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October 17, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
International Day of the Girl Child: A Conversation with Kakenya Ntaiya and Sarah Craven

Girls’ education is one of the most effective development investments. Yet 130 million girls remain out of school, and each year, twelve million girls are married before their eighteenth birthday. To…

Podcast Jedidah Nkadayo, a 12 year old Maasai girl who was rescued from marriage, listens to her teacher at a boarding school in Kajiado, Kenya on January 13, 1999.

November 10, 2016

Gender
Securing Progress Against Boko Haram: A Conversation With Sarah Sewall

Drawing on her recent trip to Nigeria and Chad, Undersecretary Sewall assesses the ongoing fight against Boko Haram and violent extremism more broadly. She evaluates related humanitarian and stabiliz…

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November 13, 2023

Human Rights
Virtual Media Briefing: International Law and the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

The Council on Foreign Relations hosts experts to discuss recent developments on the humanitarian crisis and to analyze the laws of war and human rights in Gaza. 

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October 12, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
CFR Virtual Public Forum: Update on the Israel-Hamas War

FROMAN: Good afternoon. Welcome to today’s Public Forum hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations. My name is Mike Froman. I am president of the Council, and I’ll be presiding over today’s discussio…

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September 6, 2023

Saudi Arabia
Young Professionals Briefing Series: Investing in the Game: Is it Sportswashing?

Panelists discuss the unprecedented investment in international sports by Gulf nations, the phenomenon of “sportswashing” in the region, and the political, economic, and human rights implications of …

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December 5, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
U.S. Community Responses to the Israel-Hamas War

Farah Pandith, adjunct senior fellow at CFR, discusses the Israel-Hamas war and its implications for Israeli and Palestinian communities in the United States. Niraj Warikoo, reporter at the Detroit F…

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November 30, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Covering the Israel-Hamas War: A View From Journalists

Journalists who have lived and reported extensively from the Middle East share their insights and perspectives on covering the Israel-Hamas war.

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