Sister Republics: Building Bridges - The Next 100yrs of Women's Leadership
Beyond the Conference
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Mrs. Megan Beyer Meets with Conference Participants in Washington, DC
Mrs.Megan Beyer traveled to the Washington DC area for meetings with participants and invitees of the Sister Republics: Building Bridges conference...
At The Conference (March 2011)
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Addresses Swiss and American Leaders
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Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard gives opening remarks
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U.S. Embassy – Bern Convenes the First Bilateral Meeting of Swiss and U.S. Women Leaders
At the first ever US Swiss Women’s Leadership Conference, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton challenged participants....
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Women Leaders Speak Out
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US Ambassador to the OECD Karen Kornbluh Announces New OECD Gender Project at Bilateral Conference
The project is based on the idea that advancing women’s economic empowerment is a key to recovery and continued economic prosperity...
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Alley Cats Kick Off Women's Conference
On March 6 the Yale Alley Cats serenaded sixty Swiss and American women leaders gathered at Residence of US Embassy Bern to mark the beginning of the first bilateral gathering of women leaders...
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Panelists/Speakers
Biographies of all the panelist/speakers...
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Participants
Biographies of all conference participants...
"Women & Children First" Award
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U.S. Ambassador to the UN Betty King
Receives "Women & Children First" Award
Media Coverage of Conference
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Scrippsnews: “The just-concluded U.S.-Swiss Bilateral Conference of Women called, "Building Bridges," sported a dazzling array of female powerhouses from both nations.” Erbe: Do men have role in women's movement?
Swissinfo: “A woman with the ear of President Barack Obama, a magazine editor and a company CEO: just some of the elite who met in Bern this week to talk about female leadership.”
Der Bund: “60 influential women from the United States and Switzerland met yesterday in Bern on the occasion of International Women’s Day.”
Radio 24: Swiss-U.S. Bilateral Women's Conference 2011 (German)