Amal Clooney And Yara Shahidi Inspire At Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards
msn.comAmal Clooney, dazzling in a head-to-toe sequinned and feathered Julie de Libran’s ensemble, opened the awards ceremony. A post shared by Dimitris Giannetos (@dimitrishair)Clooney had the whole theatre in tears after a rousing speech citing the cases ‘The Clooney Foundation For Justice’ had been tirelessly fighting for in the past few years.
The stories she shared included a moving account of a young Yazidi mother whose daughter was killed by Isis, who with Clooney’s help went on to prosecute her - and her daughters' - torturer.
Other inspirational speakers who joined the stage included Black-ish lead and past ELLE cover star Yara Shahidi who spoke about how her parents formed her as an activist and how French actor Melanie Laurent championed the vitality of sustainable thinking.
But the real highlight of the night was the 32 inspiring winners. Each one took to the stage to tell the audience how they were game changing and fighting for women.
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