Asia Society welcomes Cherie Blair, CBE, QC; Former First Lady of United Kingdom; Chancellor of the Asian University for Women; and Founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women.
Schedule
6:00 pm | Reception
7:00 pm | Program
About the Speaker
Cherie Blair CBE, QC, is a leading international lawyer, committed campaigner for women's rights, and the wife of former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
Mrs. Blair is the Chancellor of the Asian University for Women (AUW), located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. She also serves as a member of AUW's Council of Patrons which is chaired by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Since the University opened in 2008, Mrs. Blair has been actively involved in the development of AUW and has campaigned globally on behalf of the University in places such as Qatar, Hong Kong, Japan, Kuwait, and the United States.
Mrs. Blair was the first member of her family to go to university. She studied law at the London School of Economics, where she graduated with a First Class Degree. In 1995, she became a Queen’s Counsel, and in 2011 she founded Omnia Strategy LLP, a boutique international law firm through which she advises and provides strategic counsel to multinational businesses, governments, and private individuals. She also continues to practice independently as a barrister.
Mrs. Blair is also the Founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. The charity was founded in 2008 in response to her experiences meeting women around the world and the realisation that, with the right support, women can overcome the challenges they face and play an important part in the economies and societies in which they work and live.
In 2007, Mrs. Blair was awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill medal “in recognition of her high ideals and courageous actions”, and is Vice-Chair of the International Council on Women's Business Leadership, founded and chaired by former US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Mrs. Blair was an ambassador for London in 2012, supporting the UK's bid to host the Olympics, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s 2013 New Year's Honours List, for services to women's issues and to charity in the UK and overseas.
About the Women's Leadership Series
The Women’s Leadership Series (WLS) celebrates influential, diverse women making a substantive impact in both the business and culture arenas, locally and globally.
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