by Stephenie Foster | Mar 7, 2012 | Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Here’s my recent blog for the Foreign Policy Association about a campaign by a Canadian NGO, Crossroads International, to fund girls’ empowerment clubs in Swaziland, a country I visited last year for the US State Department. I was really struck by the...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 4, 2012 | Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
I just returned from Haiti, where I was working with women, convened by the Haitian group Femmes en Democratie, to develop a womens policy platform. In Creole, nap vanse means we advance, and it is critical that Haitians move forward together to build a stronger...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 3, 2012 | Elections, Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Conference Facilitator and Designer, Haiti National Womens Platform Conference, Femmes en Democratie/Vital Voices Global Partnership, Petion-ville, Haiti, February 28-March 1, 2012. Moderator, Strengthening Womens Political Leadership, Combating Corruption and...
by Stephenie Foster | Feb 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Im reading Malled by Caitlin Kelly, and my visits to a shopping mall will never quite be the same. Kellys book recounts her two year part time job at a North Face store north of New York City, and gives readers her insight into who works in retail, what conditions...
by Stephenie Foster | Feb 12, 2012 | Interviews
Last year, my friend and colleague, Kah Walla, ran for the presidencyin Cameroon on the Cameroon Peoples Party line. I talked to her about that run, the Arab Spring and the challenges Africa faces. Let’s start with your very gutsy move to run for president of...