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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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May 6, 2021
Women and Women's Rights
Gendered Disinformation, Democracy, and the Need for a New Digital Social Contract
This post was coauthored by Melanne Verveer, executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and former U.S. ambassador for global women’s issues, and Lucina Di Meco, cof…
September 19, 2017
Rwanda
A Conversation With Paul Kagame of Rwanda
For further reading, please see the Foreign Affairs article “Kagame’s Unrivaled Power” by Tom Gardner, the CFR blog post “Empowering Women in Developing Economies” by Melanne Verveer and Mathilde Muk…
December 16, 2021
Economics
Does the Twenty-First Century Need a New Social Contract?
Richard Haass and Minouche Shafik, director of the London School of Economics, assess the future of the labor market and examine how to provide workers with the skills and training they need in an er…
May 13, 2020
Women and Women's Rights
Ambassadors for Gender Equality: Who They Are, What They Do, and Why They Matter
Since the United States appointed the first-ever Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues in 2009, ten more countries have followed, creating new posts focused on women's rights and gender equal…
October 2, 2020
China
Beijing at 25: Assessing Women's Economic Progress
Following the twenty-fifth anniversary of the landmark Beijing Declaration, which set strategic objectives for the advancement of women and gender equality, panelists discuss women's economic securit…
