Hillary Clinton Joins Mediaplanet and Key Opinion Leaders in Campaign to Invest in Women and Girls Globally

NEW YORK, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Mediaplanet Publishing releases the fourth edition of their Investing in Women and Girls publication series. Reaching over three million readers, the publication will be distributed as a special sixteen-page broadsheet section within USA Today in the high-impact markets of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Washington D.C., and will also be distributed at numerous industry events and online venues.

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The world's greatest untapped resource

The publication raises awareness of the potential women and girls have as the world's greatest untapped resource, highlighting their empowerment as crucial in achieving global economic progress, political stability and greater prosperity for the world.

"Investing in women has become a universal imperative, now recognized as the new standard in international development," says Alyse Nelson, President and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership.

With contributions from organizations such as CARE, Save the Children and Vital Voices, as well as key opinion leaders like Secretary Hillary Clinton, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Ambassador Melanne Verveer, and Editor in Chief of Newsweek and The Daily Beast, Tina Brown, the publication inspires readers to become a part of this worldwide movement.

Mediaplanet's publication

In partnership with 10x10, American Association of University Women (AAUW), American Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), Blood Water Mission, CARE, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Department of State, Karama, EngenderHealth, General Mills, Global Grassroots, Kiva, L'Oreal, Merck, mHealth, Opportunity International, PATH, Pathfinder International, Plan International USA, Safe Mothers, Safe Babies, Save the Children, The Nike Foundation, The Third Billion Campaign, The World Bank, Together for Girls, U.S. Trust, Vital Voices, Voss Foundation, WASH Advocates, WaterAid America, WE CARE Solar, Women's Funding Network, Women's Refugee Commission, and Women's World Banking, the publication creates a collective voice to motivate readers to engage in the global effort to invest in women and girls.

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