by Stephenie Foster | Apr 10, 2018 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women in Leadership
Police officers, judges, prosecutors, social service workers, and victim advocates are all integral to addressing and combating gender-based violence (GBV), to ensuring that the system protects survivors, and to helping them rebuild their lives. In late March,...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured Posts, Women in Leadership, Women in Philanthropy
Posted on Medium Investing in women and girls drives economic growth, creates more stable societies, and leads to better outcomes. Data is part of the infrastructure undergirding this work, and central to how decision-makers, citizens, and advocates measure progress...
by Stephenie Foster | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured Posts, Women & Infrastructure
PUBLISHED IN GLOBAL POLICY JOURNAL, January 15, 2018 Today, 55 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and by 2050, that number is projected to increase to 66 percent. At least half are women and girls. This movement of people — largely in...
by Stephenie Foster | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured Posts, Women in Leadership
Last week, I was at Durham University in a setting made for a Harry Potter movie. I was there for an expert meeting on increasing the number of women high-level mediators, or special envoys, in peace negotiations led by the United Nations or other regional...
by Stephenie Foster | Nov 9, 2017 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women in Technology
by Stephenie Foster | Nov 6, 2017 | As governments struggle to find solutions a growing global refugee crisis, the technology industry has found a place to step in with solutions. But too often, the gender gap in access to technology that is accentuated by refugee...
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 22, 2017 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women in Business, Women in Leadership
To their detriment, the world’s economies don’t fully utilize women’s talents and skills to drive economic growth and create jobs. If women participated in the labor force at the same rate as men, global GDP could increase from $12 to $28 trillion by 2025. To...
by Stephenie Foster | Aug 14, 2017 | Book Reviews, Featured Posts, In the News, Readings
In July, I read the Washington Post article about 150 maids who rioted at the Mahagun Moderna apartment complex in Noida, outside Delhi, India. These workers stormed the complex because they believed a maid had been beaten and held captive overnight by her employers...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 6, 2017 | Featured Posts, In the News, Interviews, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
From CEO Magazine, here’s a great recap of the vibrant discussion that occurred at the Global Female Leaders Summit in Berlin. Again, so wonderful to be a part of this event, and the conversation, and to be quoted in the article. ...
by Stephenie Foster | Jun 19, 2017 | Featured Posts, In the News, Interviews, Women in Business
Dear Tim Cook, We’ve never met. I am a partner at Smash Strategies, a firm focused on advancing progress for women and girls. I recently left the U.S. Department of State, where I served in the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues. I read your recent interview...
by Stephenie Foster | May 13, 2017 | Featured Posts, Women in Leadership
These topics were front and center at the opening session of the Global Female Leaders Summit 4.0, held in Berlin earlier this week. That conversation was the backdrop for two days of fascinating discussions about emerging trends. There were engaging presentations...
by Stephenie Foster | May 2, 2017 | Featured Posts, Women in Leadership
In April, World Bank President Jim Kim and Ivanka Trump made a case in the Financial Times for the importance of closing the gender pay gap, increasing access to finance for women, and enacting regulatory and legal policies to increase women’s economic participation....
by Stephenie Foster | Apr 25, 2017 | Featured Posts, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
Effective U.S. foreign engagement is based on both soft and hard power. Soft power – winning hearts and minds — helps shape global public opinion about the United States, showcases our values, core beliefs, and aspirations, and highlights who we are as a people. Soft...
