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2006 Outreach

March 22, 2006: Annette Mysona, spoke at the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council meeting in Washington, D.C.

March 18-19, 2006: Zainab Salbi presented at a Human Rights Forum, Windsor, Florida.

March 19, 2006: Erica Tavares was a featured speaker at the Women Transcending Boundaries annual fundraising event, Syracuse, NY.

March 14, 2006: Zainab Salbi was a keynote speaker at SONY BMG’s March Symposium, New York, NY.

March 8-10, 2006: Zainab Salbi presented the keynote address to the Women Leading the Way: Health, Wealth and Peace Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.

February 21, 2006: Zainab Salbi made a presentation at the Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA.

February 22, 2006: Zainab Salbi spoke at the World Affairs Council, Los Angeles, CA.

February 14, 2006: Karen Sherman moderated the Gender and Poverty panel for the Society for International Development Conference in Washington, D.C.

January, 2006: Zainab Salbi spoke to the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland.

2005 Outreach

November 19, 2005: Berra Kabarungi, Country Director-Rwanda, and Hamide Latifi, Country Director-Kosovo were featured speakers at the Women for Women International’s inaugural Woman of the World Awards Gala.

November 8, 2005: Sweeta Noori, Country Director-Afghanistan addressed the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.

November 8, 2005: Corey Oser addressed the Women’s Peace Initiative at American University.

November 4, 2005: Zainab Salbi made a presentation to University of California, Irvine as the recipient of 2005 Human Security Award.

October 24, 2005: Zainab Salbi addressed the World Affairs Council in San Francisco.

October 21, 2005: Patricia Morris, Director of Programs, addressed theWomen’s Missionary Society of the AME Church at the United Nations.

October 20, 2005: Manal Omar addressed the Independent Women’s Forum at Washington, DC.

October 18, 2005: Manal Omar briefed the staff of Sen. Joseph Biden, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

October 17, 2005: Zainab Salbi addressed the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

October 17, 2005: Zainab Salbi addressed Simmons College at the Institute for Leadership and Change.

October 8, 2005: Zainab Salbi addressed the UN Millennium Fair presenting “A Call to Act” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

May 27, 2005: Iraq Country Director met with Senate Foreign Relations Staff to discuss Women for Women International’s programs in Iraq.

May 25, 2005: Manal Omar and Iraq Country Director participated in a briefing for the Chairman of the Iraq Women’s Congressional Caucus to discuss Women for Women International’s programs in Iraq and the status of women there.

March 7, 2005: Zainab Salbi participated in a congressional briefing sponsored by Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Chuck Hagel, Rep. Judy Biggert, Rep. Lois Capps, Rep. Kay Granger, Rep. Hildi Solis, and Rep. Ellen Tauscher.

2004 Outreach

September 13, 2004: Zainab Salbi was the keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania Governor’s conference in Philadelphia.

June 16, 2004: Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chuck Hagel co-sponsored a reception on Capitol Hill welcoming Women for Women International Country Directors, policymakers and supporters to celebrate the work of the organization. Country Directors from Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kosovo, Nigeria and Rwanda discussed the current status of women in their countries and the importance of women's roles in the reconstruction and development process.

April 23, 2004: Manal Omar, Women for Women International - Iraq Country Director, held a briefing for Congressional members and staff on Capitol Hill on the need to ensure women's active participation in the reconstruction process in Iraq. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones and the Congressional Women's Congress sponsored the briefing.

March 17, 2004: Secretary of State Colin Powell met with Sweeta Noori, Women for Women International – Afghanistan Country Director, and seven other women leaders to discuss the role of women in Afghanistan and in the upcoming elections.

March 12, 2004: Zainab Salbi attended President George W. Bush’s International Women’s Day briefing at the White House. Remarks were made by President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush regarding the status of women in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world.March 8, 2004: Ambassador L. Paul Bremer shared breakfast with Iraqi participants and Women for Women International -- Iraq staff members to celebrate International Women’s Day and the opening of the first Women’s Opportunity Center in Baghdad.

March 8, 2004: Zainab Salbi was a guest at the U.S. State Department’s briefing on International Women’s Day with Secretary of State Colin Powell and Iraqi Minister Nasreen Berwari.

March 8, 2004: Amjad Atallah, Board Member and Co-founder of Women for Women International, spoke as a panelist regarding Women for Women International’s programs in Iraq at a Women’s Peace Breakfast hosted by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.

March 3, 2004: Zainab Salbi briefed Congressional members on the status of women in post-war Iraq and the need to include women in the reconstruction process. The briefing was hosted by Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi and Louise Slaughter and included Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Zoe Lofgren, Carolyn Maloney, Jan Schakowsky, and Hilda Solis.

March 3, 2004: Zainab Salbi briefed Senate staff members on the need to include Iraqi women in post-war reconstruction, hosted by Senator Barbara Mikulski.

February 2004: A delegation of Congressmen’s wives, including Grace Nelson, wife of Senator Bill Nelson, visited our cooperative store in Pristina, Kosovo, during a trip to the Balkans.

January 2004: Zainab Salbi and Manal Omar, Women for Women International – Iraq Country Director, met with Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi at our office in Baghdad to update her on our activities and on the status of women in post-war Iraq.

2003 Outreach

November 29, 2003: Sweeta Noori, Women for Women International – Afghanistan Country Director, briefed Senator Hillary Clinton on our activities and the status of women in Afghanistan at the US Embassy in Kabul.

June 25, 2003: Zainab Salbi testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the development of the new Iraqi Constitution.

June 12, 2003: Zainab Salbi briefed members of the House of Representatives on the status of women in post-war Iraq, hosted by Congresswomen Tammy Baldwin and Lois Capps.

April 10, 2003: Zainab Salbi briefed the Congressional Human Rights Caucus on the status of women in post-war Iraq, hosted by Congressman Tom Lantos.

April 2003: Women for Women International – Afghanistan staff briefed Congressman Dana Rohrabacher at our office in Kabul on our activities and the status of women in post-war Afghanistan.

Women for Women International has also collaborated with Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Richard Durbin, Senator Chuck Hagel and other Congressional members to raise awareness and understanding about women survivors of war around the world.