Thank you. Good evening. Its my distinct pleasure to be here for this next panel about women and girls in conflict zones and the participation■j hs been a fantastic afternoon so far, i am frustrated we are still having to rights particularly when it comes to conflict abroad. We have been far and were goine you overseas with the extraordinary panel. I want to help you woke us your minds about what it meaict abro. We could think about faraway complex, but i would think of places where you have complex that deal with the same issues and biases, gender pay gaps and on top oft, conflict. The panel we have will help us figure out how we can get practical■e advice to apply that to conflict to solve them and include women in the Peace Process. I will start by introducing the panel. Everyone here has an illi will. We have a cofounder and leadership in afghanistan, the first and only boarding school for afghan girls that operated 2016 and 2021. She divides her time. The executive director at
Deserve to be there although we do, because the world would be a much better lacemo innovative, fair and humane if we are there and that is why as long as we have been doing it that we have to stay committed because we owe it to one another to make sure women get the fair share. Thank you. Good evening, everybody, its my distinct leisure to be here evening for this next panel about women and girls and their essential participation in Peace Processs. Its been a fantastic afternoon so far. Afternoon so far, i am frustrated we are still having to say womens rights are human rights particularly when it comes to conflict abroad. We have been focused on the u. S. So far and were going to take you overseas with the extraordinary panel. I want to help you woke us your minds about what it means to talk about conflict abroad. Could think about faraway complex, but i would■ think of places where you have complex that deal with the same issues and biases, gender pay■t gaps ad on top of that, c
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
He is interviewed by the millennial action project president. After words is a Weekly Program interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. Congratulations jens, on the publication of, your book. I am so excited to scuss it today with you and i are both really interested in. The generational shift that is occurring in this country right now at, a time where so much of the focus seems to be on Younger Generations. What made you want to write something about boomers . Well, yeah. I mean, to your point, ive long been interested in the way which generations are talked about in the United States. It probably started back when i worked the Atlantic Wire and was writing a piece there every. So often every couple of years, theres one of these little brouhaha pieces in the media about what defines generations, whos what generation, yada, yada, yada. Im one of those that could and i actually call it the Census Bureau talked to them and they were like, look, the only generation we
Is welcome to the stage, executive director of the Georgetown Institute for peace and security. [applause] good morning, and welcome to the 2023 Award Ceremony to honor women who have played an exceptional role in advancing women in peace and security. The awards showcasing the difference womens peace building can make, particularly at the local level, are one of the aspects at the mission of our institute. We are proud to be marking our 10th anniversary this year. You can find a great deal about the institute on our website. We are always thrilled to have the secretary former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, with us. We are so grateful for her continuing support of the institute as our honorary founding chair, for leading with the rockefeller foundation, our covering of highlevel Women Leaders on critical issues, and for her continuing inspiration. Welcome back secretary clinton. [applause] let me add a special welcome to members of the diplomatic corps who have joined us. From ye