Event Co-Chairs: Eleanor Smeal & Gloria Steinem
	Keynote Speaker: Christiane Amanpour
	Special Honoree: The Sister Fund

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Bridgewaters, Fulton Ferry, NYC
6:30 - 10:30 pm

• Silent Auction
• Traditional Afghan Rabab Music: Kevin Qais Essar
• Performance by Brooklyn Qawwali Party whose music is a unique and joyous blend of jazz and Qawwali (Sufi devotional) music.

Directions to venue here. 

Enter through private entrance at corner of Beekman and Front Streets.

Dress: Ethnic/Festive/Dressy Casual (Come as you feel most comfortable!)

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Host Committee:

• Dorothy Abbott, Media Activist
• Dr. Kaveh Alizadeh, President, Long Island Plastic Surgery Group
• Rina Amiri, Senior Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Department of State
• Dr. Valerie Begley, Human and child rights activist
• Olivia Cousins, Associate Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College
• Karen Davidson, Graphic Designer
• Eve Ensler, Playwright: "The Vagina Monologues"   
• Marianne Gimon d'Ansembourg, Independent Consultant in Gender and International Development
• Vivian Gornick, Critic, Memoirist, Feminist.
• Catherine Gund, Filmmaker and Producer
• Jeb Gutelius, Co-Executive Director, Calling All Crows          
• Dr. Tahera Homayun, Gynecologist and President, Organization for the Advancement of Afghan Women (OAAW)
• Alice Hunsberger, Foundation and Government Relations, Asia Society
• Lonnie Isabel, Associate Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
• Daisy Khan & Imam Faisal, Community Organizers
• Fereshta Kazemi, Actor-MBA
• Arline Lederman, UN Representative and VP, Solar Cookers International
• Carly Rose Lipkowitz, Account Planner, Google Inc.
• Toni Maloney, CEO and Co-founder, Business Council for Peace (BPeace)
• Homaira Mamoor, Board Member, Domestic Harmony Foundation, Former WAW Board Member
• Ann Nasary, Entrepreneur, Humanitarian
• Homira Nassery, WAW Advisory Committee member
• Kimberly Otis, Senior Advisor, Center for Partnership Studies
• Don Perrault, Photographer and Engineer
• Chandana Rao, President, Spark Counsulting Group  
• Trent Reedy, Author: "Words in the Dust"
• Catherine Lieber Shimony, Founder and Director, Global Goods Partners
• Suzanne Strickland, Assistant Professor, Queens College

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WAW thanks our Gala Sponsors, Host Committee and Event Committee for helping make our event a success.