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2024 Cornerstone Conference

Hong Kong, SAR Nov 20 – 22
Registration Now Open!

2025 IWF World Leadership Conference

Seattle, WA May 21 – 23

2025 Cornerstone Conference

Cape Town, South Africa Nov 05 – 07

2026 Cornerstone Conference

London, England May 13 – 15

2026 IWF World Leadership Conference & Gala

Denver, Colorado Nov 11 – 13

2027 Cornerstone Conference

Amman, Jordan May 11 – 13

We are…

Actors Aerospace Engineers AI Entrepreneurs Architects Artists Astronauts Biochemists Broadcasters
Cancer Researchers Chief Counsels Chief Executive Officers Chief Financial Officers Chief Information Officers Chief Talent Officers Composers
Corporate Directors Diplomats Engineers Environmental Activists Explorers Fashion Designers Fortune 500 CEOs
Generals Governors Heads of NGOs Heads of State Indigenous Leaders Inventors Investigative Reporters
Investment Bankers Judges Lawyers Mayors Medical Researchers Museum Heads Neurosurgeons
Theatrical Producers Tony Award Winners Top Chefs University Presidents Urban Planners Venture Capitalists

8,000+ leaders across CULTURES & careers

Our Mission

We unite our global community of women leaders to advance women’s leadership today and tomorrow.

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Leadership Conferences

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Leadership Development

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Meet our Hall of Fame Honorees

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The Only Global Women’s Leadership Organization with 50 Consecutive Years of Growth

76 FORUMS | 33 COUNTRIES
Where We Are

Our Members Tell Our Story

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Anilore Banon, IWF France
Artist – Sculptor, Woman Who Make a Difference Honoree 2024


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Jacqueline Quamina, IWF Trinadad and Tobago
featured in Newsday for being one of the 2024 IWF Women Who Make a Difference

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2020 Hall of Fame recipient
Ginni Rometty, former Executive Chairman and CEO of IBM
talks about being a woman leader

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50 Years of Women Changing The World

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Ellen Ochoa
Corazon Aquino
Nandita Das
Madame Graça Machel
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Annie Leibovitz
Ella Fitzgerald
Condoleezza Rice

Sheila Johnson

Founder and CEO, Salamander Collection
IWF HALL OF FAME HONOREE

Anna Wintour

Chief Content Officer, Condé Nast | Global Editorial Director, Vogue
IWF HALL OF FAME HONOREE

Ellen Ochoa

The first Hispanic woman in space and the first Hispanic woman to serve as the Director of the Johnson Space Center
IWF Idaho

Corazon Aquino

First Female President of the Republic of the Philippines
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Nandita Das

Pioneering Actress and Filmmaker
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Graça Machel

First Lady of Mozambique and South Africa
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Nawal El Moutawakel

First African Muslim Female Olympic Gold Medalist
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Annie Leibovitz

Legendary Portrait Photographer
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Ella Fitzgerald

Globally Renowned Jazz Artist
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

Condoleezza Rice

First Black woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State; First woman to serve as National Security Advisor
IWF Hall of Fame Honoree

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