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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