Women's Economic Empowerment: The Progress of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative and the Value of Investing in Female Entrepreneurs

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Speakers

Melanne Verveer

Ambassador-at-large, Global Women's Issues, U.S. Department of State

Dina Powell McCormick

President, Goldman Sachs Foundation

Sarah Kambou

President, International Center for Research on Women

Divya Keshav

10,000 Women Graduate, Delhi, and Owner, Krishna Printernational

Presider

Isobel Coleman

Senior Fellow and Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations

This session was part of the Women and Foreign Policy Roundtable series, organized by the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative.

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