Empowering Women Globally

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April 21, 2011
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Empowering Women Globally
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Alyse Nelson, Co-Founder and CEO of Vital Voices, discusses the organization’s work to empower women around the world with Isobel Coleman, Director of CFR’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative.

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