Maimah Karmo is the Founder of Tigerlily Foundation and a two-year survivor of breast cancer. 
On February 28, 2006, at 4:45 p.m., she was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old.  While undergoing chemotherapy, she created Tigerlily Foundation to educate, empower, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer. Tigerlily Foundation provides women with chemotherapy buddy support, financial assistance, and empowerment and to give young women a voice.  In 2006, Tigerlily Foundation donated a mammogram machine to Liberia, the first the country had in more than 16 years.  Maimah Karmo is a speaker and member of numerous breast cancer and advocacy organizations, including the Young Survival Coalition, the National Breast Cancer Coalition, Y-ME, the African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA).  She is also on the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) Young Adult Alliance (YAA).  She has received numerous awards for community service and activism.  Ms. Karmo has appeared in Essence, Ladies Home Journal, Global Woman Magazine and the Cure Magazine. She has also been featured on Fox 5, WJLA 7, News Channel 8, the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America and numerous national radio stations.  Most dear to her heart is being the mother of a beautiful 5-year old girl, whom she adores. She is dedicated to changing the breast cancer landscape and creating a legacy of a world free of breast cancer.  To learn more about this fearless young woman, visit www.tigerlilyfoundation.org

May 12, 2009 – May 18, 2009
This week’s Global Woman To Watch is M. Charito Kruvant. 

Mrs. Kruvant is founder, president, and CEO of Creative Associates International, Inc.(CAII), a professional and technical services firm that specializes in communities in transition, education, and training. Prior to launching CAII, she worked with the Advisory and Learning Exchange as a prominent advocate and program designer for bilingual education and learning disabled programs. She is a former member of the Emergency Educational Transitional board of trustees of the District of Columbia Public Schools. Born in Bolivia and raised in Argentina, Kruvant received her bachelor of arts from Colegio Ward in Argentina, and her master of arts in early childhood development from the University of Maryland. She is a long-time resident of Washington, DC.

Tonya is the President, CEO and Founding Principal of the McNeill Group Insurance Agency.  She is a recognized leader in the insurance and financial industry.  Tonya formed the Michigan Association for Female Entrepreneurs in 2003 with the goal of helping women business owners gain access to markets and to encourage women to maximize opportunities and overcome the challenges that face women business owners today.  She has earned numerous awards including the AXA Achievement Award, the National Collegiate Business Award and several others.  Tonya holds a degree from Davenport University and is currently pursuing an MBA at Walsh College in Troy Michigan.  She travels the world to support women’s initiatives and is committed to strengthening the community by working in partnership with other organizations that support women owned businesses.

Born in Port au Prince, Haiti, Michaelle immigrated to Canada with her family in 1968 in search of safety from the dictatorship regime at that time.  She worked with Quebec shelters for battered women.  She later became a highly regarded journalist and anchor of information programs at Radio-Canada and CBC News World.  In September 2005, Michaelle became Canada’s 27th Governor General.  Prior to her governorship, she won several honors, including the Prix Mireille-Lanctot for a report on spousal violence.

The first female Prime Minister of Iceland, Johanna Siguroardottir is a social democrat and the longest-serving member of Iceland’s Parliament.  She is the former Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security.  Born in Reykjavik, Prime Minister Sigurdardottir studied at the Commercial College of Iceland.  Following graduation, she worked as a flight attendant.  She previously presided over the Board of the Icelandic Cabin Crew Association and was also a Board member of the Commercial Workers’ Union.  Global Woman Magazine congratulates Prime Minister Sigurdardottir.

This Australian native created a special spiritual guide called The Isha System.  She describes The Isha System as the “secret to freedom”.  She admits that it is the only way she knows to live.  Following a period of personal crisis, Isha embarked on her new spiritual discovery, which has taken off very well.  She travels around the world teaching The Isha System.  Her system teaches mankind how to break boundaries internally and take an inner journey and how not to react to aggressive situations.  Isha expects to lecture to 200 pregnant inmates at an Argentina prison in the near future.  She has taught close to 60,000 people, including nuns, actors and rabbis.  Isha is the author of the acclaimed book, Why Walk When You Can Fly? 

Ms. Winslow is a senior advisor for the Nike Foundation and is a long-standing Nike Executive. She focuses on building a strong relationship with the female athlete/consumer through innovation, product, communication, and retail. Winslow has held many positions within the company, including biomechanical research assistant, director of footwear and apparel product testing, and product development manager.

Referred to as the First Lady of American Magazines, Cathie Black is the President of Hearst Magazines, a division of Hearst Corporation.  She is one of the leading figures in American Publishing today.  In 2007, Cathie released her highly acclaimed book, Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work and Life.

She is the Co-Director of 300 engineers at Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia.  She is an MBA graduate of Stanford University in the United States of America. 

September 15, 2008

This weeks Global Woman to Watch is Angela Merkel.

Angela Merkel is the first woman to ever be elected as German Chancellor.  She holds a Doctorate Degree in Physics.  Chancellor Merkel’s current approval rating in Germany is 75%, partly due to the stability of a low unemployment rate in the past five years.