The U.S. Department of State and FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, in partnership with Vital Voices, joined together to launch the International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership in May 2006. The inaugural program placed seventeen talented, emerging women leaders from all over the world in mentoring programs with FORTUNE’s Most Powerful Women Leaders.
Participants
In 2007, 32 emerging women business leaders from the following countries participated in the program:
Argentina |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
China (2) |
Egypt (2) |
Gaza |
Ghana |
Hungary (2) |
India (2) |
Indonesia |
Kenya (2) |
Lebanon (3) |
Nepal |
Nigeria |
Peru (3) |
Poland |
Russia |
Rwanda |
South Africa (3) |
Vietnam |
West Bank |
Zimbabwe |
Program
The three-phase program opened with an orientation session in Washington, DC, where the participants met with senior women in government, academia and business, including Senators Hillary Clinton and Kay Bailey Hutchison, Secretary Elaine Chao, and Under Secretary Karen P. Hughes. The second phase paired each international participant with one of FORTUNE’s Most Powerful Women Leaders. For three weeks, American and international participants worked together in mentoring relationships to share the skills and experiences necessary for strengthening women’s leadership. The program concluded with a debriefing in New York City that included meetings at Good Morning America and Oxygen Media. The 2008 FORTUNE program is slated to take place from April 28 through May 22, 2008. Thirty-five mentees from around the world are expected to participate.
For further questions regarding the FORTUNE program, please email fortune@state.gov.
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