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      Women in the World: The Full Program

      Watch the full, unedited videos of all 22 events from The Daily Beast's Women in the World summit.

      The Daily Beast Video

      Updated Apr. 25, 2017 10:28AM EDT / Published Mar. 25, 2010 12:44PM EDT 

      Welcome with Tina Brown

      Tina Brown, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beast, Diane von Furstenberg, Kathy Bushkin Calvin, CEO of the United Nations Foundation, and Susan Davis, Chairwoman of Vital Voices Global Partnership, kick off the summit.

      On the Brink: Women in Afghanistan and Pakistan

      Frances Townsend (Corporate Partner, Baker Botts LLP and former Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism) moderates a discussion with Ching Eikenberry (Strategic Communication Coordinator, Development Outreach Communication, USAID/Afghanistan), Andeisha Farid, Founder of AFCECO, and one of Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women), Suraya Pakzad (Executive Director of Voices of Women), Gayle Lemmon (Journalist and Book Author), and Fatima Bhutto, (Pakistan Correspondent for The Daily Beast, Book Author and Activist).

      Short Film Presentation: Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

      Presented by Dina Powell, Global Head of Corporate Engagement, Goldman Sachs.

      Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues on "The Unfinishing Beijing Agenda"

      Remarks by Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, on “The Unfinished Beijing Agenda.”

      Rape as a Weapon of War

      Christiane Amanpour moderates a discussion with Dr. Denis Mukwege (Founder, The Panzi Hospital of Bukavu), Annie Rashidi-Mulumba (Consultant on Human Rights for the United Nations in Cameroon, native of the Democratic Republic of Congo), and Leymah Gbowee (Executive Director, Women Peace & Security Network Africa).

      "Guatemala: Soul of the Earth"

      Maria Pacheco, Member, Vital Voices Global Advisory Council, announces an illuminating learning expedition to meet the women of Guatemala and collaborate with Central American women leaders.

      "Women in the World Interview: Madeleine K. Albright"

      Barbara Walters (ABC News Correspondent and Creator, Executive Producer and Co-Host of The View) interviews Madeleine K. Albright (Former U.S. Secretary of State and Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group).

      Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

      Tina Brown moderates a discussion with Luis CdeBaca (U.S. Ambassador-at-Large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons), Dao Tuyet Lien (rescued from labor slavery), Sunitha Krishnan (Chief Functionary, Prajwala), and Shoma Chaudhury, (Managing Editor, Tehelka).

      Toppling Traditions

      Diane Sawyer (ABC News Anchor) moderates a discussion with Edna Adan Ismail (Maternal and Child-Health Activist and former Foreign Affairs Minister of Somaliland), Molly Melching (Founder and Executive Director, Tostan International), Marietou Diarra (Tostan Participant and Human-Rights Activist), and Maria Otero (U.S. Undersecretary for Democracy and Global Affairs).

      Conversation with Christine Lagarde and Thomas L. Friedman

      In this lunchtime interview with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman goes right to the big issues—the world economy, the fate of the euro, and the plight of women.

      "Women Are the Peacemakers"

      A tribute to the thousands of women meeting on bridges all over the world, presented by Women for Women International founder Zainab Salbi.

      Changing The Equation: High Tech Answers

      Mika Brzezinski (Co-Host, Morning Joe and MSNBC Anchor) moderates a discussion with Ann Livermore (Executive Vice President, H-P Enterprise Business) and Cherie Blair (Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women).

      "The Lives of Girls"

      A conversation between Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Katie Couric (Anchor and Managing Editor, CBS Evening News), Kakenya Ntaiya (Founder, The Kakenya Center for Excellence), Kathy Bushkin Calvin (CEO, United Nations Foundation), Helen Amdemikael (Assistant Representative for the United Nations Foundation Populations Fund, Ethiopia), Donnady (Girl's Rights Advocate, Plan International), Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva (NPR’s The Kitchen Sisters).

      Interview Wei Christianson, CEO, Morgan Stanley China

      Jane Spencer (Managing Editor, The Daily Beast) interviews Wei Sun Christianson (CEO, Morgan Stanley China).

      Interview: Anchee Min, Bestselling Memoirist and Novelist, Author of Red Azalea and Becoming Madame Mao

      Jane Spencer (Managing Editor, The Daily Beast) interviews Anchee Min (Bestselling Memoirist and Novelist, Author of Red Azalea and Becoming Madame Mao).

      Changemakers and Innovators: Women, Tools, Technology

      Juju Chang (News Anchor, Good Morning America) moderates a discussion with Katherine Lucey of Solar Sister, a startup NGO that is lighting Uganda one lantern and one woman at time, and Lorie D. Jackson, Director, Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative, ExxonMobil.

      "Patient Capital for an Impatience World: The Blue Sweater" with Jacqueline Novogratz

      Campbell Brown (Anchor, CNN) interviews author Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder, Acumen Fund.

      Interview: Valerie Jarrett by Lesley Stahl

      Lesley Stahl (Correspondent, 60 Minutes) interviews Valerie Jarrett, Senior Adviser to President Barack Obama.

      Reinventing Aid

      Richard Haass (President, Council on Foreign Relations) moderates a discussion with Diana Taylor (Managing Director, Wolfensohn & Co.), Dambisa Moyo (Economist and author of Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way For Africa), and Jacqueline Novogratz (Founder, Acumen Fund).

      Seize the Spotlight, Harness the Power!

      Tina Brown moderates a discussion with Nora Ephron (Director, Author, Screenwriter), Susan Lyne (CEO, Gilt Groupe), Victoria Jackson (Cosmetics Entrepreneur and Founder of The Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation), Jane McGonigal (Director of Game Research & Development, Institute for the Future), Sheryl WuDunn (Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, President, TripleEdge, and Co-Author of Half the Sky), and Lauren Zalaznick (President, NBC Universal Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks).

      Closing Remarks by Tina Brown

      Tina Brown wraps up the summit.

      Performance by Haitian Singer/Songwriter Emeline Michel

      Haitian Singer/Songwriter Emeline Michel caps off the summit with a song.

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