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The
Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards
honor international women leaders in the fields of human rights, economic empowerment, or political reform. The event takes place annually in early spring at the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
in
Washington, D.C.
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The 2009 program was named that year's "Most Inspirational Event" by Washington Life Magazine.
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The 15th annual Global Leadership Awards were held on March 9, 2016.
Past presenters include
Ben Affleck
,
Christiane Amanpour
,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Chairman
Sheila Bair
,
Candice Bergen
,
Wolf Blitzer
,
Laura Bush
,
United States Secretary of State
and
Vital Voices
co-founder
Hillary Clinton
,
Sally Field
, Honorary Co-Chair
Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchison
,
Angelina Jolie
,
Avon
CEO
Andrea Jung
,
Angelique Kidjo
,
Nicholas Kristof
,
Lisa Ling
,
Time Inc.
CEO
Ann S. Moore
,
Suze Orman
,
Queen Rania
of
Jordan
,
Zain Verjee
, board member
Diane von Furstenberg
,
Reese Witherspoon
,
Brian Williams
, and many others.
Awards
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- Leadership in Public Life Award (formerly Political Participation Award)
- Human Rights Award
- Economic Empowerment Award (formerly Economic Opportunity Award)
- Fern Holland
Award, named in honor of the young lawyer who was killed in
Iraq
while working to create centers for Iraqi women. The award is given to a woman who works for human rights and women's empowerment.
- Rising Voices Award, given to a young woman leader.
- Global Trailblazer
- 10,000 Women
Entrepreneurial Achievement Award, part of a partnership between
Vital Voices
and
Goldman Sachs
as an initiative to provide women around the world with entrepreneurial education.
Past recipients
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2002
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2003: "Voices of Hope in a Time of Global Challenge"
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2004: "Changing the Face of Leadership"
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2005: "A Call to Action"
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2006
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- Economic Opportunity Award:
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
,
Nigeria
- Human Rights Award: Rita Chaikin,
Israel
- Fern Holland Award:
Mukhtaran Mai
,
Pakistan
- Global Trailblazer:
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
,
Liberia
- Special Recognition: The Women of
Kuwait
(representatives: Lubna Al-Qazi, Lulwa Al-Qatami, Fatima Hussien Al-Essa, Noureya Al-Saddani, Lulwa Al-Mulla,
Rola Dashti
, and Ghada Al-Khalaf)
2007: "Women Changing Our World"
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2008
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2009: "Women Leading Change Across the World"
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2010: "Impact Through Innovation: Women Inspiring Change"
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2011
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2012
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2013
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- Tep Vanny
, Cambodia, Vital Voices Global Leadership Award
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References
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http://prideofpakistan.com/whoiswhodetail.php?name=RoshanehZafar&id=586
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