WPSP is thrilled to announce that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver remarks on the opening day of the Inaugural Women in Public Service Institute at Wellesley College. The institute is presented in partnership with the US Department of State and Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley Colleges. The two-week program is designed to train the next generation of women leaders, and delegates hail from 21 countries in the process of political and social transformation, including many from the Middle East region involved in the Arab Spring. Wellesley alumna and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will also be among those involved in the program next week.
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Agenda – Monday, June 11
8:30 a.m. Delegates and Invited Guests Arrive at Tishman Commons, Wang Campus Center
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. Welcome Addresses: The Transformative Potential of Women’s Leadership: Envisioning the Way Forward
President H. Kim Bottomly, President of Wellesley College
Farah Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim Communities for the United States and co-founder of the Women in Public Service Project (WPSP) Introduced by Kate Salop, Assistant Vice President and Executive Assistant to the President, Wellesley College and member of WPSP Steering Committee
Kavita Ramdas, Head of WPSP Planning Committee and Director of Ripples to Waves, Stanford University and Former Head of Global Fund for Women) Introduced by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Director of WPSP Institute at Wellesley College
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Narratives from Around the World: The Transformative Power of Women’s Leadership in Public Service Conversation with WPSP Delegates:
• Dr. Nyo Nyo Thinn- Member of Parliament, Yangon Province, Myanmar
• Hon. Jackcilia Salathiel Ebere Ginana, Minister for Labour, South Sudan
• Wafa Bani Mustafa, Member of Parliament, Jordan
• Naheed Farid, Member of Parliament, Afghanistan
• Alma Lana, Member of Parliament, Kosovo
• Rania Ramadan Mohamed Ahmed–Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, Egypt
Moderator: Rangita de Silva de Alwis
10:30 a.m.
Delegates and Invited Guests move to Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall
ADDRESS by Secretary Madeleine Albright, first woman U.S. Secretary of State Women and Leadership in the 21st Century Introduced by Ambassador Michele Sison, Assistant Chief of Mission for Law Enforcement and Rule of Law Assistance in Baghdad, Iraq; former Ambassador to Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates
KEYNOTE ADDRESS by Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State
Introduced by President H. Kim Bottomly
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. GALA LUNCH CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE Journey to Public Service: Transforming Women’s Leadership through Public Service Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall Ballroom
Remarks by Judge Nancy Gertner, former U.S. Federal Court Judge and Honorable Mu Sochua, former Minister of Women’s Affairs Cambodia
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