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November 17, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Women This Week: Israelis and Palestinians Pay Tribute to Women Wage Peace Cofounder

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 November 11 to November 17.

Women gesture as they take part in a protest, organised by "Women Wage Peace" grassroots movement, against Israel's planned annexation of part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, outside government offices in Tel Aviv, Israel June 18, 2020. The placards in Hebrew read," Stop the annexation, make peace" and in Arabic, "Women make peace".

February 13, 2019

United Kingdom
Towards More Gender-Inclusive Parliaments: The UK Embraces Proxy Voting

Last month, the British parliament voted to implement a trial of proxy voting for representatives on parental leave, a small step to make political institutions more gender-sensitive.

Swedish Member European Parliament Jytte Guteland (R) holds her baby as she takes part in a voting session at the European Parliament.

September 13, 2008

Financial Markets
Much to worry about

The New York Federal Reserve Bank doesn’t use its ability to summon Wall Street’s top leadership to its downtown castle lightly. This doesn’t seem quite like LTCM either. For one, the US Trea…

October 1, 2019

Women and Women's Rights
Feminist Foreign Policy: A Conversation With Former Foreign Minister Margot Wallström of Sweden

In 2014, Margot Wallström, former minister for foreign affairs of Sweden, made headlines around the world as Sweden became the first country in the world to formally adopt a “feminist foreign policy…

Podcast Sweden's Former Foreign Minister, Margot Wallström, at a news conference at the Rosenbad government building in Stockholm, Sweden. October 30, 2014.

September 30, 2015

Europe and Eurasia
A Global Response to the Mediterranean Migration Crisis

Experts discuss international approaches to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean.

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