Leaders from 140 countries will gather in Washington, D.C., for the next three days to discuss one of the most important Millennium Development Goals: maternal health and empowering women.  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to address 3,500 participants by video today and  Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, will announce major funding for new initiatives.

Actress and advocate Ashley Judd will speak today along with former president of Chile Michelle Bachelet and former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson.

Christy Turlington Burns will screen her new documentary, No Woman, No Cry later this evening which will be followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Suellen Miller, Nan Strauss, Lisa Russell, and Mary Olive Smith, moderated by Tammy Haddad.

Watch the live stream above and check out other upcoming speakers and events here.