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April 5, 2016

Human Rights
Five Questions With Tina Brown

The Five Questions Series is a forum for scholars, government officials, civil society leaders, and foreign policy practitioners to provide timely analysis of new developments related to the advancem…

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March 6, 2015

Gender
White House Launches New Girls’ Education Initiative

Two weeks ago, I posted a United Nations report on the increasing frequency of attacks on girls’ education around the world and called on the U.S. government to increase investment in education abroa…

The Obamas will take their enthusiasm for education—illustrated here at the Capital City Public Charter School (Lower School), Washington, in February 2009—to reach adolescent girls abroad (Courtesy Larry Downing/Reuters).

March 6, 2015

Education
White House Launches New Girls’ Education Initiative

Two weeks ago, I posted a United Nations report on the increasing frequency of attacks on girls’ education around the world and called on the U.S. government to increase investment in education abroa…

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November 12, 2015

Education
Like Malala’s Struggle in Pakistan, the Fight Continues for Girls’ Education in Neighboring Afghanistan

A little over a year ago, Malala Yousafzai was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize along with another children’s rights activist. Yousafzai was awarded the prize, at age seventeen, making her the youn…

Schoolgirls balance on a wall in Kabul

March 24, 2016

United States
Guest Post: Mounting Pressure Threatens Stability in Jordan

Tina Huang is an intern in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. As the Syrian civil war continues at lower levels of violence, neighboring countries face enduring se…

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