2021 Program

The 2021 International Women of Courage Virtual Celebration

PRESENTED BY AMERICAN WOMEN FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING

The 2021 International Women of Courage Virtual Celebration

PRESENTED BY AMERICAN WOMEN FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING

Thursday, April 29, 2021 9am PDT / 12pm EDT

Virtual Celebration

Program

WELCOME & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Rachel Scott, Virtual Host
Nancy Annick, Mary Schammel & Janice Trojan, 2021 Celebration Co-Chairs
Ambassador Tatiana Gfoeller, AWIU President

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE CEREMONY
First Lady Jill Biden
Antony J. Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Katrina Fotovat, Office of Global Women’s Issues
Matthew Lussenhop, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

CONGRATULATORY REMARKS
Willow Bay, Honorary Committee Chair
Ambassador Melanne Verveer

INTRODUCTION OF THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE’S
2021 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
Lisa Ling, Host of CNN’s This is Life with Lisa Ling

PRESENTATION OF AWIU INTERNATIONALISM AWARD
Deloitte, 2021 Honoree
Accepted by Terri Cooper, Vice Chair of External Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

CELEBRATION FINALE

10:00 – 10:30am PDT: Live Virtual Panel Discussion with IWOCs
Hosted by Rachel Scott
Julienne Lusenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Canan Güllü, Turkey

ABC Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott Hosts Virtual Celebration and Moderates Live Panel Discussion

AWIU is honored to welcome Rachel Scott as Virtual Host of the Celebration and Moderator of the live panel discussion with two IWOCs, which will immediately follow the Celebration. Ms. Scott is the Congressional Correspondent reporting from Capitol Hill across all ABC News programs and platforms.

Willow Bay is Honorary Chair of the 2021 IWOC Virtual Celebration

AWIU is pleased to announce that Willow Bay, Dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, is Honorary Chair of the 2021 Virtual Celebration. Special thanks to all members of our Honorary Committee.

Honorary Committee

Award-Winning Journalist and Executive Producer Lisa Ling Interviews IWOCs

AWIU is thrilled to announce that award-winning journalist Lisa Ling has conducted exclusive interviews with five of the 2021 International Women of Courage for the Virtual Celebration. Ms. Ling is a global advocate for women and served as Honorary Chair of the 2018 IWOC Celebration.