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 | Feb 6, 2020 | Women in the Middle East/North Africa
By: Ruth Bennett and Tara Nouri Stephenie Foster, the USAWC’s newest member, is a founding partner of Smash Strategies, which works with clients on incorporating gender equality strategies into their business. Prior to founding Smash, she worked in government....
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 3, 2015 | Women in the Middle East/North Africa
Speaker, “Women as Political and Social Leaders,” International Visitor Leadership Program (focus on Middle East and North Africa), Washington, DC, March 3, 2015. Panelist, “Responding to ISIS Violence against Women and Girls,” University of Virginia/AMAR/Presidential...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 26, 2012 | Women in the Middle East/North Africa
Helicopters fly over the heads of the crowd watching the Theatre Circus Afsana. What a contrast as the seven talented young Afghan men perform their blend of gymnastics, drama and acrobatics. The physical expression of their talent is accompanied by poetry by Rumi and...
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...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 15, 2012 | Women in the Middle East/North Africa
I love this story about the US Agency for International Development (USAID) helping rebuild a women’s radio station in Herat, so that women there can communicate better. And that kind of story is a reason that I will be leaving shortly for Kabul to work on a project...
by Stephenie Foster | Jan 9, 2012 | Women in the Middle East/North Africa
Ill be in Yemen next week, working on some issues around the education of girls and young women. As much as we are encouraged by democratic changes across the globe, girls and women still can face overwhelming and appalling conditions. As todays Washington Post piece...
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 10, 2011 | Women in the Middle East/North Africa
I just returned from two weeks in Afghanistan and as part of the trip, was able to talk with a group of university students. Heres my Huffington Post piece about that conversation.
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 20, 2011 | Women in the Middle East/North Africa
Heres my most recent Huffington piece post on women and the Arab Spring.
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 27, 2011 | Women in the Middle East/North Africa
Kudos to the fourteen US women Senators who just sent a letter to Saudi Arabias King Abdullah supporting the movement there to allow women to drive. The letter was spearheaded by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.), and was alsosigned byDianne...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 7, 2011 | Women in the Middle East/North Africa
– Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan Check out Freedom Houses 2010 edition of Women’s Rights in the Middle East and North Africa, which analyzes the status of women in the region. The report addresses the status of women in 18 countries and territories; each...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 31, 2011 | Women in the Middle East/North Africa
When I wake up every morning and open my newspaper, I read headlines about what is happening Libya. Today, for example, the New York Times headlines are Top Libyan Official Defects; Rebels Are Retreating, CIA Spies Aiding Airstrikes And Assessing Qaddafis Foes and...
