Some of this was posted here earlier, but now that our traveling SOS is back from her Latin American tour, here is a reminder from the State Department.
Secretary Clinton and the Department of State to Celebrate International Women's Day with Three Events in Washington, DC, on March 10th
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DCMarch 5, 2010
First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host the annual International Women of Courage Awards on March 10th at 3:00 p.m. at the Department of State.
The International Women of Courage Awards will be open to credentialed members of the press and broadcast on BNET.
The morning of the 10th, Vital Voices and Avon will host a Breakfast Meeting of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women at 8:30 a.m. at the Department of State. Secretary Clinton founded the Vital Voices Global Partnership, a leading international NGO dedicated to supporting emerging women leaders, after the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing to promote the advancement of women as a U.S. foreign policy goal. Breakfast speakers will include Alyse Nelson, President of Vital Voices; Reese Witherspoon, Global Ambassador for the Avon Foundation; and Andrea Jung, Chairman and CEO of Avon Products. Secretary Clinton will not attend the breakfast. *Just so you know.*
The Vital Voices Breakfast Event will be open to credentialed members of the press and broadcast on BNET.
On the evening of the 10th, Secretary Clinton will present an award at the ninth annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards at 6:30 p.m. at the Kennedy Center. Secretary Clinton will present the Global Trailblazer Award to Melinda Gates of the Gates Foundation. Other presenters include Vital Voices Honorary Co-Chair Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, Avon Global Ambassador Reese Witherspoon, Avon Chairman and CEO Andrea Jung, NPR’s Michele Norris, New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof, CNBC’s Suze Orman, Academy Award-winning Actress Sally Field, Artist Angelique Kudjo, Businesswoman Sheila Johnson, Vital Voices Chair Susan Davis, Vital Voices Vice Chair Bobbie Greene McCarthy, and Vital Voices CEO Alyse Nelson.
I am also reposting this since she has been away for most of this, and I doubt she would have been named head of the delegation if she were not participating in some way. I hope she is home in NY right now and getting some rest. I also hope she gets to stay here for a day or two before the event above. Here is a repost of another press release from State from the end of last month.
U.S. Delegation to the 54th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Washington, DC
February 27, 2010The Department of State is pleased to announce the U.S. Delegation attending the 54th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, to be held from March 1 through March 12, 2010 at UN Headquarters in New York.
* Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, Head of Delegation.
* Ambassador Susan Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN, Alternate Head of Delegation.
* Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, U.S. Department of State, Alternate Head of Delegation.
* Ambassador Rick Barton, U.S. Representative on the UN Economic and Social Council, Deputy Head of Delegation.
* Meryl Frank, Deputy Head of Delegation with the personal rank of Ambassador.They will be accompanied by five Public Delegates.
* Beth Brooke, Global Vice Chair of Public Policy, Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement at Ernst & Young.
* Ellen Chesler, distinguished lecturer and director of the Eleanor Roosevelt initiative on Women and Public Life at Roosevelt House, Hunter College.
* Connie Evans, President and CEO of the Association for Enterprise Opportunity.
* Geeta Rao Gupta, President of the International Center for Research on Women.
* Asifa Quraishi, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin, and founding member of the National Association of Muslim Lawyers and the California group American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism.Other members of the U.S. Delegation include technical experts from the Department of State, the United States Mission to the UN, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Department of Health and Human Services.
The theme of this year’s session is “The sharing of experiences and good practices, with a view to overcoming remaining obstacles and new challenges, including those related to the Millennium Development Goals.”
Thirdly, there is this courtesy of a dear friend who likes to keep me up to date! She prefers to stay anonymous, but I will h/t her screen name if she contacts me and gives permission. ;)
I held off on posting this last one because it came out so early that I knew the publicity around her trip would overshadow it, and folks would forget. We are in for a rocking Hillary week! I am thrilled. I hope you are, too! ;)Hillary Clinton to Appear at Women in the World Summit
by The Daily Beast
February 28, 2010 | 10:49pmBS Top - TDB Hillary Women 2 Alex Brandon / AP Photo The secretary of State and champion for women around the globe will introduce a reading of the documentary play SEVEN, starring Meryl Streep and Marcia Gay Harden, at the Women in the World summit, hosted by The Daily Beast, the Vital Voices Global Partnership, the U.N. Foundation, and Diane von Furstenberg on March 12.
