I kēia lā, hoʻolaha ʻo VOW for Girls #LoveIsOurBusiness, kahi hana hou e hoʻohui i ka ʻoihana male honua e hoʻopau i ka male keiki. ʻO nā ʻoihana pili i ka male, media, a me nā ʻoihana mare a puni ka honua e lawe nei i ka hoʻohiki ākea e kākoʻo i nā kaikamahine:
"Ma ke ʻano he hui e hoʻolauleʻa nei i ke aloha, kākoʻo mākou iā VOW no nā kaikamahine. No ka mea #LoveIsOurBusiness, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou e hiki i kēlā me kēia kaikamahine ke koho i ke aloha ma kāna ʻōlelo ponoʻī a ʻaʻohe keiki e lilo i wahine mare.
E like me ka ʻoihana male ponoʻī, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ka hana e ke aloha, no laila ke hoʻomaka nei i ka lā Valentine - kahi lā e hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ai ke aloha a ākea. ʻO nā hōʻailona a me nā mea hoʻolaha hoʻolaha i lawe i ka hoʻohiki a hiki i kēia manawa ke komo i ka paepae uku mare ʻo Maro; mea hoʻolālā lole male ʻo Justin Alexander; ke alakaʻi nei i ka nohona ʻApelika, ke ʻano, a me ka hale mare ʻo Bella Naija; alakaʻi ʻoihana male ʻo The Knot; mea hana lole wahine Natori; polokalamu loea hanana Aisle Planner; lawelawe hoʻololi inoa pūnaewele NameSwitch; ʻO Birdy Grey ka hui ʻaʻahu pāʻina male pololei; a me nā hui kūpeʻe lima pilikino Nā inoa no ka maikaʻi. ʻO ka poʻe ʻoihana ʻoihana male kaulana e komo ana i ka hoʻolālā e komo pū me VOW's Global Ambassador Sarah Haywood; Nā ʻelele ʻĀpana VOW a me nā mea hoʻolālā male alakaʻi ʻo Mwai Yeboah, Lotte Groosman, a me Estelle Bogaert; a me nā lālā o ka VOW Advisory Council, ka mea hoʻolālā nani ʻo Emily Campbell a me ka mea paʻi kiʻi nani ʻo Rebecca Yale. Loaʻa i ka manaʻo ke kākoʻo o ka Wedding International Professionals Association (WIPA).
"He ʻano koho nā male mare," wahi a Clay Dunn, Luna Nui o VOW for Girls. “Mai ka manawa e ʻōlelo ai nā kāne 'ʻae,' e hoʻomaka ana ka nui o nā koho ʻē aʻe e wehe. ʻO kēlā me kēia koho, mai nā keke a me nā lole, i nā wahi, nā mea paʻi kiʻi, a me nā mahina meli, hiki ke loaʻa ka hopena nui.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, he 12 miliona mau kaikamahine, ʻo kekahi ma kahi o 8 mau makahiki, e lilo i mau keiki mare, ʻo ia ka like me hoʻokahi kaikamahine i kēlā me kēia 3 kekona. Ua manaʻo ʻia he 10 miliona mau male keiki e hiki mai ana i nā makahiki he 10 e hiki mai ana ma muli o ka hopena o COVID-19.
"Hoʻopau ka male ʻana o ke keiki i ka hiki o ke kaikamahine ke koho a nona kona wā e hiki mai ana," wahi a Dunn. "ʻO ka pahuhopu nui o #LoveIsOurBusiness ʻo ia ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā kaikamahine i ke kākoʻo e pono ai lākou e hana i ke ola a lākou e makemake ai a koho i ke aloha ma kā lākou ʻōlelo ponoʻī."
"Ua kūkulu wau i kahi ʻoihana e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka male ʻana me nā kāne i loaʻa kahi koho, akā ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia kēlā koho i nā miliona o nā kaikamahine a puni ka honua," wahi a VOW Global Ambassador a me ka mea hoʻolālā male male kaulana ʻo Sarah Haywood. "Ma muli o ka nui o kēia pukana, kono au i nā ʻoihana male ʻē aʻe e hui pū me aʻu i koʻu kākoʻo ʻana iā VOW ma ka lawe ʻana i ka hoʻohiki a hōʻike i kā lākou mea kūʻai aku, #LoveIsOurBusiness."
Ma ke ʻano o kā lākou ʻōlelo hoʻohiki #LoveIsOurBusiness e kōkua i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka male keiki, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui fintech ʻo Maroo i ka hiʻohiʻona hāʻawi kālā hoʻohui mua no ka male ʻana me ka hui pū ʻana me VOW for Girls. Hiki i nā mea kūʻai mare ke koho i kēia hana, e ʻae ana i nā kāne e hōʻuluʻulu i kā lākou invoice me nā hāʻawi pololei e pōmaikaʻi iā VOW.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Anja Winikka, Co-Founder a me CMO ma Maroo, "A hiki i kēia manawa, ʻo ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka male philanthropy e pili ana i kahi kāne e hoʻopaʻa inoa ana no kā lākou aloha koho a laila hāʻawi hāʻawi i kahi hapa liʻiliʻi o nā kūʻai makana malihini. Ma Maroo, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou ʻo kekahi o nā waiwai nui loa hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i kā mākou mau kāne a me nā ʻoihana ʻo ka maʻalahi a puni nā uku. ʻO kā mākou hiʻohiʻona hāʻawi ʻo Maroo hou e hiki ai i nā kāne ke hāʻawi pololei i ka VOW no nā kaikamahine ma ke kaomi ʻana i kahi pihi. ʻAʻole wale mākou e hoʻopololei i ka ʻenehana e pili ana i nā hāʻawi, ke ʻae nei mākou i nā kāne e hoʻoholo i ka wā a me ka nui o ka hāʻawi ʻana - e hoʻoikaika iā lākou e manaʻo e pili loa i ke kumu.
