Global Leadership Awards Explained
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.
Awards
- Leadership in Public Life Award (formerly Political Participation Award)
- Human Rights Award
- Economic Empowerment Award (formerly Economic Opportunity Award)
- Fern Holland Award, named in honor of the young lawyer who was killed in Iraq while working to create centers for Iraqi women. The award is given to a woman who works for human rights and women's empowerment.
- Rising Voices Award, given to a young woman leader.
- Global Trailblazer
- 10,000 Women Entrepreneurial Achievement Award, part of a partnership between Vital Voices and Goldman Sachs as an initiative to provide women around the world with entrepreneurial education.
Past recipients
2002
2003: "Voices of Hope in a Time of Global Challenge"
2004: "Changing the Face of Leadership"
- Economic Opportunity Award: Reyna McPeck, Venezuela
- Human Rights Award: Marina Pisklakova-Parker, Russia
- Political Participation Award: Amat al Aleem Ali Alsoswa, Yemen
- Fern Holland Award: Fatima Hassan Mohammed Al-Migdadi, Iraq
- Special Recognition: The Women of Haiti (representatives: Marie Lucie Bonhomme and Danielle St. Lot, Les Femmes en Démocratie)
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"
- Human Rights Award: Somaly Mam, Cambodia
- Fern Holland Award: Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu and Marceline Kongolo-Bice, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Global Trailblazer: Hillary Clinton, United States
- Rising Voices Award: Sadiqa Basiri Saleem, Afghanistan
- 10,000 Women Entrepreneurial Achievement Award: Temituokpe Esisi, Nigeria
2010: "Impact Through Innovation: Women Inspiring Change"
2011
- Human Rights Award: Sunitha Krishnan, India[4]
- Fern Holland Award: Liron Peleg-Hadomi and Noha Khatieb, Israel
- 10,000 Women Entrepreneurial Achievement Award: Fatema Akbari, Afghanistan
- Global Trailblazer Award: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, named "Voice of the Decade."
- Leadership in Public Life Award: Kah Walla, Cameroon
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
References
http://prideofpakistan.com/whoiswhodetail.php?name=RoshanehZafar&id=586
Notes and References
- Web site: Global Leadership Awards | Vital Voices . 2016-03-21 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160326233232/http://www.vitalvoices.org/global-initiatives/global-leadership-awards . 2016-03-26 .
- Web site: The 2010 Social List: Year in Review . Washington Life . 2010-03-06.
- Web site: Past Global Leadership Awards | Vital Voices . 2011-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161027171231/http://www.vitalvoices.org/global-initiatives/past-global-leadership-awards . 2016-10-27 . dead .
- Web site: 2011 Global Leadership Awards . Vital Voices . 13 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724110622/http://www.vitalvoices.org/node/177 . 24 July 2011 . dead .
- News: Women leaders receive Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards at Kennedy Center . Washington Post . 9 October 2021.