Topic: “Uprising: A New Age is Dawning for Every Mother’s Daughter”.

Human rights activist, journalist, and award-winning author Sally Armstrong has covered stories about women and girls in zones of conflict all over the world. She has received many awards such as the Amnesty International Media Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Journalism Foundation, and the Calgary Peace Prize. A member of The Order of Canada, she has written several books, the latest, Ascent of Women: Our Turn, Our Way, is a remarkable story of world-wide change.