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Congress 2006 will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2006 SAWLF
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Anita Itty joins South Asian Women's
Leadership Forum as contributing essayist. Each quarter, Ms. Itty will
write on topics of leadership, identity, business & culture. SAWLF is committed to the advancement of South Asian women in the workplace. In the June 2004 issue of Working Mother magazine, SAWLF's National Director is featured in Can We Talk? A candid conversation about race and career by Caroline Howard Recent SAWLF Events: Special guest speakers include Shoba Purushothaman, CEO and Co-Founder, The NewsMarket and Geeta Anand, Senior Special Writer, Wall Street Journal.  Geeta Anand, Senior Special Writer, Wall Street Journal Additional speakers to be announced. To register on-line, click here
SAWLF presents its inaugural Congress 2005 on Saturday, February 26, 2005 in Manhattan. Sara Mathew, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and Zeyba Rahman, Chairperson, World Music Institute and Producing Partner, Jungli Billi Productions will deliver the keynote address. Additional special guests and participants to be announced. To register on-line, click here In December 2004, SAWLF presents Behind the Scenes:Women In Film Series at the South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) December 1 - 5, 2004 in New York City. SAWLF is proud to sponsor a selection of films: Meenaxi (2004); What r We Doin' Here & Ladies Special. For additional information, visit SAIFF "Getting Real Success", Join SAWLF on October 19, 2004 as we explore the complexity of defining and achieving success amid converging personal and professional goals and demands with Subha Barry, First Vice President of Multicultural and Diversified Business Development for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.; Jeanine Prime, Director of Research for Catalyst; and Jyoti Chopra, head of South Asian business in Merrill Lynch Global Private Client’s Multicultural and Diversified Business Development Group. Additional speakers to be confirmed. To register, click here Join the SAWLF table on Saturday, October 16, 2004 for Celebrating Women's Lives, the annual SAKHI Benefit Gala at Chelsea Piers. This special event features actress Nandita Das & the Vagina Monologues' Eve Ensler. For ticket information, please contact SAWLF Join SAWLF on Sunday, September 19, 2004 for a special performance and reception with the UK comedy sensation, Shazia Mirza and THE LAST TEMPTATION OF SHAZIA. Click here to register. This event is made possible by the generous support of Western Union. Join SAWLF
at the Working Mother Best Companies for
Women of Color Multicultural Conference, July 20-21, 2004 in New York
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SAWLF Inaugural Congress 2005 : Advancing South
Asian Women
Saturday, February 26, 2005
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
300 Madison Avenue (SW Corner of 42nd Street), New York,
NY 10017
Manhattan
10:00 AM to 7:30 PM
Letter from the Founder
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| Distinguished Keynote Speakers Sara Mathew of The Dun and Bradstreet Corporation and Zeyba Rahman of the World Music Institute and Jungli Billi Productions. |
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| South Asian women who shape and influence media including film, advertising, print, Internet, and fiction - actress Sarita Choudhary; screenwriter Sabrina Dhawan; creative director Ameena Meer; author Abha Dawesar and Cigar Aficionado senior editor Shandana Durrani - debated and discussed how women, including South Asian women, are portrayed in the mainstream media and how, through their experience as “media influencers,” they reconcile their personal interests for representation/equity with the limitations (as well as opportunities) of the current marketplace. |
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As a part of Congress 2005 activities, SAWLF will host a sensational silent auction! CLICK HERE TO VIEW CORPORATE CONTRIBUTORS . Auction proceeds will benefit SAWLF's mentoring and scholarship program for South Asian Women.
Distinguished Keynote Presentations by
Senior Vice President & Leader, Strategy, The Dun and Bradstreet Corporation
Chairperson, World Music Institute and Producing Partner, Jungli Billi Productions
Special Guest Speakers and Participants
Shalini Aggarwal, Associate, Investment Strategy Group, Goldman Sachs
Deepali Bagati, Ph.D., Senior Associate, Research, Catalyst
Preeta Bansal, Esq., Skadden Arps; Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom & Former Solicitor General for State of New York
Sarita Choudhury, Actor
Abha Dawesar, Author, babyji
Sabrina
Dhawan, Screenwriter, Monsoon Wedding
Shandana Durrani,
Senior Editor, Cigar Aficionado
Meera Gandhi, Social Entrepreneur
Anita Gupta, Vice President, Public Affairs, Global Consumer Group, Citigroup
Ameena Meer, Author & Creative Director
Nell Merlino, Co-Founder and CEO, Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence - Created and produced the immensely successful Take Our Daughters To Work Day
Roopa Purushothaman, Global Economist, Goldman Sachs
Shoba Purushothaman, CEO & Co-Founder, The NewsMarket – Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year Honorable Mention (2004)
Purvi Shah, Executive Director, SAKHI for South Asian Women
Sonal Shah, Goldman Sachs & Founder, Indicorps - India Abroad Person of the Year (2003)
Seema Singh, Esq., Ratepayer Advocate, State of New Jersey
Meeta Vyas, the first South Asian woman to become CEO of a publicly traded company, (Signature Brands) and first South Asian at General Electric to head a $1 billion business (GE Appliances' Cooking Products)
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| Sara Mathew with Neelam Sharma; Devika Kamboh; Simi Ahuja; and Meeta Vyas at Congress 2005 luncheon. |
Congress 2005 attendees view the event's thirty distinct silent auction items. Silent auction proceeds benefit SAWLF's scholarship and mentoring program for South Asian women. |
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2005 Executive Committee Members with Speaker Anita
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Abha Dawesar, Sarita Choudhary and Sabrina Dhawan at the Congress 2005 luncheon. |
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comedienne Vijai Nathan engaged Congress 2005 attendees
with an interactive presentation that drew upon her experience
as a first-generation South Asian woman in the U.S. |
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SAWLF Congress 2005 is made possible by the generous support of
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