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LA PAROLA DELLE FIRST LADIES

 

First ladies gather for Gaza peace

 

Interview With Syria's First Lady about suffering Gaza

On August 27, 2008, al-Asad received the Arab First Lady Award for 2008, given by the Center for Studies of Arab Women Contribution, in cooperation with the Arab League

 

Rania di Giordania

Il canale su Youtube - Playlist: YouTube project

"Send me your stereotypes"

Queen Rania spoofs Letterman's Top 10 while accepting award at YouTube Live

La Regina su Youtube - RAI

Jordan's Queen Rania on Arab women

 

Re: Jordan's Queen Rania on Arab women

Saadia Zahidi, Head of the Women's Leaders Programme at the World Economic Forum replies to Queen Rania (April 29, 2008)

 

Michelle Obama speaks to women

CNN

 

 

DONNE DELLO SPETTACOLO

 

Laurie Anderson and Economic Exploitation of Woman

 

 

BARAK OBAMA & WOMEN 

 

Barack Obama speaks to Women about the Economic Crisis

Obama spoke to Women about the economic crisis facing America and made clear the choice between he and his opponent John McCain in Daytona Beach, FL on September 20th, 2008

 

Barack Obama, Women for Change, Miami, FL

Obama spoke about women and the economy in Miami, FL on September 19, 2008

 

Women's Leadership Conference: Economic Discussion

Former Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisors Laura Tyson and Former Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin discuss Barack's economic plans

 

Michelle at Women's Leadership Forum

Michelle Obama spoke at the Women's Leadership Forum on October 10, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois

 

 

PROGETTI INTERNAZIONALI

 

World Economic Forum - Women Leaders Programme

Saadia Zahidi explains the World Economic Forum's Women Leaders Programme

August 24, 2007

 

Middle East World Economic Forum 2008 - Gender Parity Group

Saadia Zahidi, head of the Women Leaders and Gender Parity Group at the World Economic Forum

invites the world to help the new Middle East Gender Parity Group bridge the equality gap between men and women in the region. It's 2020 and there's equality between the genders in the Middle East, what do leaders need to do today to realise this vision?

19.05.2008

 

Global Gender Gap Report 2008

 

 

 

Women of Vision 2008

Videos from the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technologies 2008 Women of Vision Awards

 

WOMEN@GOOGLE VIDEOS 

 

California's First Lady, Maria Shriver Kennedy

Maria Shriver discusses her current work throughout the state, efforts in support of women, and life as a broadcast journalist and mother of four.

 

Political commentator Arianna Huffington

Huffington is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that has quickly become one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media destinations on the Internet. She is also a nationally syndicated columnist and the co-host of "Left, Right & Center," public radio's political roundtable program. Huffington is the author of eleven books, including her latest, national bestseller, "On Becoming Fearless in Love, Work, and Life", a straight--to-the-point manifesto on how to be bold. In 2006 she was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the world's most influential people. This event took place June 20, 2007 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

 

C.E.O. Women

Creating Economic Opportunities for Women (C.E.O. Women) was founded by Ashoka fellow Farhana Huq in 2000 to address the unique needs of immigrant and refugee women struggling to become self-sufficient, contributing members of the world. C.E.O. Women creates economic opportunities for low-income immigrant and refugee women by teaching English, communications and entrepreneurship skills, so they can establish successful livelihoods. C.E.O. Women then provides women with intensive mentoring, coaching and access to capital needed to start a small business.

March 6, 2008 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

 

 

AMERICA

 

Economic and Political Improvements - Investing in Women

Ana Elena Townsend, Consultant, Gender and Development Unit, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC; former Minister for Women's Affairs and Member of Congress, Peru, interviewed by Judith Dobrzynski at the Salzburg Global Seminar program on "Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Politics and Business". Anel discusses the economic and political case for advancing women and increasing women's leadership to the benefit of communities and countries.

 

 

ASIA

 

Empowering Business Women (AlJazeera Training Oman)

 

 

IslamForWomen

 

Afghanistan: Women Entrepreneurs

More than two decades of conflict have crippled Afghanistan's economy. But some Afghan women are taking their handicraft skills to the market and playing an active role in the country's reconstruction and development as ILO TV reports.

 

 

Muslim women in Science

Excerpt from a lecture by professor Salim Al-Hassani at Jeddah conference on knowledge economy, Saudi Arabia, January 2008

 

Jamkhed Mahila Mandal (Women's Empowerment Groups)

One of the most important organizations to have evolved is the Mahila Vikas Mandal (MM) or Women's Development Group, which have been founded in all project villages. One of the greatest social injustices found in the villages today and in the past is the low status of women. The primary objective of the Women's Clubs is to continually bring about public awareness of the issues facing women and to bring about social changes, especially those which will improve the lot of the women and children.


 

A banker for Sri Lankan women: Rupa Manel Silva

A new report from the International Labour Organization shows that economic empowerment for women is vital for equal participation of women and men in the labour market and equal access to obtainin...

 

AFRICA

 

Collective Action to Advance Women - The Ghana Manifesto

Hanna Tetteh, General Manager, Ghana Agro Food Company Ltd., Tema; former Member of Parliament, Ghana, interviewed by Judith Dobrzynski at the Salzburg Global Seminar program on "Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Politics and Business". Hanna discusses women in politics and business in Ghana and explains the success of the Women's Manifesto.

 

Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

Interview with Edna and head of National Women Political Caucus in Kenya discussing Economic Empowerment of Women. To learn more about our development projects and fundraising program, go to www.jerigames.org.   

 

Meet Grace from Kenya, C.E.O. Women Student, Fall 2008

Watch Grace talk about her business idea at the start of C.E.O. Women's training and then hear how her business idea has developed by the end of C.E.O. Women's "Starting a Small Business" course.

 

C.E.O. Women's Educational Telenovela: Grand Cafe

This is the trailer for the first episode of Grand Café, C.E.O. Women's ground-breaking educational telenovela series designed to teach immigrant and refugee women the English language and entrepreneurial skills they need to start their own businesses. For more information on C.E.O. Women visit www.ceowomen.org