Following Annie Lennox’s visit to Malawi and the “Make It Happen” petition, trust.org have published an article written by the singer and activist discussing the issue of reproductive rights.
Cruelty Free International, the global non-profit organization dedicated to ending cosmetics testing on animals worldwide, has been joined by celebrities Chrissie Hynde, Twiggy, Jenny Seagrove, Kimberly Wyatt and Joanna Lumley, to celebrate the end of cosmetics testing on animals in Europe.
Annie Lennox has issued a call to action, in response to the epidemic of violence that has been taking place against women and girls in South Africa for years.
The Music Circle is organizing a charity jumble sale in association with Oxfam on January 26, with celebrity donations from Paloma Faith, Tinie Tempah, Dermot O’Leary, Fearne Cotton, Marilyn Manson, Charlotte Church and many more.
Annie Lennox was in Malawi last week to support President Banda’s Initiative on Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood, and to promote the need for increased funding from donor nations for reproductive health services for Malawi and other countries in the developing world.
Malawi this week welcomed high-level members of the Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health (GLC) to Lilongwe, at the invitation of Her Excellency Mrs. Joyce Banda, also a member of the group of former presidents, global health leaders, and philanthropists who are dedicated to advocating at the highest political levels for women’s rights to reproductive health and family planning services.
Keep A Child Alive CEO Peter Twyman has announced that the Black Ball REDUX, held last week at “Harlem’s World Famous Apollo Theater,” raised over $2.9 million – funds that will go to providing lifesaving HIV treatment, care and support to children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.
In the lead up to World AIDS Day 2012, three passionate advocates for an HIV-free generation will come together in UNAIDS’ first Google+ Hangout to talk about how the world is moving towards zero new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive.
Rousing performances and spellbinding speeches dominated the sold-out Roy Thompson Hall at the second annual Hope Rising event last week, benefiting the Stephen Lewis Foundation and hosted by CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi.
A Skyfall cast and crew cap, signed by Daniel Craig, is among the celebrity lots up for auction in aid of St Mungo’s Woolly Hat Day on Friday 26 October.
British singer/songwriter, campaigner and activist, Annie Lennox, OBE, will perform at this year’s Nansen Refugee Award ceremony in Geneva on October 1, the UNHCR announced on Monday.
This fall, legendary singer-songwriter, philanthropist and political activist Annie Lennox will headline the second annual Hope Rising! A Benefit Concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation presented by CIBC alongside Grammy Award-winning recording artist Angelique Kidjo.
On the eve of the opening of the historic International AIDS Conference, a stellar cast of artists, political leaders, and community activists came to Washington, D.C. to mark more than three decades of the global response to the HIV epidemic.
International artists including Keira Knightley, Yoko Ono, Scarlett Johansson, Coldplay, Tim Roth, Annie Lennox and Kevin Spacey have joined forces to demand governments take immediate action to help improve regulation of the international arms trade.
Tali Lennox, Alan Titchmarsh and TOWIE’s Lydia Bright are among a host of famous names who have used their creative talents to support this year’s Christian Aid Week.
Award-winning model Tali Lennox recently visited Sierra Leone, one of the world’s poorest countries, as a Christian Aid Week (13-19 May) ambassador. Around half of all Sierra Leoneans are forced to try to survive on the equivalent of just 80p a day, with more than half the country’s population relying on subsistence farming for their income.
Annie Lennox will return to the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday March 14 as part of Commonwealth Day events taking place on the day. Annie will address an audience on the Global Plan and the exciting development of the UNAIDS targets, particularly in relation to Preventing Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV.
Annie Lennox has paid tribute to veteran American war correspondent Marie Colvin, who was killed – along with a French photojournalist, Remi Ochlik – in Syria earlier this week.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, EQUALS and Southbank Centre’s WOW – Women of the World festival present a unique concert showcasing the power of British female recording artists.
Elton John
Annie Lennox
Bill Clinton
Bono
Paul McCartney
Sting
George Clooney
Ellen DeGeneres
UNICEF
Red Cross
PETA
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Elton John AIDS Foundation
Stand Up To Cancer