Fashion 4 Development, an official platform on South South News, part of the
United Nations (UN) private and public sectors, has chosen
Franca Sozzani as their first Goodwill Ambassador.
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| Photo by Pierpaolo Ferrari |
F4D is a global awareness campaign that unites diplomacy, business,
media, and the creative industries for the purpose of helping to
achieve the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals
# 1 – End Poverty and Hunger,
# 3 – Gender Equality – Empowering Women, and
# 8 – Global Partnership, through the Expression of Fashion.
The main goal is to implement creative strategies for sustainable
economic growth and autonomy.
"
Fashion 4 Development, has the full
support of South South News, the United Nations and its Member States"
said Ambassador Francis Lorenzo, president of South South News.
Such prestigious and challenging recognition
will be officialised in New York on September 19th
at the South South Awards Gala at New York’s Waldorf Astoria
concurrently with the opening of the 65th session of the United
Nations, in the presence of Heads of State and First Ladies from all
over the globe, personalities from fashion, the diplomatic world and
the media. South South News was launched in February 2010 during the
sixteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly High-level
Committee on South South Cooperation.
The theme of the First Ladies & Fashion for Development Luncheon during the day on September 19th , will be
Giving Back is the New Luxury and will revolve around the increasingly decisive role of fashion in creating economic growth in developing countries.
Franca Sozzani will be acknowledged and speak to an audience of First Ladies from around the world
and other distinguished guests. “Franca Sozzani is a perfect choice to
lead our mission as Goodwill Ambassador, her professional career as
well as her philanthropic efforts are truly an inspiration that will
garner the support of fashion elite worldwide “, said Evie Evangelou,
Co-Founder, Fashion 4 Development and World Fashion Development
Programme.
(Source: from
Vogue)