IMF chief Christine Lagarde and Egyptian peace activist Dalia Ziada were among those who shared inspiring stories of personal triumph and leadership at Newsweek & The Daily Beast’s Davos dinner in partnership with Credit Suisse. Focused on women’s leadership, the dinner expanded on the 2013 World Economic Forum’s theme of “resilient dynamism,” highlighting the importance of valuing women not only in the workplace, but in everyday life. See images from the inspiring evening.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the finance minister of Nigeria, compares notes with another economic tour de force: Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
Renowned Pakistani-Canadian documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy shares a moment with actress and activist Charlize Theron. Both were honored with awards at Davos for their humanitarian work, Theron for her work fighting HIV and Obaid-Chinoy for her Academy Award–winning documentary Saving Face.
Newsweek and The Daily Beast editor in chief Tina Brown shares a light moment with Lagarde. The first woman to lead the IMF, Lagarde spoke on the need to value women in the workplace and in the world’s political systems—from the highest levels of finance to everyday life.
Dalia Ziada, an Egyptian liberal human-rights activist and women’s-rights advocate, discusses her work at the Ibn Khaldun Centre for Development Studies in Cairo. Founded in the 1980s, the center focuses on bringing civil freedoms to the Arab world.
Christopher Dickey, Newsweek and The Daily Beast’s Paris bureau chief and Middle East regional editor, listens to Ziada’s speech.
Brown mingles with Theron, who appeared at Davos to accept a Crystal Award for her work with HIV prevention in South Africa through the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project.
Okonjo-Iweala chats with U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.
Lagarde, Osborne, and Lagarde’s partner, Corsican businessman Xavier Giocanti, share a laugh during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Theron poses at Davos. The Academy Award winner was apparently humbled to be among the receipients of prizes at the forum and raved about the “incredible brain trust” at Davos.
Lagarde; Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer; Brown; Credit Suisse’s chief talent, branding, and communications officer, Pamela Thomas-Graham; and Ziada convene for a photograph.
