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​CWWL Chair Addresses CWWL and Elders Members Regarding Access to Justice for Women and Girls

In a recent address, Council of Women World Leaders Chair H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland spoke on the critical need to improve girls' and women's access to justice.
2022: 
April 27, 2022: CWWL Chair Addresses CWWL and Elders Members Regarding Access to Justice for Women and Girls
April 21, 2022: Leadership Exchange with Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

2021: 
October 21, 2021: CWWL Co-hosts Leadership Exchange with International Gender Champions, Featuring Council Member and former President of Finland Tarja Halonen
September 23, 2021: Hilda Heine, former President of the Marshall Islands, speaks with Vital Voices Fellows
September 20, 2021: Council Members and Women Leaders Across the World Urge to Protect Afghan Women and Girls
September 3, 2021: Chair of CWWL and Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir and member of CWWL and President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová initiated a joint call by women political leaders to current and future power holders in Afghanistan to refrain from violence against women and to uphold and advance the rights of girls and women in Afghanistan
August 12, 2021: Joyce Banda, former President of Malawi, speaks with Vital Voices Fellows 
July 1, 2021: CWWL co-hosts with UN Women and the Government of Paris: Discussion on how women, in all their diversity, can be promoted as leaders
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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