
Sarah Brown, Global Patron of the
White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood and wife of former UK Prime Minister
Gordon Brown, will chair the first
WIE Symposium (Women: Inspiration & Enterprise) in New York City on September 20, 2010, with co-hosts
designer and
Urban Zen Foundation Founder
Donna Karan and
Huffington Post founder
Arianna Huffington. The central theme is "Women Inspiring Women," and the conference is timed to coincide with the
Clinton Global Initiative and the
UN General Assembly. This inspirational symposium invites prominent women from the fields of politics,
philanthropy, media, fashion, and the arts to inspire and empower the future generation of women leaders, advocates, and entrepreneurs.
The WIE Symposium will feature powerful speakers from around the world, challenging panels, and informative lectures with panel topics including the future role of women in
technology, women leading the way in business, and a White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) philanthropy and advocacy panel with Brown. Five prize-winning young women advocates from Africa and Asia will speak about the importance of ending the tragedy of women dying needlessly in childbirth.