COURAGE ON CANVAS/ YOUNG MEN, BIG DREAMS (month-long exhibit). Fifty artwork created by LPTM’s young men and boys will be exhibited along with finalist 25 photos of the 2014 Color of Life International Photo Contest.

Come see the amazing work of renowned international photojournalists who have participated in this year photo contest: GMB Akash, Istvan Kerekes, Gali Tibbon, Jonathan French, Goran Jovic, Neca Dantas and many others.

The 5 winning photos will be announced by Mr. Robert Houston. Houston’s Work has been exhibited in many places including The Smithsonian Museum of American History, James E. Lewis Gallery at Morgan State University, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Frostburg State University, Baltimore Museum of Art. His work is currently on display at the Miller Senate Office Building. His photographic skills were also featured in Life Magazine and at the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, DC in 1968. Houston is most proud of his portrait of Dr. King taken in 1967 in Boston.

• OPENING RECEPTION
  Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 6 pm Thursday, October 2nd 2014 - from 6pm to 9pm
• LOCATION
  PEPCO EDISON PLACE GALLERY
  702 8th Street, NW
  Washington, DC 20068

Our exhibition doesn’t depict just a Latin American reality, but the sad reality of women living around the world, the will to empower them through education, the need to rescue them from underpaid jobs by offering them better opportunities and, most of all, the necessity to build more solid families in which violence and abuse are not the norm. As these issues have an impact on a global scale, this exhibition is meant to broaden views related to gender and to call attention to the worldwide neglect of women and girls living in societies in which culture and education unfortunately are not yet priorities and they are still relegated to second-rate status. These societies are marked by poverty caused by economic factors such as low income and safety-net expenditures, as well as by social and political factors, including poor access to basic social services, education and public health, and few opportunities to participate in the decision-making process.

Approximately 70% of the 1.1 billion people in poverty are women, who also account for two-thirds of the world’s illiterate population. Therefore, in formulating policies and projects aimed at poverty reduction, every government must give consideration to improving women’s access to a variety of services and welfare opportunities and promote the participation of women in the decision-making process for the benefit of both women and men.

The work of the Art Museum of the Americas and Colors of Life is based on the principle that the arts are transformative for individuals and communities. For this reason, we are proud to show this exhibition on gender equality, which promotes a society in which women and men enjoy the same opportunities, outcomes, rights and obligations in all spheres of life with a focus on identifying and redressing power imbalances and giving women more autonomy to manage their own lives. Let’s never forget that women’s empowerment is vital to sustainable development and the realization of human rights for all.

• OPENING RECEPTION
  Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 6 pm
• ON VIEW
  June 4 - August 29, 2014
  
• LOCATION
  OAS | AMA F STREET GALLERY
  Organization of American States
  1889 F Street, NW
  Washington, DC 20006

As Marina Galvani, World Bank Art Curator stated: “Studies after studies show the vast benefits to societies that come from investing in girls and women. We see healthier and better educated children, more productive economies and the widespread enjoyment of a basic human right – gender equality”.

These photos open windows into the worlds of a unique group of photographers who have thought about what it means to be a woman. They are artists who have been fascinated by the complexity, diversity, interactivity and individuality of half of the world’s population. In “Investing in Women and Girls”, rather than celebrating humanism we celebrate “womanism” - not the human being at the center of the universe, but the special vantage point from which women live, dance, sing, fight, scream, work and love.

To explore this theme, LJD Week 2012 will bring together World Bank Group staff, senior officials from other international financial institutions, international development practitioners, government officials, lawyers, judges, scholars and representatives from civil society. LJD Week 2012 will be a World Bank Group-wide event co-organized by the World Bank’s Legal Vice Presidency, IFC and MIGA Legal Departments, and ICSID, in addition will host the formal launch of the “Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development” and dedicated sessions led by its Thematic Working Groups.

In a world that is increasingly interconnected and risky, the quest for opportunity by individuals and organizations shines a new spotlight on the potentially transformative role that effective law can play in accelerating and sustaining growth, as well as in ensuring that growth can be both inclusive of underserved populations and equitable across society.

Countries around the world continue to struggle with an economic downturn that threatens contagion from Europe across borders. Countries with developing economies across Africa, Latin American and the Caribbean, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia grapple with how to jump-start or sustain growth, knowing that they face unmet demand for jobs for an increasing population. New ways to examine the impact of law on national economic development explore how changes in private laws, in a variety forms across many different countries, can bring together ideas and capital to create opportunities for accelerated and sustained growth.

Social and political changes, prompted by a range of financial crises, food shocks, health crises and natural disasters around the world make clear the potential impact of people’s consistent demand for access, reach and quality of opportunity and services. Increasing connectivity and use of social media feed a growing demand for open, accountable and equitable governance. It is mandatory to find new ways to assess the impact of insufficient access to effective justice on people’s lives and examine why despite recent changes, unfortunately poverty, exclusion and inequity persist in all regions.