Viviane Wade, Cherie Blair, Rosalynn Carter, Penehupifo Pohamba, Ida Odinga, Sophia Martelly, Sia Nyama Koroma, Mathato Mosisili, Eloise Gonsalves,

NEW YORK : In this photograph taken by AP Images for RAND Corporation, pictured are front row left to right: Senegal First Lady Viviane Wade; Cherie Blair, wife of former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair; former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter; Namibia First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba; Ida Odinga, wife of Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga and back row left to right: Haiti First Lady Sophia Martelly; Lesotho First Lady Mathato Mosisili; Sierra Leone First Lady Sia Nyama Koroma; and St. Vincent and Grenadines First Lady Eloise Gonsalves, attend a meeting of the RAND African First Ladies Initiative, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, in New York. Nearly a dozen current and former first ladies gathered to explore ways to grow their leadership roles on issues such as maternal health, girls education and women’s economic development. AP/PTI(AP9_24_2011_000026B)