A Powerful and Influential Voice for Human Rights: Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland

For several decades, The Honorable Mary Robinson has been a powerful and influential voice for human rights around the globe. The seventh, and first woman, President of Ireland and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has challenged convention throughout her life — whether in the Church, in government and politics, or in her own family — in her pursuit of a fairer world and the belief that each of us can, in our own way, help to change the world for the better.

Now heading up The Mary Robinson Foundation — Climate Justice, she works on behalf of the millions of poor around the world most affected by climate change. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, she also serves as a member of the Elders, an independent group of global leaders brought together by Nelson Mandela, and on the Council of Women World Leaders, which she co-founded. Mary Robinson will join the Council on International Women's Day 2013 to share highlights of her path to prominence, as well as her vision for the world, about which she writes in her soon-to-be published memoir, Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice.

SCHEDULE

• 11:30 a.m. -- Registration and reception
• 12:00 p.m. -- Program and lunch

EVENT OPTIONS

Program only event options, except student tickets, include a complimentary reception.

• Members
  • Speaker reception*, program, lunch, and signed book -- $75
  • Program -- $25
     
• General Public
  • Speaker reception*, program, lunch, and signed book -- $90
  • Program -- $35
     
• Full-time Students (with valid ID)
  • Program -- $15 

*Speaker reception includes glass of wine and may include candid photos with Mary Robinson.

_{The Council gratefully acknowledges the Doran Family Foundation for its sponsorship of this event.}