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.[1]
The 2009 program was named that year's "Most Inspirational Event" by Washington Life Magazine.[2] 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 Fürstenberg, Reese Witherspoon, Brian Williams, and many others.
Past recipients
2002
2003: "Voices of Hope in a Time of Global Challenge"
2004: "Changing the Face of Leadership"
2005: "A Call to Action"
2006
- 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"
2008
2009: "Women Leading Change Across the World"
2010: "Impact Through Innovation: Women Inspiring Change"
2011
2012
- Human Rights Award: Rosana Schaack, Liberia
- Leadership in Public Life Award: Ruth Zavaleta Salgado, Mexico
- Fern Holland Award: Samar Minallah Kahn, Pakistan
- Economic Empowerment Award: Adimaimalaga Tafuna’i, Samoa
- Global Trailblazer Award: Shatha Al-Harazi, Manal Alsharif, Salwa Bugaighis, Marianne Ibrahim and Amira Yahyaoui[5]
2013
- Tep Vanny, Cambodia, Vital Voices Global Leadership Award
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