The 22nd Annual Global Leadership Awards will take place on October 25 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Vital Voices co-founder, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address.
Ava DuVernay has been named the Global Trailblazer Award recipient for her work as a social impact filmmaker who celebrates and explores themes of human rights and racial equity. Climate activist and social entrepreneur Inna Braverman, Gender-based Violence Activist Hellen Lunkuse, Disability Rights Activist Sara Minkara and Sudanese Women’s Rights Activist Enass Muzamel, will be recognized for their steadfast commitment to solving the world’s greatest challenges surrounding climate, gender-based violence, and disability rights.
In addition to Secretary Clinton’s keynote address, A.I. Expert and star of the Netflix documentary Coded Bias Dr. Joy Buolamwini, Philanthropist and Fashion Designer Diane von Furstenberg, Actress & Activist Ashley Judd, NBCUniversal’s Chief Content Officer Donna Langley, D.B.E., Co-anchor of PBS NewsHour Amna Nawaz, and Hall of Fame Inducted Marketing Executive, Author, and Entrepreneur Bozoma Saint John are also confirmed to give remarks.
About the Program
Each year, the Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards honors women leaders on the frontlines of change at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.
Our investment in the Honorees does not begin and end with one night; it extends beyond, to an innovative and unparalleled initiative, the Global Leadership Awards Honoree Program.
The Honoree Program includes an intensive, week-long initiative – tailor-made for each Honoree – in which we provide the women leaders we honor with targeted training and capacity building to support their leadership and professional development.
We continue to partner with the Honorees to provide individualized investments, visibility opportunities, and connections to bolster their platform, strengthen their goals, and bring further credibility to their work.
The light that you've shined on me tonight, let me turn it around, let me redirect it to the women who are yearning for change. When you see me, please see them.
Kakenya Ntaiya 2008 Honoree