CAMEROONIAN POLITICAL & BUSINESS LEADER KAH WALLA TO SPEAK ALONGSIDE HILLARY R. CLINTON

AT FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND GLOBAL EMBASSY FOR WOMEN, OPENING IN U.S. CAPITAL OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

Walla to speak at Vital Voices, the nonprofit founded by Hillary Rodham Clinton and the late Madeleine Albright,

at the opening of its Global Headquarters for Women’s Leadership & three-day festival.

 



Vital Voices, an international non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organization that invests in women leaders, is proud to announce that Kah Walla,?President of the Cameroon People's Party and CEO of STRATEGIES! will serve as a key speaker on the grand opening panel at the new Vital Voices Global Headquarters for Women’s Leadership, coming to the center of downtown Washington, D.C. at 1509 16th Street, NW. The newly renovated building stands among other high-profile institutions and think tanks, just minutes from the White House and Black Lives Matter Plaza in the city’s new “Equality Corridor." This first-of-its-kind physical and digital space will be the epicenter of activity for global women leaders and their allies. It will also serve as a collaborative and inclusive space for all women – everywhere.



“Vital Voices embodies a specific type of leadership,” says Walla, who is also a member of the Board of Directors at Vital Voices. “They take some of the most difficult issues in the world—conflict areas, social issues, economic issues—and they work daily to put people at the center and bring solutions that, not only solve issues for the people, but do so in a sustainable way for the world.”



 Walla, the first woman to run for the office of the President for the Republic of Cameroon, will speak on the grand opening panel alongside Kate James, Chairman of the Board of Vital Voices, Secretary Hillary Clinton, Former First Lady of the United States and Former U.S. Secretary of State, Diane von Furstenberg, Chairwoman of Diane von Furstenberg Studio, Alyse Nelson, President and CEO of Vital Voices, and Activist Amira Yahyaoui,?Founder and CEO of MOS.



In addition to serving as the homebase for the Vital Voices staff and global network of women leaders, the building will also be? a gathering place for local and visiting women’s organizations with limited resources that need a place to convene, innovate, plan, and act—all in the pursuit of tackling the world’s greatest challenges.



“It is our hope that women and their allies from around the world will come to this building to expand their networks, share their stories of success and hardship, highlight their bold visions for progress, and recharge so that they can go back out into the world and make real change happen,” explains Hillary Rodham Clinton, who, along with the late U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, established Vital Voices in 1997 while First Lady of the United States. “Madeleine was so excited about the creation of this Women’s Embassy and, in opening it, we’re honoring her vision and legacy.”



A three-day festival will welcome this new neighbor to the United States capital city. Activities start Thursday, May 5, with a morning march of hundreds of girls and allies from the White House to the Vital Voices Global Headquarters to showcase the next generation of leaders. Following a ribbon cutting, the Global Embassy for Women will open its doors for three days of exhibits, panels, luncheons, and other activities to bring women together and celebrate the launch of the Headquarters. On May 7, the building will hold an open house as part of DC Passport’s popular “Around the World Embassy Tour.” (Register here.)



In addition to Walla and the panelists mentioned above, confirmed guests (subject to change) include Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, recording artist MILCK, actors and activists Elizabeth Banks and Angelina Spicer, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad, Ukrainian human rights activist Oksana Horbunova, former Deputy Trade Minister of Afghanistan Muquadessa Yourish, Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, climate activist Sophia Kianni, and more.



“Vital Voices was created to make space for women to be heard,” says Vital Voices President and CEO Alyse Nelson. “Over more than two decades of investing in women leaders on the frontlines of change, we have seen firsthand how women lead differently, and that difference is precisely what our world needs to solve the challenges ahead of us. Now is the time to put a stake in the ground and create a permanent, physical, and very visible space for these leaders to come together. We believe this Headquarters will spark creativity, trust, and the kind of bold ideas that will transform and improve communities and nations around the world.”

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