Her Highness Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates and Judy Woodruff of PBS News Hour are joining The International Center for Research on Women’s (ICRW) esteemed Leadership Council.
The ICRW Leadership Council is comprised of high-profile global leaders who provide strategic advice to the organization on a particular area of work. Council members serve as ambassadors for ICRW and its mission.
ICRW President and CEO, Peggy Clark said: “I am honored to welcome Her Highness and Judy Woodruff to our Leadership Council.
"Their commitment to the issues of gender equity in their careers and personal lives is admirable and humbling. We welcome their wisdom, guidance, and counsel as we grow and learn as an organization,”
Business leader, social entrepreneur, and published author, H.H. Sheikha Shamma is the President and CEO of the UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA), Founder of the Shamma bint Sultan Sustainability Initiatives social enterprise, Co-Founder of Aurora50 and Founder of Reset MENA.
Her Highness noted: “The International Center for Research on Women has a clear mission to advance equality for women and girls around the world, which aligns with my strong personal and professional commitment to advocacy for gender and social equity.
"I look forward to working closely with my fellow members of the Leadership Council to empower future generations by forging opportunities for education, advocacy, and fulfilling livelihoods.”
A senior correspondent and the former anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour, Ms Woodruff has covered politics and other news for five decades at NBC, CNN, and PBS and has received the Peabody Journalistic Integrity Award and an Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award for her work.
She is a founding co-chair of the International Women’s Media Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging women in journalism and communication industries worldwide.
Ms Woodruff, when describing The International Center for Research on Women’s work, noted: “I’m a big believer in research; the more solid data we have, the better equipped we are to make good decisions for ourselves, our families and for all of humankind.”
Members of the Leadership Council
Amartya Sen - Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Susan Berresford - Former President, Ford Foundation
Cherie Blair - Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
Joanna Breyer - Past Professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Department, Harvard Medical School
Winnie Byanyima - Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations; Previous Executive Director, Oxfam International
Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium
Hon. Nancy Gertner - Judge, US D. Mass. (Ret.), Senior Lecturer, Harvard Law School
Baroness Mary Goudie - House of Lords
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Hayman GBE - Former Lord Speaker of the House of Lords
Ashley Judd - Actor, author, activist
Shiva Kumar - Economist and policy advisor
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman - Author and Journalist
Matthew J. Mallow - Former General Counsel, BlackRock
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark
Pat Mitchell - Founder and CEO, Pat Mitchell Media
Leena Nair - CEO, Chanel
Her Highness Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan - President and Chief Executive Officer of the UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators
Pam Rajput - Gender rights activist and scholar, India
Nina Totenberg - Correspondent, Legal Affairs, National Public Radio
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon - Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Judy Woodruff - Senior Correspondent, PBS News Hour
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