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February 21, 2008
| Author: | Weston S. Konishi, International Affairs Fellow |
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Op-Ed
The Daily Yomiuri
Weston S. Konishi questions whether the Okinawa rape crisis will result in U.S. troop withdrawals from Japan.
See more in Japan, Conflict Assessment, Society and Culture
December 18, 2007
| Speakers: | Joel Cohen, Co-Director, Universal Basic and Secondary Education Project, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Melissa Binder, Associate Professor, University Of New Mexico |
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| Presider: | Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education and Senior Fellow, Economic Policy |
Transcript
Speakers discuss implications of universal secondary education.
See more in Society and Culture, Education
October 31, 2007
| Speakers: | Mary K. Bush, Bush International, Chair, HELP Commission Leo J. Hindery, Intermedia Partners, Vice Chair, HELP Commission James A. Harmon, Harmon & Co., Former Chair, Ex-Im Bank |
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The panels from the HELP Commission discuss how to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of U.S. foreign aid. The HELP Commission was established by the U.S. Congress to determine how to achieve these goals, and our panel will review its current work as well as additional measures that can be taken to improve U.S. foreign assistance programs.
See more in Africa, United States, Health, Poverty, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Foreign Aid
August 21, 2007
Daily Analysis
More than six years since the Taliban’s ouster, violence against women seeking to broaden their rights continues. But some experts see reason for hope.
See more in Afghanistan, Minorities, Diversity and Foreign Policy, Society and Culture, Women
May 2007
Essential Documents
Report
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May/June 2007
| Author: | Swanee Hunt |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Although women have made large strides professionally over the last century, politics remains a man's world. Significant barriers stand in the way of more women assuming positions of political leadership -- not least women's own attitudes. If serious efforts are not made to break down these barriers, the world will miss out on the benefits that women can bring to policymaking.
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March 14, 2007
Daily Analysis
Japan's recent denial of its historic role in the coercion of “comfort women” raises questions about official apologies.
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March 1, 2007
Daily Analysis
As Islamabad attempts to reform laws related to women, the death of a female politician underscores advances and obstacles to women’s rights in Pakistan.
See more in Pakistan, Human Rights
February 27, 2007
Daily Analysis
A recent rape charge in Iraq has ignited a storm of sectarianism and called into question the treatment of rape victims under Islamic law.
See more in Iraq
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