March 5, 2010- New York (WLP): United States Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer delivers the first keynote speech during a one-day conference hosted by Women's Learning Partnership in cooperation with Social Research Journal at the New School for Social Research. The conference, entitled "2020 Vision: Mobilizing for Women's Rights and Eliminating Violence Against Women," brought together grassroots women's rights activists from Brazil, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Nigeria, and Iran as well as keynote speakers Shirin Ebadi, Thoraya Obaid, and Mary Robinson--to discuss a plan for a future free from violence and grounded in equality at global and local levels.
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