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Mika Brzezinski, Deborra-Lee
Furness, Ronald Lauder along
with the UN
Women for Peace Association (UNWFPA) Luncheon Chair Sana
H. Sabbagh and
200 guests attended a private reception at the Neue
Galerie in
support of the non-profit’s upcoming annual Awards Luncheon
and 5th Annual March. Honorees Deborra-Lee
Furness, Loreen Arbus, and Dayle
Haddon all
received a standing ovation from the crowd.
The reception began
with cocktails and a private viewing of the Museum’s
galleries. Speakers included: Muna
Rihani Al-Nasser (UNWPA’s
Board Chair); Barbara
Winston (UNWPA’s
President); Michal
Grayevsky (UNWFPA’s Board of Advisors), and Mika
Brzezinski (MSNBC
Television Host, Morning
Joe).
Guests included: Carole
Haarmann Acunto, Karen Burke, Lady Liliana Cavendish, Marie
Chatardová, Wendy Diamond, Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo,
Joanna Fisher, Olivia Flatto, Emily Frick, Andrew and Pamela
Jacovides, Jana Jaffe, Elizabeth Kabler, Michele Gerber
Klein, Sharon
King Hoge, Patricia Kluge, Ronald Lauder, Daphne Merkin,
Lisa Niccolini, Ann Nitze, Jean Shafiroff, Stephanie
Stokes, Marijcke Thomson (UNWFPA’s
Marches Co-Grand Marshall), Barbara
Tober, Baroness von Langendorff, and Bruce
Winston.
Each year, UN Women
for Peace Association honors individuals who have made a
difference in the lives of women and girls. This year's
honorees are Mrs.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcukva (Executive
Director, UN Women); Deborra-Lee
Furness (Co-Founder,
HOPELAND); Loreen Arbus (Loreen
Arbus and The Loreen Arbus Foundation/The Goldenson-Arbus
Foundation); David
Batstone (President
& Co-Founder, Not For Sale); and Dayle
Haddon (Founder
& CEO, WomenOne). The annual Awards Luncheon will be held at
the United Nations Headquarters on Friday, March 10 in
celebration of International Women’s Day and will kick-off
the celebrations for UNWFPA's march.
The 5th Annual March will be held to Empower Women and to End
Violence Against Women and Girls. UNWFPA invites
you to participate in the annual march, which will start at noon
on Sunday, March 12 at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. Thousands
will gather to hear speeches and walk half a dozen blocks to
bring attention to the pandemic of violence against women.
President of the General Assembly, Peter
Thomson, and his
wife, Marijcke
Thomson, have
committed to being the Marches' Grand Marshals. Please stand
united with UNWFPA to End Violence Against Women, because, as
you know, women’s rights are human rights.
UN Women for Peace
Association seeks
to promote and advance the goals of UN agencies that provide
opportunities for women through social, cultural,
educational and empowerment programs under the banner of a
global peace building process. All of the proceeds go
directly to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women,
which aims to prevent violence against women and girls,
provides services and programs to those affected by
violence, and strengthens the implementation of laws and
policies on such violence.
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