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Four female world leaders call to action towards gender equaility on #IWD2018

Our President, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, (Latvia), and Members Joyce Banda (Malawi) and Kim Campbell (Canada) Helen Clark (New Zealand), are four women that have led their countries and are still playing a relevant role in the international sphere. On the occasion of the...
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Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on Women’s Day: “Dear girls & women: follow fearlessly the path that each of you have chosen as your own!”

Message from Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga on the occasion of the Women's International Day On this 8 March, the official Women's day adopted by the United Nations, I send my warmest greetings of universal sisterhood to girls and women across the world. I celebrate the...
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Club de Madrid Members Kok and Lagumdzija advocate for inclusive societies in London and Oxford

Wim Kok - former PM of the Netherlands - and Zlatko Lagumdzija- former PM of Bosnia and Herzegovina - recently led a mission to London and Oxford as part of the project Shared Societies. The theme of the mission was Strategy on Environmental Sustainability and Shared...
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Club de Madrid Members will discuss Sustainable Development, Conflict Prevention and Migration at the World Bank Fragility Forum and at the United Nations

Sustainable Development, Conflict Prevention and Migration are three global issues on which our members have much to say. They are also the pillars of the mission “Engaging with World Bank and United Nations on key issues from an inclusion perspective” led by former...
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Vike-Freiberga tells life story in BBC interview

Aug 12, 2019

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM), was the subject of an in-depth interview at BBC Radio for Her Story Made History, a programme that narrates the stories of remarkable women and the relationship between women and democracy.  The former...

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