Conference Speakers 2014 - Day 1
Session 1: Making a Global Connection || Session 2: Sailing through Opposites
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Her Excellency Shiranthi Wickremesinghe Rajapaksa
First Lady, Sri Lanka
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The Honorable Ms. Aliza Lavie
Member of Parliament, Israel
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Her Excellency Dr. Husn Banu Ghazanfar
Minister of Women's Affairs, Afghanistan
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The Honorable Hijran Huseynova
Chairwoman of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs of Azerbaijan Republic, Azerbaijan
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Your Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Former president, Sri Lanka
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The Honorable Rita Bahuguna Joshi
President Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, India
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The Honorable Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi
National Spokesperson BJP, Lawyer, Supreme Court & Socio-Political Activist, India
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The Honorable Madam Lizin
Honorary Speaker of Belgian Senate, Belgium
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The Honorable Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani
Union Minister For Human Resource Development, Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha representing the State of Gujarat, BJP National Vice President, India
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Ms. Monika Griefahn
Board Member, Right Livelihood Award and Politician, Germany
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The Honorable Ms. Berit Reiss-Andersen
Chairperson of Bar Association, Norway
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The Honorable Naida Glavish
Maori Party President, New zealand
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Ms. Parveen Gill
Professor, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Toronto, Canada
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Smt. Vimla Mehra
Director general, Tihar Jail, India
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Ms. Cristina Schwander
Founder of Universidad Empresarial Siglo 21, Founder of Casa Macuca/Conin, Córdoba Center for Prevention and Control of Child Malnutrition, Argentina
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Ms. Rani Dhaliwal
Vice President, Finance & Administrative Services, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Toronto, Canada
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Professor Maithree Wickramasinghe
Sri Lankan Professor of English Founding Director, Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
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MEP. Peterle Alojz Peterle
Former Prime Minister of Slovenia, S-2 Magdelana, Slovenia