The Battle for Justice in Afghanistan

Monday, February 27, 2012
Speakers
Kimberley Motley

Founder and Partner, Motley Legal Services

Tanaz Eshaghian

Documentary Filmmaker

Presider
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations

Women and Foreign Policy Program

This session was a meeting of the Women and Foreign Policy Roundtable Series, organized by the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative.

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