Susan Davis, Board Chair for the Vital Voices Global Partnership, was a delegate to the 2012 Women in the World Summit in New York hosted by Newsweek and the Daily Beast. The summit, a platform for storytelling by courageous trailblazing women who came from more than a dozen countries, attracted educators, activists, businesswomen, entertainers, media personalities and politicians from IMF Head Christine LaGarde to Nobel Prize winner Leymah Gbowee to Meryl Streep and Secretary Hillary Clinton. Among the many highlights, co host Diane von Furstenberg hosted a  beautiful dinner to honor three incredibly courageous women and the indomitable Oprah Winfrey who was presented with the Lifetime Leadership.

Chouchou Namegabe-Dubuisson and Susan Davis

Chouchou Namegabe-Dubuisson, 2012 Diane von Furstenberg Award and 2009 Vital Voices Global Leadership Award winner, with Susan Davis

Chouchou Namegabe-Dubuisson, Panmela Castro, Diane von Furstenberg, Alyse Nelson and Susan Davis

Awardees  Panmela Castro and Chouchou Namegabe-Dubuisson,  with Susan Davis, Diane von Furstenberg and Alyse Nelson

Panmela Castro, Tina Brown, Diane von Furstenberg, Chouchou Namegabe-Dubuisson and Susan Davis

Panmela Castro, Newsweek/Daily Beast Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown, Diane von Furstenberg, Chouchou Namegabe-Dubuisson and Susan Davis