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Date & Venue
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Seattle Sheraton Hotel, Metropolitan Ballroom, Seattle, WA, USA
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Time
11:15 AM |
VIP Reception |
12:00 PM |
Program |
Keynote Speaker
Catherine Bertini
Former Chief Executive, United Nations World Food Programme
Professor, Public Administration, Syracuse University
Co-Chair, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
World Food Prize Laureate (2003)
Event Co-Chairs
Martha Kongsgaard
Colleen Willoughby
About the Event
Throughout the world, women seek the means to nourish their children and provide for their families. In the poorest countries, providing for one’s family is more difficult, because women do not have the same civil liberties and rights – including the basic right to own property. While women produce up to 80 percent of the world’s food, they own less than two percent of the world’s land. With the burden of responsibility for growing and preparing food falling primarily on women, it is critical for them to have access and rights to land.
Each March, RDI draws together the Seattle community and international development leaders to celebrate International Women’s Day by supporting efforts to strengthen women’s land rights, giving them a secure source of shelter, nutrition and economic stability.
RDI’s annual International Women’s Day Women and Land Luncheon highlights Seattle’s role as a global leader in providing solutions to some of the world’s most important issues — poverty, health and economic justice.
We hope you will join us to help promote understanding and build support for the basic rights that help women and their families thrive. Together, we can create a healthier, more just world.
Registration
To register, or for more information about RDI’s International Women’s Day event, contact My-Lan at my-land@rdiland.org.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Interested in co-sponsoring the event? Contact My-Lan at my-land@rdiland.org.
Highlights of RDI’s Annual International Women’s Day Event
- 2009 International Women’s Day Luncheon
- Keynote: Ambassador Swanee Hunt
- 2008 International Women’s Day Luncheon
- Keynote: Maria Eitel, President Nike Foundation
- 2007 International Women’s Day Forum
- Panel discussion with Moderator Penny LeGate, KIRO News
In the News
- RDI doubles its fundraising in a down economy
- By Kristi Heim, Seattle Times
- Access to land improves women's lives around the world
- By Tim Hanstad, Seattle Times
- Microland for the poor
- By Elisabeth Eaves, Forbes