Vital Voices, Standard Chartered Bank, Avon, Time Inc. and International Women Leaders To Launch Global Media/Public Awareness Campaign “Woman Can and Do”. In honor of the occasion, Danielle Saint-Lot, Haitian Activist and Entrepreneur rings The Opening BellSM.
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Designed in conjunction with Vital Voices Board Member Diane von Furstenberg, the media ad campaign will profile both established leaders and emerging heroines – innovative and entrepreneurial women working to increase economic opportunity, strengthen, democracy and end violence against women worldwide.
The NYSE Opening Bell event will ring-in Vital Voices’ week-long activities in celebration of International Women’s Week: including a two-day State Department Summit in partnership with Vital Voices and Avon entitled “The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women”, and the Launch of two special initiatives: the Vital Voices Global Investment Portfolio Program, and the Vital Voices Initiative for Reconstruction and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Haiti.
Bell Platform Participants will include the following women leaders:
Alyse Nelson, CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership
Susan Davis, Board Chair, Vital Voices Global Partnerhsip
Joanna Fielding, Chair, Group Women's Council, Standard Chartered Bank, CFO, Standard Chartered Bank, China
Nancy Glaser, Senior Vice Pesident, Global Communications, Avon
Dawn Bridges, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Time Inc.
Vital Voices:
Vital Voices Global Partnership is a leading no-governmental organization that identifies, invests in and brings visibility to extraordinary women around the world by unleashing their leadership potential to transform lives and accelerate peace and prosperity in their communities. We are at the forefront of international coalitions to combat human trafficking and all forms of violence against women and girls. We empower women to become change agents in their governments, advocates for social justice, and supporters of democracy and the rule of law. We equip women with management, business development, marketing and communications skills to expand their enterprises, provide for their families, and create jobs in their communities. (Source: Vital Voices)
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