WOMEN IN VENICE: The DVF Awards have become a Venice fixture , coinciding once again with the city’s Film Festival.

On Thursday, Diane von Furstenberg will celebrate the work of extraordinary women with the 16th edition of the awards. This year, the honorees will include Sudanese activist and Emergency Response Room leader Hanin Ahmed; Christy Turlington Burns , founder and president of Every Mother Counts; general coordinator of COICA and defender of Indigenous and environmental rights Fany Kuiru Castro; entrepreneur and philanthropist Kim Kardashian , and Giulia Minoli, president of Italian foundation Una Nessuna Centomila, dedicated to combatting violence against women.

Presenters will include author and journalist Tina Brown; Grace Burns, Turlington’s daughter; Italian act

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