Panel event of this years conference. 99 years after the 19th amendment. Thanks to our panelists who will lead through an interesting conversation and thanks to katie mistry and jay sexton who not only put this panel together but also were cochairs of the Conference Program committee and are responsible for the Wonderful Program we will enjoy over the next couple of days. Thank you to the cosponsors of the event, the coordinating council for women in history and the history and American Studies Department at George Washington university. Political scientists tell us that women played a bigger role in the 2018 elections than they have in any other election in history. A Record Number of women are running for office, taking up seats in congress and heading out on the campaign trail. Women have made up the majority. Since 1980, there has been a growing gender gap. Despite these trends, women continue to be underrepresented. Even with the record chattering number of women that joined congr
So that to that end we could not be more thrilled to host such a distinguished panel today to take us all inside the east wing. Its especially fitting, i think, to be hosted this allstar, allfemale panel on the topic of first ladies and their chiefs of staff as we close out womens History Month this march. Id like to take a minute to tank thank all of our partners that made this event possible. Starts drt starting with ambassador have dear and the copeland family fund to have georgetown womens center, the georgetown womens alliance. The school on public policy. Georgetown women in International Affairs and g. U. Women in leadership. A pretty good last time. Id like to turn it over to c. C. Bartelera, a freshman in the college whos going to formally introduce the panel. [applause] hello, everyone. Thank you for coming. My name the c. C. Up im a freshman and a member of the g. U. Politics team. The women we have this evening are great examples of the unique georgetown opportunities that
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On 21 October 2021, UN Women and partners facilitated the participation of a delegation of Afghan women to speak at a series of events and high-level meetings at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security. The delegation included parliamentarians, women’s rights advocates, journalists, civil society leaders, and researchers.