Isobel Coleman discusses the role of women in the Arab Spring.

Michael Hodin urges U.S. presidential candidates to consider how women can be economically empowered in their senior years.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon says the the shocking torture of Sahar Gul is just one example of widespread violence against women in Afghanistan, which mostly goes unreported and unpunished.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon states, "Now that attention is turning to what women endure during war, it is time to ensure they get a say in the peace."

Isobel Coleman says the recent women's protest in Egypt may breathe life into a movement that desperately needs new energy.

Isobel Coleman argues that in Libya, Egypt, and elsewhere, overthrowing male dominance could be harder than overthrowing a dictator.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave these remarks on women, peace, and security on December 19, 2011.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses an innovative program in northern India, where one in two girls is wed before the age of 18, that is paying girls to stay unmarried and helping to lower the rate of child marriage.

This meeting was presented by the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

This meeting was presented by the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon examines what Hamid Karzai's request for international aid until 2030—well past the 2014 date on which U.S. troops are scheduled to exit—means for Afghan women.

CFR's Gayle Lemmon discusses female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan with students, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.

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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon says Afghan women share Americans' desire to end the longest U.S. war, but a peace that leaves women out will not last.

This meeting was presented by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

This meeting was presented by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

This meeting was presented by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

This meeting was presented by the International Institutions and Global Governance Program and the Women and Foreign Policy Program.

The ASEAN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the ASEAN Region was adopted heads of state of ASEAN member countries on June 30, 2004 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, also known as the Maputo Protocol, was adopted by the African Union on July 11, 2003 and entered into force on November 25, 2005.

The Beijing Declaration of 1995 was produced at the fourth World Conference on Women in September 1995.