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Women and Girls in the Afghanistan Transition

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Speakers

  • David Sedney
    Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Rachel Reid
    Director of the Regional Policy Initiative on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Open Society Foundations

Presider

  • Catherine PowellCFR Expert
    Women and Foreign Policy Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Following the release of her report on the status of women in Afghanistan, Catherine Powell moderates a discussion with Open Society Foundations‘ Rachel Reid and the U.S. Department of Defense’s David Sedney on the role the United States can play in extending the progress of Afghan in women in education, the economy, health care, and beyond.