WOMEN IN THE WORLD

            New York, New York - The Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater held its 7th annual Women In The World Summit (WITW) dedicated
to discussing pressing international issues from around the globe from April 6th to April 8th.  WITW was a high profile success with more than
one thousand A-List celebrities, activists and attendees participating in its jam-packed program schedule.

            The agenda included an opening dinner, the DVF Awards Show, cultural performances, live debates and interviews in three days. 
Household names like Kerry Washington, America Ferrera and Meryl Streep took the stage to help advocate for issues they were passionate 
about. Kerry Washington, Executive Producer and star of HBO's movie on Anita Hill, Confirmation, offered insight on the nation's most 
famous sexual harassment case in a panel titled The Lasting Impact of Anita Hill; America Ferrera, Actress, Producer and Founder of Take 
Fountain Productions, discussed the ways society can combat human trafficking in Women On The Run; and Meryl Streep, Actress and 
Co-Host of WITW, made a call to action while introducing women who are change agents who are world for the better in her segment 
Meryl Streep And Leaders Of Tomorrow: Call To Action. Centered on social justice, WITW used journalistic narratives to provide the live 
(and online, LiveStreamed) audience a diverse range of issues through dozens of persona stories, video interludes and a quick turnover 
between segments. Other notable programs included "The Newsmaker: Megyn Kelly, Christine Lagarde: Madame Chairman, 
​Mindy Kaling: Why Not Me?, Mother/Daughter Dynasty: Two Generations Of The Bush Family, Masih Alinejad: My Stealthy Freedom and 
A Wrap-Up With DVF.  Each presentation showed a different side to women and encouraged them to stand in solidarity with each other.

            Lighthearted moments like Mindy Kaling’s take on being an unaplogetically assertive female in power with a sarcastic, “I’m sorry I 
demanded respect at that meeting… here’s a puppy party. Love, Mindy.” met heavy moments like Melina Laboucan-Massimo’s, sister of a 
murdered indigenous woman whose murder did not receive justice, confession that she doesn’t need to set a morning alarm because, “The 
grief of my sister…continues everyday. I wake up every morning at 4:50 am at the time of her death, and it’s something I can’t stop. It’s trauma.
It just continues.”

            Political statements were also prevalent throughout the three days. Designer Diane Von Furstenberg shouted, “Can we all just vote for 
Hillary?” at the audience and Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards criticized Donald Trump’s opinion that women should, “face 
some sort of punishment” for having abortions, when asserting, “Honestly I’m just so sick of men telling us what to do with our bodies, and I 
would include Donald Trump in that category.” FOX News Anchor Megyn Kelly argued that Donald Trump’s political rise is due to broadcast
media – “[The media] broke the rules only for Trump… We [The Kelly File Show] don’t wallpaper the show with a Donald Trump event. Why?
Because we don’t do that for other candidates, so it’s not fair… Then the media would sit there and say will say it’s amazing how the polls are 
up, up, up. It’s like – you’re putting your thumb on the scale.”

            Interactive lounges engaged attendees by featuring social media plugs like the “Twitter Mirror,” an app created for the conference that 
linked up to the @WITWStudio Twitter and allowed attendees to take their “best side” selfie, recreate their emojis in a gif, and record a short 
video stating, “The women who inspires me is…” or “The woman I’m here for is…” Throughout the day, #WITW, was a trending topic on 
Twitter and Instagram.