Founder of Women for Women Int'l at Newsmaker 3 pm Sept. 13

Zainab Salbi, the founder of Women for Women for International, which grants micro-finance loans to women in Afghanistan, Iraq, Congo, Sudan, Rwanda, Kosovo and Niger, will speak at a Newsmaker press conference at 3 p.m., Monday, Sept. 13, on why empowering women is crucial to national development.

-- Peter Hickman, [email protected]