Because the board wont act in a expeditious manner. The process that we are discussing here gets a little frustrating to me because we cannot seem to have results that were trying to get at here. 3,032,000 claims were lost and found in january. Where were they found. We will leave this program you can finish watching it if you go to our website stand. Work. We take you down to the Georgetown Institute for women, peace and security former secretary of state Hillary Clinton will honor several women for their efforts in prodemocracy efforts. Live coverage on span two. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [inaudible] [inaudible] please welcome to the stage Georgetown Institute for women, peace and security for the land. Good morning and welcome to the 2023 Award Ceremony to honor women who have played an exceptional role of busy fluid peace and security. The words showcasing the difference womens peace building can make particularly at the local level, the aspect or route is to we are proud to mark the anniversary this year. You can find a great deal about the institute on our website. We are thrilled to have his secretary, former secretary state of the clinton with us. We are so grateful for her continuing support of the institute as honorary pounding chair. We are leaving with the Rockefeller Foundation coming up high level leaders. [applause] a special welcome to this core who has joined us from yemen, ireland, germany, norway, sweden, taiwan and the united arab emmett. Welcome. [applause] i also want to welcome the u. S. Government officials from the White House State Department and usaid leadership. Especially to acknowledge recently confirmed, finally confirmed u. S. Ambassador for limits issues. [applause] are always happy to have school of Foreign Service with us and would like to welcome the dean of the georgetown campus in cardiff this morning. [applause] a very warm welcome across United States and the seas to be here. Lastly, i want to thank the bank of America Charitable foundation, generous support for our program. You make much possible and we are very grateful. Now its a great personal pleasure for me to introduce president join us whose love this university for more than two decades with great distinction. As exemplified in the women and men for others. We remain grateful for the support of the work of the institute and so much more. [applause] are preservation of the river clinton awards for advancing Hillary ClintonUnited States secretary of state in hungary pounding chair of the georgetown security and reflections and to help us present this years the words and extraordinary global leaders. We are always honored. We are grateful for your that must presume the world. We are honored to acknowledge four awardees that i wish to offer sincere appreciation to each of them leading international journalists. You should use the cofounder of Women Solidarity Network and descend security leader and executive record of the Womens Development and human rights advocates. We are deeply grateful to recognize each of you at this ceremony entitled peace, celebrating courageous women and and peace. I want to thank you for your leadership in the inclusion of womens voices around the world. Each year we present this in her Critical Role in the promotion of womens leadership. 2012, women in the world summit secretary clinton describe the importance of this thing our most important goals for the country extremism for prosperity and advancing democracy to attend to a large degree and partnership of women. All over the world weve seen what women do when they get involved in helping with peace. Luke honored to present these words to honor her engagement for women peace and security which was established under investors leadership 2011. Our institute has leaders across the globe. The institute pursues or promotes teaching and education and understanding of the cultural, political and economical issues from Economic Empowerment to relationships between womens democracy. Each year we have the opportunity to celebrate those who have championed the role in the world. Honored to come together and recognition of this important work with this years awardees. Please join me in welcoming secretary clinton to the stage to share with us. [applause] its a great pleasure to be back here at georgetown to have a chance to end my voice to the important work being done by the georgetown peace and security and to honor for remarkable women. I want to start by thanking doctor for his leadership in business significant away georgetown has stepped up to make a commitment to never forget and to new to work on the overall goal helping to achieve full participation of keeping and diplomacy and it is incredibly important georgetown does this because the institute is the premier institute in the world 2011 made the case and gather the data and put together the analyses when women are fully scheming and and diplomacy. National security and of course it is possible because of the extraordinary leadership and as you probably know has established the whole idea of women hes and security so firmly here at georgetown other universities and institutions around the world are looking for leadership and inspiration. The last time we were together it was to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the agreement and honor much too late but to our the contribution women played in bringing about problems in northern ireland. We gather again to keep up the momentum, to recognize the roles women play peace and security and keep urging more government and Multilateral Institution do more to include womens voices but i think its fair to say as we gather together, there are incredibly powerful forces that work around the world, some like im a change seen unfold in real time before our eyes, some like unimaginable technological advances as pluses and minuses we have no real understanding. New changes in the geopolitical environment, the return to great power and competition, some of the conflicts that are not just bringing up ukraine but continue to haunt the world. These forces impact every one of us but they do disproportionately impact women. No surprise the drive to diminish womens rights for political power. Many leaders use women as a reason for pulling back on rights. Use aspirations as a challenge rather than an opportunity to existing power structures and these forces at work around the world have created perilous times for everything we have held dear and will even to make a better world for everybody what women and men. People from all walks of life are mounting massive resistance the oppression of women and girls. Sexism and file a tax limit and children so we are trying to tell a different story, a different narrative by not only standing up for democracy, human rights and will hear from this in a minute. The National Security and diplomacy. We need to stories about what is happening in peoples real lives and here what happens to women in pleasant places whose rights are totally denied or we need to hear the stories sometimes hard to listen to a women in ukraine or russia is using tactics of work. We need to hear the stories in the United States were mortality is higher than any advanced country in the world. We dont take care of mothers, we do not take care of children the way we should. It is important to recognize women should not be characterized as victims. I reject that at every turn. Women are agents of change in is a powerful reminder of what is possible. More than ten years ago i stood on stage and announced the administrations executive order establishing National Action plan womens peace and security. Its a necessary step. We think progress but still have a long ways to go which is why the Research Done here is important. Im excited to be back in the classroom for the first time in many years where launched a woman led to local and global which is critical and continue the hard work of advancing dissipation of women and girls in Unfinished Business of the 21st century. And your agency and activism stand up for women and pushed to the sideline. Award winners. Personally, i admired for a long time before i have a chance to be interviewed by her. I saw her reporting a crisis, only woman wearing a helmet or jacket of conflict to try to tell hospitals what she was seeing and hearing. She has received every Journalism Award at least once but hes being awarded today not only a trailblazer for women and journalism and truth teller but as someone who has worked hard to make sure womens voices on the ground where shes reporting from our included. The photo of her standing on a car leading protests chance and went viral in 2019. I have to say i saw the video i was so moved by what youre doing. Particularly women and girls. She emerged as an important voice for the transformation of the country. After the revolution came along work of rebuilding. Why do they sell . Often times it is really hard to turn the country around and build government coming. Women and activists and even to despite the conflict current underway, she is working to figure out what to be done in finally stopped a cofounder of the womens Solidarity Network culture person of the food for humanity and member of the Womens Alliance for security leadership to the peacekeeping. Our companies together to physical after the start of the war in ukraine and the working on supplies particularly food and wonderful Organization World center. On the ground in ukraine and they were telling us we need to move when they were giving the food out, they need a different setting move it over here and they started telling people, we are hearing it from the women collecting the food and feeding people and here is what you need to do so i know you are on the ground, you are doing that work and the only a voice for yemeni women in peace but a worldwide advocate for peace frequently involved in the Security Council and members of congress here in the United States and u. S. The founder and executive director, and organization for empowering women and a member of the Political Movement. Lets not ever forget syria, they have been under brutal attack for a decade and she is someone in defiance of personal debt and talk of the assassination of her son, it journalist has been working to energize the movement. In 2013 amid the war, she converted her beauty salon provide education and first aid women. Now a network of eight Women Centers five spoke. And publishes a magazine that makes the case for education and empowerment for women and girls. Before i asked by congratulating once again all of our 40s, let me ask all of us, myself included, what is it we need to do to protect democracy here at home . What is it we need to do to make sure womens voices are heard . They are drawn out by the attacks on social media that are frightening to many women . What is it we are to do for the Great University like georgetown to the more women are at home and around the world . There is a role for all of us but as we celebrate these awardees and thank them for their courage, determination to build a better world, ourselves everything we can make sure we never lose our democracy and rights and opportunities. Thank you all very much. [applause] this amazing phenomenon . Change the world. Theres another large tried to to the rise of those who have been hollow in all of this. I constantly ways when journalists are stories, it does make a difference. With womens rights across the in their many wars on women. We need to prepare our world to justice and only gender equality will get us there. We cannot continue the old paradigms. I pledge to keep up the struggle. [applause] as you know and as you have seen, 80 courageous war correspondent who sheds light on the darkest corners of the globe. One of the most prominent reporters in the world, shes known especially for her courageous suffrage. From covering wars to ukraine to afghanistan and so many places in between she has put her life in danger, she gives voice to those in the consequences of what she is covering. Caught in the crossfire and all too often are the women and children. Shes said one of the most transformative experience of her career has been covering wars perpetrated by serbia and bosnia. Tolerance under moral threat in bosnia. She witnessed the millions killed under bombardment she was witnessed to thousands the raising of women and girls. A Terrific Campaign of ethnic cleansing, genocide. She learned one cannot be neutral in the face of has a duty to call it for what it is. Covering the war almost daily for two years her reports forced the world to see atrocities being committed and forced. War crimes and genesis continue to hurt harm the world. This is true today and ukraine where he continues to do courage. She reports with devastating consequences of the full scale unprovoked attack but also captures the spirit of resilience defending ukraines freedom, democracy and its existence. Shes been covering afghanistan since 1996 and returned the taliban take over. She the week reporting on the humanitarian crisis, womens rights and pressed a telegram later on the acromion restrictions on women and girls. Growing up in iran she witnessed the revolution. What she saw firsthand inspired her career as a reporter. Shes gone on to break new ground and enabled other women to all her leave. Today shes International Anchor for cnn and the host of cnns ship Covid Affairs and United States also known for holding the worlds most powerful, accountable, she interviewed and when and insisted she where a head start and the focus of major protest and the treatment of women and iran. And before an empty chair. Billy this is not just a position for her, it is a mission she does very well. Her powerful reporting from war zones around the world in real time women and children, many stories like the otherwise would remain untold. It is critical to understanding. Recognizing that can be no neutrality in the face of genocide and consistently breaking barriers shattering glass ceilings and leading the way for other women in journalism. Georgetown is proud to present 2023 Hillary Clinton award for advancing women peace and security. [applause] [applause] our families are displaced everyday. Women are leaving impacting. There is no excuse any longer. [applause] from an arranged marriage syria to becoming a transformative leader in peace advocacy, exemplifies remarkable impact an individual can have shaping a more just society. Involved in his hearing revolution was a testament to her longing and freedom and justice and an end to the oppression of the asad regime at the outset, she engaged in courting efforts to bring essential medicines to cities ravished by conflict even as it became more difficult she found ways to avoid the bears to deliver vital aid. Earlier to gain, she opened a hair salon it quickly became a Meeting Place for women in the community and the womens conversation turned to politics and what was going to happen to them, their children and their country with deep conviction womens empowerment linked to the success of any society it was the first womens Empowerment Organization in time to stop need to expanded thereby empowering more women. At the same time her daily life was with harassment and abuse, her critics and her own unity and didnt approve of her centers armed groups, the head office was burned and barely arrived in assassination attempt and a year later son was lost to a bullet as the situation grew worse after bombardment by the regime and Russian Forces that destroyed much of her town, many were forced to leave and she worked to continue to support the women predation access to standing the hope initially until realized Political Action dialogue women are not able to raise their voices and thing right after years of violence, for instruction women paid the highest price she felt both reeking to keep women out of political space and found the Political Movement to provide women with Political Awareness and tools to engage in peace talks over the countrys future and strengthen their representation and negotiations to end the war. Dedication to womens empowerment breaking down barriers, her commitment to womens political participation these negotiations and decisionmaking and tireless advocacy for the future peace and security were syria. Proud to present 2023 Hillary Clinton award for women in peace and security. [applause] unable to travel but she sent this video message. In native language. [speaking in native language] being in native language. [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] [applause] [applause] im sure if she were here, she would remind us of what secretary clinton already said. Lets not forget. [applause] gavin continues to suffer from eight years of devastating war and one of the most difficult humanitarian crisis in the world although the ceasefire brokered by the united nations, his Current Situation has been will know more but no real peace. Humans challenges are a mess. One of the leading peace shoulders and yemen is at the forefront of critical multifaceted lifesaving efforts Building Mutual aid networks