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Yvonne Boice, President and CEO, Fugazy International
Cordelia Chung, Vice President, Business Partners, IBM Asia Pacific
Margaretta Noonan, Executive Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer, Hudson Group
Ann Sherry, President and Chief Executive Officer, Carnival Australia
Mary McDaniel, Vice President, Material and Corporate Sourcing, FedEx
How many women are CEOs of Fortune 500 Companies?
Christina A. Gold,
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One of the 15 Women CEOs of Fortune 500 Companies
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The following article is the first in a series of articles provided by Enterprising Women magazine. To learn more about Enterprising Women, visit www.enterprisingwomen.com
How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur
BY Karen Friedman
This year I will celebrate
my 13th year in business. I've made a few mistakes along the way. But,
I have also learned a lot, which I would like to share with you so you
can continue to grow, enjoy your own successes, and share them with
others who aspire to join the ranks of successful entrepreneurs.
1. Be a sponge.
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Karen Friedman is president of Karen Friedman Enterprises,
Inc., co-author of Speaking of Success, an international communications
coach and former television reporter.
Hear Olympic Gymnast, Shannon Miller, speak about the newly-launched Pearl of Wisdom Campaign
A woman's health is fundamental to her ability to participate in society. Learn more about our efforts to eradicate this preventable disease.
FROM THE 2009 GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN "Setting New Paradigms for Business and Political Leadership" Santiago, Chile May 14 - 16
Mexican Association of Women Entrepreneurs (AMMJE) represented by their President Rosa Elena Lozano, joins the Global Consortium of Women to End Cervical Cancer.
Presidents (10)
Cristina E. Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina
Borjana Kristo, The Federation of Bosnia
Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rica
Tarja Halonen, Finland
Angela Merkel, Germany
Pratibha Patil, India
Mary McAleese, Ireland
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia
Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuania
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, The Philippines
Prime Ministers (5)
Jadranka Kosor, Croatia
Marie Pierre-Louis, Haiti
Luísa Diogo, Mozambique
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland
Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Bangladesh
Women Presidents and Prime Ministers from 2004 to 2009
Regions Responsible for Women Presidents and Prime Ministers
Vice Presidents (10)
Aisatou N'jie-Saidy, The Gambia
Teima Onorio, Kiribati
Gabriela Trajkovska Konevska, Macedonia
Joyce Banda, Malawi
Lourdes Mendoza del Solar, Perú (2nd Vice President)
María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Spain
Elena Salgado Méndez, Spain (2nd Vice President)
Naja Al-Attar, Syria
Nguyen Thi Doan, Vietnam
Joyce Mujuru, Zimbabwe
Deputy Prime Ministers (18)
Julia Gillard, Australia
Joëlle Milquet, Belgium
Men Sam An, Cambodia
Đurđa Adlešić, Croatia
Lene Esperson, Denmark
Ene Ergma, Estonia
Adiato Diallo Nandigna, Guinea-Bissau
Mary Coughlan, Ireland
Uktomkhan Abdullaeva, Kyrgyzstan
Cecile Monorohanta, Madagascar
Gordana Đurović, Montenegro
Libertine Appolus Amathila, Namibia
Liv Signe Navarsete, Norway
Ndèye Khady Diop, Senegal
Maud Olofsson, Sweden
Constance Simelane, Swaziland
Maysa Yazmuhammedova, Turkmenistan
Farida Shorahimovna Akbarova, Uzbekistan
Women Vice Presidents and Deputy Prime Ministers 2004-2009
From the UN Foundation.
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From the Nike Foundation.
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Since 1998, the Corporate Women Directors International has been providing baseline information from which women's progress on corporate boards can be measured. CWDI has conducted research internationally to identify women corporate board members in Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa, Spain, and the United States, as well as a regional report covering top companies in Latin America, and two Global reports analyzing women's board participation at the 200 largest companies in the world. To find out how many women serve on the Boards of Directors of top companies in 33 countries, visit http://www.globewomen.org/CWDI/CWDI.htm
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| Indicative of the accomplishments being made by women in various fields, the Nobel Prize Committee has announced that a record five women have been recognized as Nobel Laureates for 2009 – a milestone in Nobel Prize history and for women worldwide. |
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 Irina Bokova New Director-General of UNESCO |
| On October 15th 2009, The 35th Session of the General Conference elected Irina Bokova of Bulgaria as the tenth Director-General of UNESCO -the first woman ever to hold this position.
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