Luncheon with Afghan Governor Habiba Sarabi and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai - Oct 7, 11:30a - 1:00p

Space is limited. RSVP as soon as possible to reserve a space on Oct. 7, 11:30am-1pm, in the Cannon Caucus Room.

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Pew Environment Group | The Pew Charitable Trusts

901 E Street, NW | Washington, D.C. 20004

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The United Nations Foundation, the Alliance for Global Conservation and

The Green Belt Movement

in cooperation with

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Rep. Gwen Moore, Rep. Judy Biggert,

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz,

Rep. Lois Capps, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite

cordially invite you to attend a luncheon event

WOMEN HEROES OF GLOBAL CONSERVATION:

REPAIRING NATURE, EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES

Maria Otero

Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs

and women from the frontlines including:

Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Green Belt Movement, Kenya

Habiba Sarabi, Governor, Bamyan Province, Afghanistan

Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment”

and other inspiring women conservation leaders

from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

“[W]omen are the primary caretakers, tilling the land and feeding their families. . . . Environmental degradation forces them to walk farther to attain wood for cooking and heating, to search for clean water, and to find new sources of food. . . . When the environment is destroyed, plundered, or mismanaged, it is their quality of life, and that of their children and families, that is ultimately undermined.” – Wangari Maathai

Moderated by

Katty Kay

Washington Correspondent, BBC World News America

Thursday, October 7, 2010 * 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Cannon Caucus Room

(3^rd Floor of the Cannon House Office Building, Independence Avenue and 1st Street, SE Washington, DC 20003)

Please RSVP at bkramer@pewtrusts.org

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