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April 27, 2023

Education
2023 College and University Educators Workshop

The 2023 College and University Educators Workshop is part of the CFR Academic initiative. The goal of the workshop is to find new ways for college and university educators to encourage their student…

May 12, 2023

Sudan
Women This Week: Thousands of Women and Girls Without Medical Care After Hospital Attacks in Sudan

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers May 6 to May 12.   

Sudanese refugee girls who have fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, attend their first entertainment and sport training session at makeshift shelter camps near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad May 11, 2023.

March 7, 2023

United States
Educators Webinar: "The Bill of Obligations" With Richard Haass

Dr. Haass, author of the New York Times best seller The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens, discusses how to reenvision citizenship if American democracy is to thrive or even surviv…

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April 7, 2023

Iran
Women This Week: Iran Bans Women Without Hijabs from Education and Health Services

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers April 1 to April 7.

An Iranian woman lights a firework during the Wednesday Fire celebration (Chaharshanbeh Suri in Persian) at a park in Tehran, Iran March 14, 2023.

February 22, 2023

United States
Higher Education Webinar: Teaching the History of American Democracy

Jeremi Suri, the Mack Brown distinguished chair for leadership in global affairs and professor of public affairs and history at the University of Texas at Austin, leads the conversation on how to tea…

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May 23, 2023

Women and Foreign Policy Program
Reporting on Gender and Politics

Ann Norris, senior fellow for women and foreign policy at CFR, discusses the societal, economic, and security benefits of advancing gender parity. This webinar is moderated by Carla Anne Robbins, sen…

Play Equal Rights Amendment activists gather in protest outside of Virginia State Capitol building in Richmond.

November 2, 2022

Middle East and North Africa
Higher Education Webinar: Migration, Refugees, and Education

Rebecca Granato, associate vice president for global initiatives at Bard College and program director of the Open Society University Network’s Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives in Eastern Afric…

Play Syrian refugee girls sit inside a classroom at a school for Syrian refugee girls, built by the Lebanese non-profit Kayany Foundation in Bar Elias town, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon.

January 26, 2023

United States
Higher Education Webinar: Disability Inclusion on Campus and in International Affairs

Ashley Holben, interim manager and project specialist with the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange and executive specialist to the chief executive officer at Mobility International USA,…

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December 7, 2022

Education
Higher Education Webinar: Affirmative Action

Mike Hoa Nguyen, assistant professor of education, faculty affiliate at the Institute for Human Development and Social Change, and faculty affiliate at the Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity …

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April 13, 2022

Afghanistan
How to Protect the Hope for Girls' Education in Afghanistan

The Taliban, heavily influenced by the Haqqanis, will continue using Afghan girls’ education as a bargaining chip on matters such as international recognition, financial sanctions, and aid.

A 4th grade primary school student attends a class in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 26, 2021.