Celebrities, healthcare and worked since the taliban had taken over in august 2021. This is about an hour and ten minutes. Good afternoon, everyone. I am an associate for the middle is broken here at the Wilson Center. I please welcome you to todays fifth annual forum for a discussion on womens rights in afghanistan. To introduce todays speaker im pleased to welcome ambassador mark green, director, presidency of the Wilson Center. Great. Thanks. Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to this marvelous for. Im grateful that even though i couldnt be at the center today, Technology Still makes i it possible to join you. Not only is she known around the world for her important writing underinvestment in a she holds a very special place in the hearts of all of us are at the Wilson Center. She is a founding director of our middle is program and she led the team from 19982015. This series on significant voting womens empowerment, womens rights globally but particularly in the middle
Discussed afghan womens rights at the Wilson Center. She said afghan women had suffered very to coney and measures relating to education, civil liberties, health care and work since the taliban had taken over in august of 2021. This is about an hour and 10 minutes. Thanks. Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to this marvelous forum. Im grateful to be back, even though i could not be at the center today, Technology Still makes it possible to join you. Not only is she known for her important writings on iran, but she holds a very special place in the hearts of all of us here at the Wilson Center. She is the founding director of our middle east program and she led that team from 1998 through 2015. This series honors her commitment to promoting womens empowerment and womens rights globally, but particularly in this region. Madeleine albright inaugurated the series in 2017. Since then, it has featured senator chris van hollen, the under secretary general and executive secretary
Oklahoma congressman frank lucas. Watch live today at 10 a. M. Eastern on cspan2, cspan now our free mobile video app or online at cspan. Org. In the week so i had as friedman first Major Television series unfolds the famous influential men and women who will occupy the seats are going to have a lot to say but friedmans view of the society in which we live today and dissolutions in our time. Saturdays at 7 p. M. Eastern American History tv will air the ten part series free to choose featuring nobel prizewinning economist milton friedman. He coproduced the streets with his wife and fellow economists Rose Friedman and it first aired on Public Television in 1980. They also put a bestselling companion book of the same name. Programs in a series take us to locations important to the u. S. And world economies. They advocate freemarket principles of limited Government Intervention in the economy and social politics. Other topics include welfare, education, equality, consumers worker ptection,
China and taiwan have announced historic talks between their leaders will take place in singapore on saturday. Its the first touch meeting since the end of a civil war in 1949, taiwan split from china that national assists fled there after di defeat by the communiss in the conflict. Could i juan is recognized as an independent state by 21 u. N. Member states and the vatican. China considers the island its territory and says it should be under beijings control. Taiwans president has been friendly to china since he came to power in 2008. But his Spokesman Says there is no breakthrough expected at the meeting. Translator they will exchange views on issues such as promoting weighs across the straight and maintaining the status quo across the straight. There will be no deals signed and no joint announcement after the meeting, the president will return to taiwan on the same d day. Didemonstrators worried about beijings influence on the island say the president has let down the taiwanese peop
Worldwide a big night for conservatives in local and state elections. For the second time in 40 years a republican won the governors race in kentucky. Many see it rahs a referendum see it as a referendum in the Affordable Care act. It was an offyear election, voters getting a sign of what may come in the 2016 president ial race. We begin in ohio, where voters struck down an attempt to legalize recreational and medical marijuana. Bisi onileere is there. This was an interesting mix of people that tweeted the measure. Yes, this is a huge upset for those who before legalized marijuana, there were a number of wealthy investors who backed this, spending millions to get the measure past. They were, in the end tweeted. There were a number of Law Enforcement agency suggests, hospitals, religious groups and schools, vocal against the legalization ofle marijuana, a lot taking issue with the term monopoly, that it was unfair that preselected wealthy investors had preference and had rights to 10 si