'Women in the World' Converge in New York
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Updated Sun. Mar.14, 2010. BRAVO Tina Brown! This conference was simply stupendous and the beginning of a strong initiative for the world’s women. We’re 110% committed to supporting the speakers in New York this weekend, and their projects. We’re written about many of these women and will be installing our reads and their videos from ‘Women in the World’ in the right-hand column, throughout about 50% of Anne of Carversville. We will also always prominently feature one of the videos and new ones to come on our front page and all topic blogs. AND we’ll drop them into the blogs, so readers will discover the stories and videos as part of their reading experience. Thanks everyone who gave us so much ammunition to tell these stories. Anne
OK. Close your eyes and pretend that an amazing group of mostly women is coming together in New York tomorrow. Let’s see. Who would be there. Being totally impartial, of course, I want:
Queen Rania Read all Queen Rania
Hillary Clinton Read all Hillary Clinton
Wait, I’m not dreaming!!! A most incredible group of women IS coming together in New York — along with a couple of the very good guys — at The Daily Beast’s Women in the World conference starting tonight.
The event is cosponsored by DVF, Vital Voices and the UN Foundation, with presentations streamed live at the conference website.
Who will be there? Who won’t! This list is amazing! In attendance:
Hafsat Abiola, human-rights activist, founder, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy
Shohreh Aghdashloo, actress
Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State; chair of Albright Stonebridge Group
Christiane Amanpour, CNN chief international correspondent, anchor, host of Amanpour
Helen Amdemikael, sociologist and gender activist
Farida Azizi, peace activist
Kiran Bedi, India’s first and highest-ranking female police officer
Fatima Bhutto, Pakistan correspondent for The Daily Beast, author, activist
Cherie Blair, the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
Jeff Bolding, founder and director, Sistas of the Flame
Marie Brenner, author and writer-at-large, Vanity Fair
Tina Brown, founder, editor in chief, The Daily Beast
Mika Brzezinski, co-host of Morning Joe and MSNBC anchor
Kathy Bushkin Calvin, CEO, the United Nations Foundation
Luis CdeBaca, ambassador-at-large, Office to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking
Sohini Chakraborty, dance activist, founder, Kolkata Sanved
Juju Chang, news anchor, ABC’s Good Morning America
Shoma Chaudhury, managing editor, Tehelka
Wei Sun Christianson, CEO and managing director, Morgan Stanley China
Anabella de Léon, member of the Guatemalan parliament
Marietou Diarra, Tostan participant and human-rights activist
Ching Eikenberry, strategic communication coordinator, development outreach and communication, USAID/Afghanistan
Nora Ephron, director, author, screenwriter
Andeisha Farid, founder, AFCECO and one of Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Women
Leymah Gbowee, executive director, Women Peace and Security Network Africa
Bianna Golodryga, correspondent, ABC News
Eliza Griswold, journalist
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations
Marcia Gay Harden, actress
Edna Adan Ismail, maternal and child-health activist and former foreign-affairs minister of Somaliland
Lorie D. Jackson, director, Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative, ExxonMobil
Victoria Jackson, cosmetics entrepreneur and founder of The Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation
Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to the president of the United States
Sallie Krawcheck, president, Global Wealth & Investment Management, Bank of America
Sunitha Krishnan, chief functionary, Prajwala
Christine Lagarde, French Minister for Economy, Industry, and Employment
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, journalist and researcher
Dao Tuyet Lien, businesswoman, former trafficking victim
Ann Livermore, executive vice president, HP
Katherine Lucey, founder and executive director, Solar Sister
Susan Lyne, CEO, Gilt Groupe
Mukhtar Mai, women’s rights, education activist
Somaly Mam, founder, AFESIP and the Somaly Mam Foundation
Inez McCormack, Irish social activist
Jane McGonigal, director of games research & development, Institute for the Future
Molly Melching, founder, Tostan
Emeline Michel, singer-songwriter
Anchee Min, memoirist and novelist
Dambisa Moyo, economist and author of Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
Dr. Denis Mukwege, head of the Panzi Hospital of Bukavu
Alyse Nelson, president and CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership
Davia Nelson, producer, NPR’s Hidden Kitchens
Jacqueline Novogratz, founder, Acumen Fund
Kakenya Ntaiya, founder, Kakenya’s Center for Excellence
Stephanie Okereke, executive director of Del-York International, filmmaker
María Otero, U.S. Undersecretary for Democracy and Global Affairs
Maria Pacheco, Founder, Wakami World
Suraya Pakzad, founder, Voice of Women Organization
Archie Panjabi, actress
Marina Pisklakova-Parker, founder, Center ANNA
Dina Powell, global head of corporate engagement, Goldman Sachs
Annie Rashidi-Mulumba, consultant on human-rights for the United Nations in Cameroon
Zainab Salbi, founder and CEO, Women for Women International
Diane Sawyer, ABC News anchor
Nikki Silva, Producer, NPR’s Hidden Kitchens
Mu Sochua, member of Cambodian parliament and human-rights advocate
Julyana Soelistyo, actress
Jane Spencer, managing editor of The Daily Beast
Lesley Stahl, correspondent, 60 Minutes
Meryl Streep, actress
Diana Taylor, managing director, Wolfensohn & Co.
Julie Taymor, director
Frances Townsend, former assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Lauren Vélez, actress
Melanne Verveer, ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues, U.S. Department of State
Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer and philanthropist
Barbara Walters, creator, co-host, and executive producer, ABC’s The View; correspondent, ABC News
Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; president of TripleEdge social investing firm; co-author of Half the Sky
Lauren Zalaznick, president, NBC Universal Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks
The Daily Beast list with names and bios.
Anne
