USAID and State Department to Launch the 'One Woman Initiative' Fund for Women's Empowerment

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore will give remarks at the launch of t

The Secretary and Administrator will be joined by Initiative Chair Carly Fiorina, Chairman and CEO of Carly Fiorina Enterprises; and Co-Chairs Sheila Johnson, philanthropist, entrepreneur and co-founder of BET; Farooq Kathwari, CEO of Ethan Allen Interiors; and Pat Mitchell, President and CEO, The Paley Center for Media.

WHO:
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
USAID Administrator and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore

WHAT:
Launch of the "One Woman Initiative" Fund for Women's Empowerment

WHEN:
12:15 p.m.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Benjamin Franklin Room | U.S. Department of State

The remarks will be open for press coverage.

Pre-set time for cameras: 11:00 a.m. from the 23rd Street entrance of the State Department.

Final access time for all press: 12:00 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance of the State Department.

To attend this event, members of the media must present one of the following: (1) a U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification (driver's license or passport). Press should enter at 23rd Street Entrance.

For more information about USAID, visit www.usaid.gov.

The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, have provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for nearly 50 years.

CONTACT: Sasha Mehra or Gerda Lane, both of the Office of the Senior Advisor for Women's Empowerment, U.S. Department of State, +1-202-647-7282, or the Office of Press Relations, U.S. Department of State, +1-202-647-2492

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Source: U.S. Agency for International Development

Web Site: http://www.usaid.gov/

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