Picture above is courtesy of The Washington Post from the 2008 Global Leadership Awards at the Kennedy Center held last Monday (April 7) in Washington D.C. Pictured left to right: Vital Voices Global Partnership Chair Melanne Verveer, our fave Angelina Jolie, Mariane Pearl, Vice Chair of Vital Voices Mary Yerrick and Vital Voices President Alyse Nelson Bloom. At the gala, the very pregnant actress presented Mariane Pearl with the Fern Holland Award. Angelina Jolie told the gala attendees,

“[Marianne is an example of] courage, hope and tolerance.”