by Stephenie Foster | Oct 3, 2012 | Readings
Driving north from the Mombasa airport was quite an experience. Frankly, I am sure that the staff at the car rental agency thought I was crazy to do so (and basically told me so). In my rented 4×4, I shared the two lane road with people, bikes, motor scooters,...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 17, 2012 | Women in Asia/Pacific, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
After a hectic week, I’m back from the Grassroots Women’s Political Forum in Chittagong. It was an amazing experience, and given the multiple languages being spoken, quite a communications challenge. But, with Urdu, Hindi, Dari, Bangla, Nepalese and English flying...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 10, 2012 | Women in Asia/Pacific, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
The Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh is hosting the first Grassroots Women’s Political Leadership Forum, being held in conjunction with the US State Department. I’m here with a courageous group of Afghan women leaders, who are participating along ...
by Stephenie Foster | Aug 31, 2012 | Readings, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics, Women in the Middle East/North Africa
Here’s a very interesting piece on US Global Ambassador for Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer’s recent conversation with women leaders in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The piece gives a great sense of the issues women care about in this region, and...
by Stephenie Foster | Aug 24, 2012 | Book Reviews, Women in the Middle East/North Africa
Like Rory Stewart, who wrote The Places In Between, Asne Seierstad came to Afghanistan two weeks after the fall of the Taliban. However, her book, The Bookseller of Kabul, is a different kind of portrait of Afghans and Afghanistan than Stewart’s account of his walk...
