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In response to systemic sexual assaults on women in Egypt, activists have initiated well-organized campaigns to protect women's right to...
Speaker: Jose W. Fernandez, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations
May 21, 2012
Jose W. Fernandez, assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs, speaks about the State Department's work in North Africa, with a focus on fostering entrepreneurship, building public-private partnerships, and stamping out corruption.
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