CELEBRATING WOMEN LEADERS LUNCHEON Washington, DC—On April 20, 2012, Women's Foreign Policy Group honored Michelle Bachelet, the first Executive Director of UN Women and former President of Chile, for advancing women's economic empowerment and political participation. Following her remarks on "Women's Empowerment in the Middle East and Worldwide," she discussed the status of UN Women one year after its creation and the remaining challenges that women face, particularly in the Middle East. The conversation was moderated by Judy Woodruff, Co-Anchor and Senior Correspondent for PBS Newshour. Read more
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Michelle Bachelet addresses WFPG
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Patricia Ellis presenting the Celebrating Women Leaders Award to Michelle Bachelet
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WFPG Board Members Diana Villiers Negroponte and Dawn Calabia with Michelle Bachelet, Judy Woodruff, Patricia Ellis, and WFPG Pro Bono Counsel Sarah Kahn
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Michelle Bachelet with Ambassador Nathálie Cely Suarez of Ecuador, Ambassador Muni Figueres of Costa Rica, and Ambassador Claudia Fritsche of Liechtenstein
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Michelle Bachelet with Ambassador
Robert Pearson of IREX
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Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer and Patricia Ellis
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Patricia Ellis and Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan of Mexico
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Diana Villiers Negroponte and Michelle Bachelet
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Michelle Bachelet with WFPG Corporate Advisory
Council Members Kate Irvin and Janine Kellner
of The Coca-Cola Company
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Lidia Soto-Harmon, US Ambassador to the OAS Carmen Lomellin, and Ambassador Carmen Moreno of the
Inter-American Commission of Women
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WFPG Board Member Isabel Jasinowski and
Paulo Pacheco of the Embassy of Brazil
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WFPG Corporate Advisory Council Member Louise Hilsen of Nestlé USA and Michelle Bachelet
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Patricia Ellis, Mary Beth Sheridan of The Washington Post, Michelle Bachelet, Ambassador Carmen Moreno,
and Dawn Calabia
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Susan Blumenthal, Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley,
and Michelle Bachelet
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Ambassador Carmen Lomellin, Patricia Ellis, and
WFPG Board Vice Chair Gail Leftwich Kitch
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Ambassador Claudia Fritsche of Liechtenstein
and Patricia Ellis
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Michelle Bachelet and Dawn Calabia
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Patricia Ellis, Michelle Bachelet, and Judy Woodruff
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Michelle Bachelet speaks to guests after the program
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Patricia Ellis and Michelle Bachelet
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WFPG Members and guests during the luncheon
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Ambassador Sheila Siwela of Zambia and
Assistant Secretary Brimmer
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