Washington's War for Afghanistan's Women
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon says a battle is on to keep Afghan women from falling off the political agenda while Washington and its NATO allies seek...
Speaker: Samantha Leader, Former Regional Program Manager and Chief Technical Advisor, United Nations Centre for Human Settlement (UN-HABITAT)
Presider: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations
October 17, 2011
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