On May 2nd, 2006, Ms. Mukhtar Mai will return to New York to speak at The United Nations. CNN Anchor Soledad O’Brien presents a special in-depth interview with Mukhtar Mai, the remarkable rape survivor who has emerged as an international spokesperson on women’s rights in Pakistan. Honored as “Woman of the Year” by Glamour, Mai…
Featuring: Sue Bennett, M.B.,ChB, Head of Child and Youth Protection Program Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Zelda Hunter, Project Manager, Sihanoukville Action Pour Les Enfants Karin Landgren, UNICEF Chief of Child Protection Keith Morrison, Correspondent, “Dateline NBC”, Moderator Perhaps more than any other group, helpless and vulnerable children around the world are increasingly being exploited…
Screening and panel discussion, featuring: James Otto, Human Rights Focus (HURIFO)-Gulu, Uganda Jemera Rone, Human Rights Watch Dr. Adeyinka Akinssulure-Smith, Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
The Fourth Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium Commemorating the Anniversary of September 11 Virtue Foundation is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium at the ECOSOC Council Chamber of the United Nations on Friday, September 9th, 2005. The focus of this year’s international symposium, which will feature several panel discussions and keynote speeches by prominent members…
Stolen Faces, narrated by Liev Schreiber, actor and 2005 Tony Award recipient, chronicles the incredible journey of Yem and Sophan, a young Cambodian mother and her one-month old daughter, who were victims of an acid attack while breastfeeding in Cambodia. Virtue Foundation first met Yem and Sophan when they were treated by Dr. Ebby Elahi,…
Driven by an economy that has been growing at a staggering annual rate of 9.5 percent, the past decade has witnessed the emergence of China as a major force on the world stage. Sparked by its accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, China now accounts for no less than a third of the…
Following the terrible earthquake and tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004, the Virtue Foundation sponsored a team of physicians led by Dr. Kiran Patibandla to provide much-needed medical assistance to the thousands of people living in camps along the southern coast of India. Accompanied by a CBS reporter, the team’s activities were…
Featuring: Ken Bacon, President, Refugees International George C. Biddle, Senior Vice President, International Rescue Committee (IRC) Ebby Elahi, MD, FACS, Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery The growing integration of economies and societies around the world has been one of the most hotly debated topics over the past few years. While globalization has resulted in rapid growth…
Virtue Foundation’s Third Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium commemorating the anniversary of September 11 will feature a long list of distinguished speakers and panelists. Featuring: Kate Adie, Chief Correspondent of the BBC Ken Bacon, President of Refugees International Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme John Chambers, Managing Director of Standard & Poor’s Professor David Cole,…
Featuring: Dr. Michael T. Clark, Executive Director, U.S.-India Business Council Andy Dimitri, Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Information Technology Division, CSFB Tarun Khanna, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Teresa McGonagle, Senior Vice President and Global Practice Leader, JPMorgan Chase Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General Dept. of Comm. & Public Info., United Nations As…