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Isobel Coleman and Mary Ellen Iskenderian discuss several commitments aimed at women and girls from the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative.
Speakers: Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and Chief Executive Officer, Women's World Banking
Tamara Cook, Program Officer, Financial Services for the Poor, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations
April 6, 2011
Experts discuss the impact of technology and banking on the economic and political development of women.
This meeting is part of the ExxonMobil Women and Development Roundtable Series, organized by CFR's Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative.
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