Women, Faith and Development Alliance - Co-Chair Video Message by Mary Robinson

The Women, Faith, and Development Alliance (WFDA) - a unique partnership of internationally focused faith, development, and women's organizations - is a powerful new force dedicated to engendering global efforts to reduce poverty by increasing political will and action to increase investments in women's and girls' empowerment around the world.

WFDA is focused on one 'big idea': to join women and men in international faith, development and women's organizations to mobilize around the bold moral imperative of ending global poverty and empowering women and girls.

WFDA launched its international action and advocacy campaign at Breakthrough: The Women, Faith and Development Summit to End Global Poverty in Washington, DC April 13-15, 2008, a highly visible gathering where world leaders, heads of denominations and faith groups, CEOs of development organizations and corporate leaders committed to a global agenda of action and advocacy favorable to women and girls.