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Shocking Attack on Pakistani Girls' Advocate Taliban Remains Powerful In Pakistan In a New York Times op-ed about Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban for her outspoken advocacy for girls' education, CFR Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow Pir Zubair Shah writes, "The attack on Malala proved the resilience of the Taliban," demonstrating Pakistan's need "to reform and modernize its education system and syllabus, which is full of hate material." Read the Op-Ed » Afghans Battle for Girls' Education The battle for girls' education in Afghanistan is everyone's fight, argues CFR Fellow Gayle Tzemach Lemmon in an interview on CBS This Morning, because "there is no better correlation to predicting violence than education levels." Watch the Video » Education Brings Women to the Frontlines In a segment on NPR about the Taliban attack on Yousafzai, CFR Senior Fellow Isobel Coleman discusses the transformational effects of rising female literacy rates for countries facing intense cultural wars, such as Pakistan and Afghanistan. Listen to the Interview » Entrepreneurs Innovate for Peace Women Help Lead Afghan Tech Revolution Amid some of the most challenging business conditions imaginable—war, minimal power, and 3 percent Internet penetration—is Afghanistan's budding tech community, which includes female entrepreneurs leading the charge, writes Lemmon in an article for Fast Company. Read the Article » First International Day of the Girl Girls Empowered Through Cash Transfers In a guest post for CFR's Development Channel, Nicole Tosh from the New America Foundation investigates the benefits of electronic cash transfers, arguing that they can reduce corruption while also providing girls with greater control over their limited financial resources. Read the Post » Girls Empowered By New Initiatives In a Huffington Post piece on the International Day of the Girl, coauthored by actress Frieda Pinto, Coleman explores progress made in girls' empowerment and explains the important role of men and boys in raising the status of women. Read the Article » Journey Through Transition Women Lead Change in the Middle East and North Africa Women's rights activists, Marianne Ibrahim from Egypt and Souad Slaoui from Morocco spoke at CFR about their countries' struggles for gender equality and what's next for women's rights in the region. Read Coleman's Event Analysis on Democracy in Development » Egypt and Tunisia Debate Draft Constitutions Coleman says Egypt's and Tunisia's ongoing process of drafting national constitutions have both countries facing disagreements over issues related to human rights, governance, and identity. Read the Posts on Democracy in Development » Raising the Bar on Gender Data Women Help Drive Economic Growth Women entrepreneurs worldwide are driving economic growth, despite facing many social, legal, and cultural barriers. At a CFR event, food policy expert Agnes Quisumbing and World Bank development economist Markus Goldstein explore interventions to support and promote women-owned enterprises in developing economies. Read Coleman's Event Analysis on Democracy in Development » How Well Are Countries Fulfilling Economic and Social Rights CFR Fellow Terra Lawson-Remer says, "A large number of countries—rich and poor—are falling short of meeting their economic and social rights obligations," based on the new Social and Economic Rights Fulfillment (SERF) index, which assesses states' fulfillment of economic and social rights obligations by measuring the gap between actual and feasible social rights enjoyment. Read the Post on the Development Channel »
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The Women and Foreign Policy program is a central component of CFR's Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative. The objective of the Women and Foreign Policy program is to broaden understanding of the importance of women's empowerment to a host of development, health, security, and other global priorities, and to bring the status of women firmly into the mainstream foreign policy debate.
Isobel Coleman
Senior Fellow and Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program and Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative
Rachel Vogelstein
Visiting Fellow, Women and Foreign Policy
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