Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's efforts to put women and girls at the forefront of the new world order.

Isobel Coleman writes: "If a brave new world of electoral politics does emerge, women's rights activists will have to be savvy - commanding international support without raising fears of undue Western influence."

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon examines incorrect assumptions about Afghanistan that are influencing U.S. policy in the region.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses responses to the attack on news reporter Lara Logan in Egypt.

Isobel Coleman and John Chen examine whether opportunities created by and for women in Iraq will be able to continue.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon examines women-owned business in Afghanistan.

Isobel Coleman discusses Yemeni reactions to the uprisings in Tunisia.

Isobel Coleman says investing in midwifery programs gives Haiti's next generation a chance.

The story of a young entrepreneur whose business created jobs and hope for women in her Kabul, Afghanistan, neighborhood during the Taliban years.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses one Aghan woman's efforts to stop the reality that every 30 minutes, a pregnant woman dies in Afghanistan.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that unwanted attention on women's shelters in Afghanistan has sent a chill through women's rights supporters in Kabul and created an environment of both fear and defiance among shelter workers.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon says that while community support for girls education and women's right to work in Afghanistan is actually strong, the challenge for women lies in what comes next for the country.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses the arrest of one of the men responsible for maiming an Afghan teenager.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses the success of Afghan women.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon says that even though Bibi Aisha, the Afghan teenager maimed by her Taliban-sympathizing husband and his family, has relocated to the United States, her story does not yet have a happy ending.

As the United States backs reconciliation talks with the Taliban, many Afghan women fear a rollback of their rights. The international community must ensure that discussions of Afghanistan's future include its women, says CFR's Gayle Lemmon.

CFR's Isobel Coleman discusses the rise of women in a professional and public capacity in the Middle East with students, as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call series.

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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that women are an untapped resource, and investment in women is critical to future growth.

This module features teaching notes by CFR Senior Fellow Isobel Coleman, author of Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women Are Transforming the Middle East, along with other resources to supplement the text. Dr. Coleman demonstrates how influential Islamic feminist thinkers are driving social change in the Middle East to create economic, political, and educational opportunities for women.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses the concern Afghan women have over losing their rights in post-war Afghanistan.