Several female present and former heads of state and government gathered in Washington Monday to discuss challenges of international development, democracy and global security.
Women Leaders Photogallery

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Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta takes the oath of office as his wife Margaret holds a bible during the official swearing-in ceremony at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, April 9, 2013.

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Labour Party leader Helen Clark and husband Peter Davis vote in the New Zealand general election, Auckland, November 08, 2008. (AP)

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Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf arrives for a meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Nigeria's capital Abuja February 16, 2012. (Reuters)

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Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, participates in a pledge to work on environmental entrepreneurship in New York on September 21, 2010. (Reuters)