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Front row left to right: First Lady Viviane Wade of Senegal; Mrs. Cherie Blair, spouse of former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair; former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter; First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba of Namibia; Lady Ida Odinga, spouse of Prime Minister Raila Odinga of Kenya. Second row left to right: First Lady Sophia Martelly of Haiti; First Lady Mathato Mosisili of Lesotho; First Lady Sia Nyama Koroma of Sierra Leone; First Lady Eloise Gonsalves of St. Vincent and Grenadines; and former Arkansas First Lady Betty Bumpers attend a meeting of the RAND African First Ladies Initiative, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, in New York. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for RAND Corporation)