Global Leadership Awards The Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards honor international women leaders who are working in the fields of human rights , economic empowerment , or political reform. The event takes place annually in early spring at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The 2009 program was named that year's "Most Inspirational Event" by Washington Life Magazine .The 15th annual Global Leadership Awards will be held on March 9 , 2016. Past presenters include Ben Affleck , Christiane Amanpour , Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair , Candice Bergen , Wolf Blitzer , Laura Bush , United States Secretary of State and Vital Voices co-founder Hillary Clinton , Sally Field , Honorary Co-Chair Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison , Angelina Jolie , Avon CEO Andrea Jung , Angelique Kidjo , Nicholas Kristof , Lisa Ling , Time Inc. CEO Ann S. Moore, Suze Orman , Queen Rania of Jordan , Zain Verjee , board member Diane von Fürstenberg , Reese Witherspoon , Brian Williams , and many others.Awards Leadership in Public Life Award Human Rights Award Economic Empowerment Award Fern Holland Award, named in honor of the young lawyer who was killed in Iraq while working to create centers for Iraqi women. The award is given to a woman who works for human rights and women’s empowerment. Rising Voices Award, given to a young woman leader. Global Trailblazer 10,000 Women Entrepreneurial Achievement Award, part of a partnership between Vital Voices and Goldman Sachs as an initiative to provide women around the world with entrepreneurial education .Past recipients 2002 Economic Opportunity Award: Dawn Marole , South Africa Human Rights Award: Oksana Horbunova , Ukraine Political Participation Award: Inez McCormack , Northern Ireland Special Recognition: The Women of Afghanistan 2003: "Voices of Hope in a Time of Global Challenge" Economic Opportunity Award: Arije Al-Amad , Jordan Human Rights Award: Saisuree Chutikul , Thailand Political Participation Award: Anabella de León , Guatemala Special Recognition: The Women of Israel and the Palestine Territories2004: "Changing the Face of Leadership" Economic Opportunity Award: Reyna McPeck , Venezuela Human Rights Award: Marina Pisklakova-Parker , Russia Political Participation Award: Amat al Aleem Ali Alsoswa , Yemen Fern Holland Award: Fatima Hassan Mohammed Al-Migdadi , Iraq Special Recognition: The Women of Haiti 2005: "A Call to Action" Economic Opportunity Award: Jaya Arunachalam , India Human Rights Award: Mu Sochua , Cambodia Political Participation Award: Latifa Jbabdi , Morocco Fern Holland Award: The Women of Ukraine's Orange Revolution 2006 Economic Opportunity Award: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , Nigeria Human Rights Award: Rita Chaikin , Israel Fern Holland Award: Mukhtaran Mai , Pakistan Global Trailblazer: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , Liberia Special Recognition: The Women of Kuwait 2007: "Women Changing Our World" Economic Opportunity Award: Maria Pacheco , Guatemala Political Participation Award: Margaret Alva , India Fern Holland Award: Awut Deng Acuil , Sudan Global Trailblazer: Muhammad Yunus , Bangladesh Special Recognition: The Women of China 2008 Human Rights Award: Khin Ohmar and Charm Tong , Burma Political Participation Award: Laura Alonso , Argentina Fern Holland Award: Mariane Pearl , France Global Trailblazer: Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi , United Arab Emirates Rising Voices Award: Kakenya Ntaiya , Kenya 2009: "Women Leading Change Across the World" Human Rights Award: Somaly Mam , Cambodia Fern Holland Award: Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu and Marceline Kongolo-Bice , Democratic Republic of Congo Global Trailblazer: Hillary Clinton, United States Rising Voices Award: Sadiqa Basiri Saleem , Afghanistan 10,000 Women Entrepreneurial Achievement Award: Temituokpe Esisi , Nigeria2010: "Impact Through Innovation: Women Inspiring Change" Economic Empowerment Award: Roshaneh Zafar , Pakistan Human Rights Award: Panmela Castro , Brazil Leadership in Public Life Award: Afnan Al Zayani , Bahrain Fern Holland Award: Rebecca Lolosoli , Kenya Global Trailblazer: Melinda French Gates , United States 10,000 Women Entrepreneurial Achievement Award: Andeisha Farid , Afghanistan2011 Human Rights Award: Sunitha Krishnan , India Fern Holland Award: Liron Peleg-Hadomi and Noha Khatieb , Israel 10,000 Women Entrepreneurial Achievement Award: Fatema Akbari , Afghanistan Global Trailblazer Award: Aung San Suu Kyi , Burma, named "Voice of the Decade." Leadership in Public Life Award: Kah Walla , Cameroon 2013 Tep Vanny, Cambodia, Vital Voices Global Leadership Award
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