SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Marking its evolution from a shoe company to a One for One(TM) company, TOMS has launched a highly anticipated second product line, TOMS Eyewear, that will address another pressing need around the world.

Nearly two out of three people who are blind or visually impaired are women WASHINGTON, May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading U.S.-based eye care NGOs held a briefing, "Seeing Women: Taking on Gender Inequities in Global Blindness Prevention," at the National Press Club in Washington, DC exploring links between gender and blindness, poverty, disability and education.

WASHINGTON, April 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was issued today by the Seva Foundation: WHAT: Leading U.S.-based eye care NGOs are collaborating to host, "Seeing Women: Taking on Gender Inequities in Global Blindness and Care." The inaugural Gender and Eye Health advocacy event will explore the links between gender and blindness, poverty, disability and education and discuss proven strategies to address these gaps.

WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the past year, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Child Blindness Program assisted over one million people through eye health education, comprehensive vision screening, refractive error correction, sight-restoring surgery, and education for blind children.

Well after sunset on a Saturday evening early this month, a Boeing 767 landed at the sleepy airport in the southern Indian city of Madurai. On board was Larry Page, co-founder of Google (GOOG), and four other people from the world's most famous search engine.