Since 2002, IWHC has paid tribute to the most influential, groundbreaking advocates for women’s rights and health at our annual gala. We are proud that the event helps enhance our investment in women and girls around the globe, and honored that so many of today’s most prominent thought leaders and luminaries consider it a priority on their social calendar. Our next gala will be held in February 2011 in New York City. Please visit this page for more information closer to that date, and see below for information on our past galas and honorees.

Watch our short videos below to see highlights from the IWHC's 2010 Gala and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, our Gala Honoree.

IWHC Galas

February 2009 Gala
Honoree:  Graça Machel, President of the Foundation for Community Development

February 2008 Gala
Honorees:
Kati Marton, Journalist and former IWHC Board Chair
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Founder of Grameen Bank

January 2007 Gala
Honorees:
Jan Egeland, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Allan Rosenfield, MD, Dean, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

January 2006 Gala
Honoree:
James D. Wolfensohn, former World Bank president

January 2005 Gala
Honoree:
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

January 2004 Gala
Honoree:
Kofi Annan, Former United Nations Secretary General

January 2003 Gala
Honoree:
Ellen Chesler, Author and Lecturer at Hunter College/CUNY

January 2002 Gala
Honoree:
Jane Fonda, Actress and Activist

Other Past Events

>>Michelle Goldberg Book Reading, June 2009 (with exclusive video interview)

>>"The Story of My Body” event in celebration of International Women’s Day, March 2007

>>New York March for Women's Lives, August 2004

>>National March for Women's Lives, April 2004

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