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The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) in partnership with the Vital Voices Global Partnership and the Bernstein Family Foundation will host a panel event featuring the 2014 Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards Honorees on Thursday, June 19th from 9:00 am to 11:00am. These annual awards honor women leaders who are breaking barriers and building innovative solutions to achieve economic, social and political change around the world.

This program provides a forum to listen to the individual stories from each of this year’s award recipients who include women from Iraq, Tanzania, India, and Guatemala.

This public event will feature the following speakers:

Claudia Paz y Paz

2014 Leadership in Public Life Honoree | Guatemala

Suaad Allami

2014 Fern Holland Honoree | Iraq

Priti Patkar

2014 Human Rights Honoree | India

Victoria Kisyombe

2014 Economic Empowerment Honoree | Tanzania

Susan Davis, Introductions

Chair of the Board, Vital Voices Global Partnership

Kathleen Kuehnast, Moderator

Director, Center for Gender & Peacebuilding, U.S. Institute of Peace

For more information about this event, please contact Megan Loney at mloney@usip.org.

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