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Women Deliver Conference Brings Together Global Leaders

June 7th, 2010

Watch live streaming video from womendeliver at livestream.com

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 MillerNan StraussLisa Russell, and Mary Olive Smith, moderated by Tammy Haddad.

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

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President Obama awards Presidential Medals of Freedom

August 14th, 2009

President Barack Obama awarded 16 Presidential Medals of Freedom, America’s highest medal awarded to civilians.  The recipients included Nancy Goodman Brinker, Pedro José Greer, Jr., Jack Kemp, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Stephen Hawking, Billie Jean King, Rev. Joseph Lowery, Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow, Harvey Milk, Sandra Day O’Connor, Sidney Poitier, Chita Rivera, Dr. Janet Davison Rowley, Mary Robinson, Desmond Tutu, and Muhammad Yunus.

Check out the full White House report HERE.

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