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Women Walking Worldwide: 2009 Global Women’s Mentoring Walk

International women leaders of the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network will coordinate the second annual Global Women’s Mentoring…

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Global Working Session in Italy Aims not only to Commemorate UN Fourth World Conference on Women, but to Breakthrough

From October 31 through November 2, 2009, Vital Voices will host “Breakthrough: Overcoming the Obstacles to Equality, Development…

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Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society Holds Annual Meeting – Vital Voices President Honored as Rising Talent

A three-day gathering of more than 800 prominent women leaders, including Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer,…

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Mu Sochua on Freedom of Expression and Future Aspirations

Today, October 20, 2009, IPS caught up with Mu Sochua, Cambodian opposition lawmaker, as she traveled to Bangkok to discuss…

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Vital Voices Network Member Maria Teresa Leal at the Clinton Global Initiative

Maria Teresa Leal, Vital Voices network member and entrepreneur from Brazil, was invited to attend the Clinton Global…

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Entrepreneurs in Handcrafts Hold Training in Kenya

With the support of the ExxonMobil Foundation, The Vital Voices Entrepreneurs in Handcrafts facilitated a training workshop in Nairobi,…

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Vital Voices Co-hosts Asha Hagi of Somalia, Women’s Advocate and Co-founder of the Sixth Clan

On October 16, along with Allida Black, project director of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers of George Washington University,…

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Vital Voices Connection from Buenos Aires to Kingston’ Network Member Taniesha Burke and Dr. Karen Otazo Hofmeister

In 2008, entrepreneur Taniesha Burke of Jamaica participated in the Vital Voices of the Americas: Women as a Bridge to a More Prosperous…

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Vital Voices Hosts African Women Political Leaders

On September 10, Vital Voices hosted a meeting with 20 African women political leaders, participants in the International…

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Board Member Dr. Carol Lancaster Leads Week of Political Strengthening in Guatemala

From June 26 to June 30, Vital Voices Guatemala carried out a week of “Women’s Political Strengthening,” which counted…

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Hosting Delegates from Kazakhstan and Ukraine during Open World Program

This September, Vital Voices once again partnered with the Open World Leadership Center and American Councils to host…

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Jewelry by Vital Voices Artisans Hits the Runway as part of the Diane von Furstenberg Spring Collection

Vital Voices Artisans’ work was featured on the runway during New York Fashion Week with the presentation of Diane von…

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Mu Sochua Testifies before Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission – Meets with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Presenting testimony before members of Congress during the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing ‘Human Rights and the Rule of…

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Cambodian Parliamentarian and Vital Voices Global Leadership Award Honoree Mu Sochua Appears Before Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

September 10 – U.S. House of Representatives, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, Rayburn Building Room 2200 1-3 PM…

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Mu Sochua to Appear Before Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Vital Voices Global Leadership Award honoree and Cambodian Parliamentarian Mu Sochua will appear as a witness before the…

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Phelicia Dell of Vital Voices Haiti Chapter Featured in Miami Herald for Handbag Collection

Haitian artisan Phelicia Dell, member of the Vital Voices Haiti Chapter, is featured in the Miami Herald today, September 2.

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SEVEN in Stockholm for UN International Day of Democracy

September 15 marks the United Nation’s International Day of Democracy. In celebration of this date in Sweden, the Riksteatern theatre…

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Vital Voices Haiti Chapter Femmes en D̩mocratie to Hold Trade Fair

Vital Voices’ Global Network Affiliate chapter in Haiti, Voix Essentielles – Femmes en DĢ©mocratie, will hold its sixth annual…

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Visiting Cambodia

It is difficult to come away from Cambodia without being struck by a sense of the overwhelming need and opportunity…

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Vongai Chikwanda of Zimbabwe on Women’s Involvement in Constitutional Reform

“We are not asking for too much but for the right thing.” Zimbabwean Women at the ‘Have Your Say’ Women’s…

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