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2021: 
March 3, 2021: Newsletter - March 2021 
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2020:
November 27, 2020: CWWL Chair Katrín Jakobsdóttir addresses UNESCO High-Level Round Table on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
November 9, 2020: H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir hosts the Council of Women World Leaders' Annual Meeting 
September 16, 2020: CWWL co-hosts with UN Women and the Government of Mexico: An intergenerational dialogue on how diverse leadership can change the world for gender equality
May 5, 2020: Secretary General Laura Liswood Writes About Workplace Diversity After Coronavirus
April 20, 2020:  CWWL Chair Katrín Jakobsdóttir Participates in Women Leaders' Virtual Roundtable on COVID-19 
April 15, 2020: Celebrating Vigdís Finnbogadóttir's 90th Birthday 
February 19, 2020: Her Excellency, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland Appointed Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders
January 23, 2020: Friends of Ocean Action Session "Ensuring Gender Parity in the Ocean" in Davos, Switzerland

2019:
November 18-20, 2019: Women Political Leaders Annual Global Forum in Reykjavik, Iceland
November 3-7, 2019: Vital Voices Engage Leadership Gathering in Phoenix, Arizona, USA
September 25, 2019: Council of Women World Leaders and UN Women launch the "Champions for Generation Equality" Initiative
September 13, 2019: Prime Minister of Denmark Joins the Council
June 8, 2019: Ocean for Action Letter
May 29, 2019: CWWL Members on Gender Equality Top 100
May 22, 2019: Newsletter 2019
March 29, 2019: ​The Council of Women World Leaders Announces the Appointment of Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of Croatia, as Council Chair
March 17-23, 2019: VVEngage Skills Workshop in Boston, United States
March 12, 2019: High-Level Event on ‘Women in Power’
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2018: 
December 5, 2018: CWWL members among 100 most powerful women in the world
November 26-28, 2018: Women Political Leaders Annual Global Forum in Reykjavik, Iceland
September 29, 2018: High-Level Discussion on Women’s Economic Growth
July 20, 2018: Two new members join the Council of Women World Leaders
June 7, 2018: President Dalia Grybauskaitė encouraged women to be more self confident
June 6, 2018: Women world leaders meet in Vilnius, Lithuania
March 8, 2018: Prime Ministers of Iceland and Romania join the Council
February, 2018: Screening of “My Year with Helen”
January 29, 2018: Prime Minister of Peru joins the Council

2017:
December 29, 2017: Prime Minister of New Zealand joins the Council
December 21, 2017: Newsletter 2017
December 15, 2017: Council Members met in Reykjavik, Iceland​
October 13, 2017: The CWWL welcomes new members
September 20, 2017: Here's why gender equality is taking so long
September 18, 2017: President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with UN Secretary-General
July 25-29, 2017: The Women's Leadership Forum on July 25-29, 2017 in Lake Como, Italy
June 2017: Women. Fast forward - W20 Asia-Pacific event - Women in Leadership
June 1, 2017: ​Spring Newsletter 2017
May 2017: Rethinking the Past, Present, and Future of Women + Power
January 17, 2017: World Economic Forum, Davos
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2016:
November 25, 2016: At the initiative of the President - global focus on combatting violence against women
November 15, 2018: Why didn't the United States elect a female president?
November 14, 2016: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom joins the Council 
November 10, 2016: Over 70 Nations Have Been Led by Women. So Why Not the U.S.?
November 3, 2016: Prime Minister of Namibia joins the Council 
September 23, 2016: Council of Women World Leaders Members at the Social Good Summit 
September 22, 2016: Full Participation of Women - Essential for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals 
September 21, 2016: Violence against Women - We All Pay the Prime 
September 14, 2016: Economic Cost of Violence against Women to be discussed at UNGA
May, 2016: Women in Parliaments Global Summit
March 28, 2016: How Can We Get More Top Leaders?
March 14-21, 2016: 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

2015: 
May 21, 2015: President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with former President of Finland Tarja Halonen 
May 9, 2016: President Grybauskaitė invites President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
April 21, 2015: President Grybauskaitė  delivers speech on Women's Issues at the Regional conference and consultations on the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 in the OSCE Region 

2010:
October, 2010: Business Case for Women Initiative
September, 2010: Women as a Critical Force in Democratic ​Governance

2009:
March 2009: International Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development,​ International Peace and Security

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