CEI
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) engaged CEI to create and manage the first global NGO capacity building and public relations campaign to build UN donor country public and political awareness of and support for the equality and rights of women in developing countries.
CEI recruited population and development NGOs and celebrity spokespersons (as Goodwill Ambassadors) in 13 UN donor countries; together generating more media coverage and public awareness of women's human rights issues in three years than was generated by the UN in all 30 years prior to the campaign.
Walter Coddington served as the Executive Director of Face to Face International.
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Face to Face
International
Pictured here with UNFPA Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Geri helped generate a tremendous amount of media coverage of the international Face to Face campaign and its UK partner Marie Stopes International.
Finnish singer/songwriter and humanitarian Mikko Kuustonen has help champion the rights of women and children for UNFPA, Face to Face campaign partner Vaestoliitto and Plan International.
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TV series Dallas star Linda Gray served as UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and the Face to Face Campaign Chairperson.
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UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Switzerland, Dr. Piccard, a scientist-adventurer, psychiatrist and aeronaut, completed the first around-the-world balloon trip in 20 days with co-pilot Brian Jones.
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One of Sweden's most popular TV presenters, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign spokesperson, Ms. Ahlstrom filmed the TV special "Jane" in Zambia contrasting the lives of Swedish and Zambian teenage girls.
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Italian actress Nancy Brilli, who recovered from ovarian cancer and a difficult pregnancy, publicly supported Face to Face campaign partner AIDOS's Safe Motherhood campaign.
Campaign partner Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) invited German TV talk show host Dr. Alfred Biolek to join the ranks of the UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors. Dr. Biolek was already an advocate for women and development and regularly covered the issues on his TV show -- one of the most popular shows in Germany.
Goedele Liekens is a well-known television personality in Belgium. Ms. Liekens, together with Face to Face campaign partner Sensoa, produced several made-for-television documentaries for UNFPA. She has reported on AIDS and fistula in Africa and women in the refugee camps of Pakistan.
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Campaign partner New Zealand Family Planning Association’s International Development Unit (FPAID) recommended TV personality Stacey Daniels to raise awareness in New Zealand of population,women's health and development issues in Asia and the Pacific.
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Former member of the European Parliament, currently the Honorary President of Health First Europe, Mary Banotti is the UNFPA's Goodwill Ambassador on reproductive health and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Ireland.
Kari A. Jaquesson is a TV presenter and highly regarded fitness specialist. Kari has always managed on her return from UN field trips to get lots of media coverage for the projects and people she visited.
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Pictured above with Face to Face campaign director Walter Coddington, popular Portuguese actress Catarina Furtado recorded numerous public service announcements for Associação para o Planeamento da Famîlia and UNFPA.
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Highly-acclaimed television and radio presenter Javier Sardà, Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Spain, helped the Federación de Planificación Familiar de España build public awareness of developing-country women and youth denied reproductive healthcare rights and services.
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Popular author and Face to Face/UNFPA Campaign Spokesperson in Denmark, Hanne-Vibeke Holst wrote in-depth portraits of fourteen women from developing world countries.
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NGO Equilibres & Populations (E&P) took their Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, actress Elsa Zylberstein, to Mali to address the Regional Forum for the Reduction of Infant and Maternal Mortality. Subsequent visits to Africa inspired Ms. Zylberstein to help E&P raise funds for an RH clinic in Mali.
Model Magdalina Valtchanova founded Face to Face Bulgaria. Former Miss Bulgaria, her mission is to reduce and ultimately prevent cases of forced prostitution and sex trafficking in that country.