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Washington, DC — On Wednesday, September 24, ������Ƶ will host a public event featuring Her Excellency Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway. Prime Minister Solberg will discuss her personal experience as a female head of state, gender and foreign policy, international gender equality, Norway’s strategies for balancing work and family life, and her work on promoting education for young girls around the world.

������Ƶ Board Member Kati Marton will present welcoming remarks. Liza Mundy, Director of ������Ƶ’s Breadwinning and Caregiving Program, will introduce and moderate a discussion with Prime Minister Solberg.

“������Ƶ’s Breadwinning and Caregiving program is deeply engaged in issues that include work and family life, the education gender imbalance, and opportunities for female leadership,” said Anne-Marie Slaughter, President of ������Ƶ. “Prime Minister Solberg has been a leader on these topics, and we are delighted that she can join us for this important and timely conversation.”

WHO:

Welcoming Remarks
Kati Marton, Author and Journalist; Board Member, ������Ƶ

Introduction & Moderator
Liza Mundy, Directory, Breadwinning & Caregiving, ������Ƶ

Speaker
Her Excellency Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway

WHEN:
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
6:00 pm EST – 7:30 pm EST

WHERE:
New York Hilton Midtown
1335 Avenue of the Americas (at 54th Street)
New York, NY 10019

For press RSVPs, please contact Jenny Mallamo at mallamo@newamerica.org.
Press and TV cameras must RSVP in advance of the event.

For more information, please contact Jenny Mallamo, Media Relations, at Mallamo@newamerica.org or (202) 596-3368.