Secretary Clinton Addresses Global Power Players at Tina Brown's Women in the World Summit

NEW YORK, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Tina Brown, editor-in-chief, The Daily Beast, together with Diane von Furstenberg, co-founder of the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, the Vital Voices Global Partnership and the UN Foundation, drew together an extraordinary group of 300 leaders at the Women in the World summit at New York's Hudson Theatre. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined by daughter Chelsea Clinton, delivered inspiring remarks to introduce an exclusive, one-night reading of the documentary play, SEVEN, directed by Julie Taymor and featuring actress Meryl Streep. SEVEN tells the inspiring personal stories of courageous women from all over the world. "It's not just that women's rights are human rights, but women's progress is human progress," said Secretary Clinton.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100313/NY70142 )

Women in the World: Stories & Solutions is sponsored by Technology Innovation Partner HP, Exxon Mobil, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women.

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SOURCE The Daily Beast

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