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Co-Hosts
Her Excellency Mary Robinson, President, Ireland (1990-97), Co-Host*
The Right Honourable Kim Campbell, Prime Minister, Canada (1993), Co-Host*
Co-Chairs
Her Excellency Emily Saidy de Jongh-Elhage, Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles*
Her Excellency Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Former President, Latvia (1999-2007), Honorary Co-Chair*
Participants
Ms. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, Executive Director, African Women's Development Fund, Nigeria
Ms. Mahnaz Afkhami, Founder and President, Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace, Iran
The Honorable Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, United States (1997-2001)
Ms. Mónica Alemán, Coordinator, International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI); Program Director, MADRE, Nicaragua
Dr. Deborah Alexander, Principal Director for Governance and Security, United States Joint Forces Command
Dame Margaret Anstee, United Nations Under-Secretary General (1987-1992)
Ms. Elizabeth Bernstein, Director, Nobel Women’s Initiative
Ms. Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Coordinator, femLINKPACIFIC-Media Initiatives for Women, Republic of the Fiji Islands
Ms. Betty Bigombe, Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace; former Chief Mediator between the government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army; former Cabinet Minister for Pacification and Reconstruction of Northern and Northeastern Uganda.
Ms. Sylvia Borren, Executive Director, Oxfam Novib, The Netherlands
Ms. Beth A. Brooke, Global Vice Chair of Strategy and Regulatory Affairs, Ernst & Young, USA
Ms. Charlotte Bunch, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Women’s Global Leadership
Ms. Deepti Choubey, Deputy Director, Nonproliferation Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States
Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
Ms. Bineta Diop, Executive Director, Femmes Africa Solidarité, Senegal
Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, United States
Ms. Asha Hagi Elmi Amin, Member, Transitional Parliament of Somalia; Founder, Save Somali Women and Children; Chairperson, The Sixth Clan
Ms. Ritu Sharma Fox, Co-Founder and President, Women's Edge Coalition, United States
Ms. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Visiting Professor, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School, Japan
Dr. Helene Gayle, President and CEO, CARE USA
Ms. Leymah Roberta Gbowee, Executive Director, Women Peace and Security Network, Africa
Ms. Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, World YWCA
Ms. Theresa Hitchens, Director, The Center for Defense and Information, United States
The Honorable Swanee Hunt, United States Ambassador to Austria (1993-1997); Chair, Initiative for Inclusive Security
Ms. Lívia Járóka, Member, European Parliament, Hungary
Ms. Angela Kane, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA)
Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, Director, Population Program, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Lieutenant General Claudia J. Kennedy (Retired), United States Army
Ms. Angélique Kidjo, Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations Children’s Fund, Benin
Dr. Suzanne Kindervatter, Vice President, InterAction Director, Commission on the Advancement of Women
The Honorable Olubanke King-Akerele, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Liberia
Vice President Akua Kuenyehia, First Vice-President, International Criminal Court
Her Excellency Chandrika Kumaratunga, President, Sri Lanka (1994-2005)
Dr. Ranjana Kumari, Director, Centre for Social Research, India
The Honorable Rosebud Kurwijila, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture African Union Commission
Ms. Ellen Laipson, President and CEO, Henry L. Stimson Centre
The Honorable Barbara Lawton, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, United States
Her Excellency Maria Liberia-Peters, Prime Minister, Netherlands Antilles (1984-86, 1988-93)
Ms. Laura Liswood, Secretary General, Council of Women World Leaders, United States
Ms. Carmen Lomellin, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission of Women, Organization of American States
The Honorable Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
The Honorable Carolyn McAskie, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, United Nations
Dr. Montgomery McFate, Senior Social Science Adviser, Human Terrain System Program, United States Army
Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, United Nations
The Honorable Asha-Rose Migiro, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
Dr. Gertrude Mongella, President, Pan-African Parliament
The Honorable Cecilia López Montaño, Senator, Colombia
Madame Ton Nu Thi Ninh, Vice Chair, National Assembly Foreign Affiars Committee, Viet Nam
The Honorable Dr. Sadako Ogata, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (1991-2001)
Ms. Betty Pavelich-Sirois, Special Envoy of H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & European Integration, Croatia
Her Excellency Ing Kantha Phavi, Minister for Women’s Affairs, Cambodia
The Honorable Elisabeth Rehn, Minister of Defense, (1990-1995), Minister of Equality Affairs, (1991-1995), Finland; United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights (1995-1998), United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary General, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1998-1999)
Dr. Hannah Safran, Co-Founder, Women in Black, Israel
The Honorable Wijdan Salim, Minister of Human Rights, Iraq
Dr. Sima Samar, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Sudan
Ms. Joanne Sandler, Ad Interim Executive Director, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
The Honorable Irene Santiago, Senior Adviser to the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, The Philippines
Ms. Sarah Sewall, Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University, United States
The Right Honorable Jenny Shipley, Prime Minister, New Zealand (1997-1999)
Ms. Barbara Stocking, Director, Oxfam Great Britain
The Honourable Marcela Del Mar Suazo, Executive Director, FUNDECAS; Minister, National Institute for Women’s Affairs, Honduras (2002-2006)
Mrs. Tone Tingsgård, Vice-President, Parliamentary Assembly; Special Representative on Gender Issues, The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Her Excellency Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minster, Ukraine (2005)
Ms. Ann Veneman, Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Ms. Melanne Verveer, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Vital Voices Global Partnership
The Honorable Ella Vogelaar, Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration, The Netherlands
Ms. Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council of Northern California, Co-Founder, Global Philanthropy Forum
Her Excellency Margot Wallström, Vice-President, Institutional Relations and Communication, European Commission
Ms. Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) (2002-2006), Canada
Ms. Marie Wilson, President and Founder, The White House Project
Ms. Saadia Zahidi, Head, Women Leaders Programme, World Economic Forum
Ms. June Zeitlin, Executive Director, Women's Environment & Development Organization, United States
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Credit: Photos from Council of Women World Leaders
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