Hyatt Hotels Corporation invested one million dollar with Women International to support more than 60,000 women in Afghanistan, Rwanda, Bosnia and many other regions around the world.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation has initiated a four-year, one million dollar partnership with Women for Women International, a global development organization that offers education, training and income generation opportunities for marginalized women in areas impacted by war and conflict.

The investment will help support more than 60,000 women in Afghanistan, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Sudan, Nigeria, Iraq, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kosovo – regions in urgent need of support and countries where many Hyatt colleagues around the world were born and raised and still have family members living there.

The newly announced partnership is rooted in Hyatt’s long-term commitment to women – to better serve its female guests and to foster and support career opportunities for its female colleagues. Women@Hyatt, the company’s business resource group connecting female colleagues around the globe, will be tapped to help shape and evolve the relationship to fuel engagement and participation among all levels of the organization.

“As we continue to place a strong emphasis on supporting, empowering and championing our female colleagues and guests, it is just as critical for us to provide those same opportunities to other women around the world,” said Robb Webb, Chief Human Resources Officer for Hyatt. “We are thrilled to be taking our relationship with Women for Women International to an enterprise-wide level since the organization gets to the heart of what Hyatt is all about. We believe that education and opportunity are critical to thriving communities. We believe that empowering and championing women is crucial to the long-term success of companies. And we believe that caring and investing in our colleagues and their communities will make a difference.”

The partnership comes on the heels of a successful collaboration with Women for Women International and Hyatt’s Andaz brand, where women in Iraq were offered income generation and skills training opportunities by learning to sew laundry bags that were placed in Andaz guestrooms around the world. In addition to financially benefiting the women that created them, the bags served as a powerful symbol of hope and inspiration to both Andaz guests and colleagues. The impact of that effort moved Hyatt to commit to a larger relationship with the organization.