered on May 14, 1960. Like all local Zonta clubs, its objectives are: *To
stimulate the desire of each member to be of service; *To promote good fellowship as an opportunity for
service; *To quicken the interest of each member in the welfare of the local
community, and to cooperate with others in its civic, social, commercial, and industrial development. For
50 years, Zonta Club of Louisville has served our community in advancing the status of our women through projects and grants.
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