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Joanne Sandler, UNIFEM Executive Director, a.i., said, "UNIFEM, the women's fund at the United Nations, welcomes Avon, the Company for Women, as an engaged and long-term partner, helping UNIFEM fulfill its mission to advance women's empowerment and gender equality. This public-private partnership brings a strong global leader in the private sector as a stalwart ally in our common efforts. Together, we can reach a broad international constituency, which is essential to advance women globally and make ending violence against women a top priority."

The Global Summit brings together some of the most influential and accomplished leaders and advocates in the area of global women's empowerment including: Mallika Dutt, Founder and Executive Director of Breakthrough, an international human rights organization using innovative high impact education, media and popular culture to about social change in India and the US; Liliana Rainero, coordinator of the women's rights organization CISCSA (Center of Subregional Exchange in the Southern Cone) and a UN Trust Fund grantee from Argentina, works to build safer communities and neighborhoods; UNIFEM Executive Director, a.i., Joanne Sandler; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Avon Products, Inc., Andrea Jung; award-winning actress and Avon Global Ambassador Reese Witherspoon; and personal-finance expert, TV host and best-selling author Suze Orman.

To help raise both awareness and funds, Witherspoon is unveiling at the Summit Avon's first global fundraising product, the Women's Empowerment Bracelet. The bracelets will sell for $3 each and all net profits will be donated to the Avon Empowerment Fund. In 2008, the Avon Foundation will match the first $500,000 in bracelet sales for a total donation of $1 million for new grant-making by the UN Trust Fund.

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