by Stephenie Foster | Apr 8, 2021 | Featured Posts, Women and Civil Society, Women in Asia/Pacific, Women in Europe/former Soviet Union, Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics, Women in Sub-Saharan Africa, Women in the Middle East/North Africa
by Susan Markham and Stephenie Foster The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting that concluded in late March was focused on the theme of “Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life.” Importantly,...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 5, 2021 | Featured Posts, Women and Civil Society, Women in Asia/Pacific, Women in Business, Women in Europe/former Soviet Union, Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Women in Leadership, Women in Philanthropy, Women in Politics, Women in Sub-Saharan Africa, Women in Technology, Women in the Middle East/North Africa
As the Biden-Harris administration begins to develop and implement gender-focused policies across the federal government, it is a good time to deepen commitments to gender equality in policymaking, and fully empower the White House Gender Policy Council. In foreign...
by Stephenie Foster | Feb 8, 2021 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women and Civil Society, Women in Europe/former Soviet Union, Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics, Women in Sub-Saharan Africa, Women in the Middle East/North Africa
By Stephenie Foster and Susan Markham This article first appeared in Just Security. President Joe Biden has a record of standing up for human rights across the globe. He has backed Chinese rights activists and defenders, and advocated for full...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 15, 2016 | Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Speaker, “Developing Civil Society: Women in Leadership”, International Visitor Leadership Program (focus on Africa), US State Department, Washington, DC, March 28, 2016. Speaker, “Women Leading Africa,” Senator Chris Coons Annual Opportunity: Africa Conference,...
by Stephenie Foster | Jun 20, 2012 | Women in Leadership, Women in Politics, Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Today I was lucky enough to moderate a discussion with a group of six members of parliament (four women and two men) from Burkina Faso, who are in the US for a study mission through NDI and the Institute for Responsive Government. We discussed the differences...
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 | Jan 5, 2012 | Interviews, Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Several people reading my 12 Days of Giving for Women and Girls commented that they hadn’t thought aboutthe impact that Heifers work has on women and girls, and were glad I included the organization. I decided to interview Elizabeth Bintliff, Heifers Interim...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 25, 2011 | Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
I just returned from a great trip toSwaziland, a country roughly the size of New Jersey surrounded by South Africa and Mozambique. Swaziland has about 1 million people, and has the unfortunate distinction of having the worlds highest rate of HIV/AIDS, 25.9%, and...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 15, 2011 | Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
One of my five elections to watch in 2011 was the Cameroonian Presidential Election, which was held last Sunday, October 9. My friend Kah Walla was the nominee of the Cameroon Peoples Party (CPP), challenging along with other candidates the re-election of the sitting...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 3, 2011 | Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
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by Stephenie Foster | May 22, 2011 | Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
This is an account by my friend and candidate for the presidency of Cameroon, Kah Walla: Kah Walla, president of the Cameroon People’s Party and candidate for the presidential elections 2011 was abducted from the Mont Febe Hotel in Yaound at about 11:15 a.m. on...
by Stephenie Foster | May 7, 2011 | Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
In February, I blogged about a report on the global situation of human rights defenders. UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggyas stunning conclusion was that women defenders are more at risk of suffering certain forms of violence and other violations, prejudice,...
by Stephenie Foster | Apr 16, 2011 | Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Last week was Vital Voices amazing 10th annual celebration of women leaders across the globe. One of the five honorees, Kah Walla, is a remarkable businesswoman, strategist, political activist and now candidate for president of Cameroon. I first met Kah several years...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 15, 2010 | Uncategorized, Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
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by Stephenie Foster | Sep 15, 2010 | Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Accra, Ghana Just landed in Accra and went directly to the African Businesswomen Network (ABWN)/Vital Voices meeting focusing on supplier diversity. The 30 women (and one man) attending were just finishing a four day intensive session on how women owned businesses can...