Women Inspiring Women NYC Conference Launches Today

The WIE Symposium (Women: Inspiration & Enterprise) is a dynamic new annual conference for women hosted by the White Ribbon Alliance, and taking place today, Sept. 20, 2010, in New York City, timed to coincide with the Clinton Global Initiative and the UN General Assembly. 

Sarah Brown, Arianna Huffington and Donna Karan will host the first annual conference for New York’s most powerful women in politics, philanthropy, media, fashion and the arts, collaborating under the topical umbrella “Women Inspiring Women.”

Members of the White Ribbon Alliance will be issuing a general call to action on the subject of maternal global health, one of the eight UN Millenium goals for 2015 that may not be met.

WIE is focused on the next generation of young, global women leaders and has sponsored a competition supporting global maternal health with seven finalists: Hadhya Yahya Mohammed Al-Zawm (WRA Yemen), Gloria Iribagiza (WRA Rwanda), Deepa Jha (WRA India), Jayshree Satpute (WRA India), Alberta Steven (WRA Tanzania), Christine Tumuhairwe (WRA Uganda), and Tracy Walakria (WRA Uganda). Read their biographies. 

The list of Symposium speakers at WIE includes (see complete list, now including Melinda Gates):

Queen Rania – Queen of Jordan
Ashley Judd - Actress
Lauren Bush – Designer and Model
Christine Beauchamp – President, Ann Taylor Stores
Bobbi Brown – Founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
Christy Turlington – Film Maker and Model
Cathie Black – Chairwoman of Hearst
Secretary Ann Veneman – Former US Secretary of Agriculture
Dana Perino – Former White House Press Secretary
Lisa Stone – Founder of BlogHer
Caterina Fake – Co-Founder of Flickr

The “Women Inspiring Women” Conference gives global women a great opportunity to connect. Anne just had some techno difficulties in her own registration process. Once the glitches are gone, we’ll give you the links to register.

LET’S GET INSPIRED … LET’S GET BUSY … LET’S MOVE SOME MOUNTAINS