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SAVE-THE-DATE!
Congress 2006 will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2006 SAWLF
Second Annual Congress 2006 |
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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
City.
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The South Asian Women’s Leadership Forum (SAWLF) is committed to the advancement of South Asian women in the marketplace. SAWLF provides educational programs and networking opportunities; conducts research; and offers outreach that supports the advancements and accomplishments of women at all stages of professional development.
- Thirty-five individual events since inception (November 2002).
- Features prominent South Asian women as speakers representing a broad spectrum of leadership and decision-making capacities.
- Showcases issues that are important to women professionals as they continue their careers or re-enter the workforce.
- Partners with internal/external experts and organizations such as Working Mother and Oxygen in order to ensure the visibility of South Asian women in mainstream media.
- Conducts, and analyzes research on issues affecting South Asian women in the workplace.
- VERTICAL SAWLF: A “peer network” of women facilitates professional achievement and career guidance for SAWLF participants representing law, public policy and finance.
- Fosters opportunities for on-campus leadership roles for female students through mentorship and the SAWLF internship program.
Congress 2005: Advancing South Asian Women
The annual Congress brings together more than 300 participants to discuss the opportunities and challenges women address as they pursue lives and careers. On February 26, 2005, SAWLF presented 22 entrepreneurial, private and public sector women leaders who shared their stories of challenge and achievement.
- Sara Mathew, SVP & Leader, Strategy, The Dun and Bradstreet Corporation
- Preeta Bansal, Esq., Skadden Arps; Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom & Former Solicitor General for State of New York
- Shandana Durrani, Senior Editor, Cigar Aficionado
- Nell Merlino, Co-Founder and CEO, Count Me In for Women's
Economic Independence and Founder, Take Our Daughters To Work Day- Sabrina Dhawan, Screenwriter, Monsoon Wedding
- Zeyba Rahman, Chairperson, World Music Institute and
Producing Partner, Jungli Billi Productions
South Asian Women's Leadership Forum Board of Advisors
Preeta Bansal, Esq., Partner, Skadden Arps; Chair, US Commission on International Religious Freedom; and Former Solicitor General State of New York
Ameena Meer, Author & Creative Director
Nell Merlino, Co-Founder & CEO, Count-Me-In for Women's Economic Independence and Founder, Take Our Daughter's to Work Day
Shoba Purushothaman, President, CEO & Co-Founder, The NewsMarket, Inc.
Sonal Shah, Vice President, Goldman Sachs and Founder, Indicorps
Meeta Vyas, the first South Asian woman to become CEO of a publicly traded company (Signature Brands) and the first South Asian at General Electric to head a $1 billion (GE Appliances' Cooking Products)
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