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Women in the World Foundation Launch: Tina Brown, Donna Karan & More (Photos)

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Women in the World Foundation President Kim Azzarelli, Women for Women International founder Zainab Salbi, President of the Woodrow Wilson Center Jane Harman, actress and launch cohost Meryl Streep, Newsweek and The Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown, Liberian peace activist and author Leymah Gbowee, designer and launch cohost Diane von Furstenberg, and model/activist and launch cohost Liya Kebede.

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Meryl Streep told a riveting story in the voice of an Afghan woman who was forced into an arranged marriage but later overcame her situation to start a booming embroidery business.

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Newsweek and The Daily Beast's editor-in-chief Tina Brown opened the evening with a thank you to the foundation's founding sponsors and supporters.

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Gbowee, Rebecca Carroll of Huffington Post's Black Voices, and Gloria Steinem

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Radio host and O magazine editor Gayle King

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Salbi and designer Donna Karan, a cohost of the foundation launch.

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Layli Miller-Muro, Jasvinder Sanghera, Diana Nammi, ABC's Cynthia McFadden hosted a panel on changing views of Islam.

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Karan, cohost Wei Sun Christianson of Morgan Stanley, and Harman.

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Gbowee enraptured the audience with her stories of bold activism.

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Kebede, cohost Dr. Judith Rodin, von Furstenberg, Streep, and Heather Grady of founding partner The Rockefeller Foundation.

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Gloria Steinem and Diane von Furstenberg.

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Actress Alexis Bledel

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Liya Kebede shared a story about the women who have inspired her.

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Diane von Furstenberg

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