Fellow and Deputy Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program
Economic growth and development; development and the role of women; Afghanistan; women in Afghanistan; entrepreneurship and role of business environment; women and nation-building; military and economic development; economics and fiscal policy; maternal and reproductive health; role of international institutions in women's empowerment.
Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Women and Foreign Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy Program
Lemmon argues on Rock Center with Brian Williams that "We're getting farther and farther from the war actually being waged in Afghanistan. And to make ourselves okay with this we make celebrities out of the men asked to lead these wars".
In an interview for Bloomberg, Lemmon discusses the most recent U.S. presidential debate and the role that foreign policy will play as election day looms near.
The battle for girls' education in Afghanistan is everyone's fight because "there is no better correlation to predicting violence than education levels" argues Lemmon in an interview on CBS This Morning.
Lemmon speaks with Andrea Mitchell about the fight for women's votes in the upcoming U.S. presidential election and the need to engage Afghan women in peace negotiations as international forces drawdown.
Lemmon discusses the challenges for girls' education in Afghanistan, and the larger issues surrounding women's rights there in an interview with PRI's "The World."
Lemmon warns NPR's Michel Martin of the consequences of a hasty U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and its repercussions for Afghan civil society.
Protecting Afghan women's rights "isn't about American altruism, but about leaving behind a state that is stable so that America doesn't have to go back in" argues CFR Fellow Gayle Tzemach Lemmon on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports."
In an interview with news anchor Christiane Amanpour, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that the struggle to protect Afghan women's rights "is not about special treatment, it is about the basic right to contribute to your family—to go to school and go to work, and Afghan women have fought for those rights for a long time."
On The Early Show, Lemmon discusses how Afghan entrepreneurs (and especially women) shape the future of peace in Afghanistan.
Lemmon calls on the world to move beyond "micro hopes" and "micro ambitions" for women who are creating jobs against daunting obstacles.
Lemmon discusses the role entreprenuers play in the stability of war-ravaged regions.
Lemmon explains that Afghan women are untapped allies in the fight to create more stable and more peaceful communities.
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CFR Fellow and Deputy Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program and author of the New York Times bestseller The Dressmaker of Khair Khana.
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Lemmon argues on Rock Center with Brian Williams that "We're getting farther and farther from the war actually being waged in Afghanistan. And to make ourselves okay with this we make celebrities out of the men asked to lead these wars".
In an interview for Bloomberg, Lemmon discusses the most recent U.S. presidential debate and the role that foreign policy will play as election day looms near.
The battle for girls' education in Afghanistan is everyone's fight because "there is no better correlation to predicting violence than education levels" argues Lemmon in an interview on CBS This Morning.
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon speaks about women entrepreneurs who are creating jobs against daunting obstacles, and calls on women to move beyond"micro hopes" and "micro ambitions."
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