by Stephenie Foster | Nov 10, 2021 | Featured Posts, In the News, Uncategorized, Women and Civil Society, Women in Asia/Pacific, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
This article first appeared on Just Security, November 9, 2021. Since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in mid-August, the world has witnessed stories of perseverance, heroism, and heartache as Afghans flee their country. But almost 40 million Afghans remain in...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 17, 2021 | Featured Posts, Uncategorized, Women and Civil Society, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Philanthropy, Women in Politics, Women in Technology
This article first appeared on Medium. Young women aren’t future women leaders. They are women leaders. Period. When I first published this blog in 2018, my views were informed by my participation in many events focused on young women and leadership across diverse...
by Stephenie Foster | Feb 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Susan Markham and Stephenie Foster While COVID has upended everyone’s lives, women have borne the brunt of the pandemic in so many ways. COVID-19 has exposed and exacerbated gender inequalities and many of women’s economic gains have come to a standstill. Women...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Stephenie Foster and Susan Markham It is imperative that those who make U.S. foreign policy reflect who we are as Americans. Today, most foreign policy and national security decisions are made in centralized and closely held processes. This is true across...
by Stephenie Foster | Apr 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
This piece was published on April 24, 2020 by the University of Pennsylvania Law School Center for Ethics and Rule of Law. Effective counterterrorism depends on understanding the unique relationships among women, gender norms, and violent extremism. Those who...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Co-authored with Susan Markham. Originally published on the Our Secure Future blog. This is a year of milestones for women: the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Conference on Women, the 20th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and...
by Stephenie Foster | Feb 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Women’s voices and viewpoints must be part of every conversation. This is true at work, at home, at school, in policy arenas, at peace tables, on panel discussions, and in the corporate boardroom. We must also document the stories of women’s lives and accomplishments....
by Stephenie Foster | Sep 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
As much things change, they stay the same. And, we change but stay the same. It’s been about six weeks since I’ve returned from Kabul. As I’ve walked and driven around Washington, DC, San Francisco and New York City these last six weeks, I have a...
by Stephenie Foster | Aug 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
After 13 months in Kabul, I am home in Washington, DC. I love every minute of being at home, but find myself living in two parallel universes. I am back in my pre-Kabul life, but find myself drawn to seeing what my Kabul friends are up to at any given time. ...
by Stephenie Foster | Jun 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s Father’s Day. I’m in Dubai, having just returned from Sri Lanka and am on my way back to Kabul. I thinking about my dad and the influence he had on my life. Dan Foster was an amazing man, in a quiet and humble way. He was an intellectual who grew up on a farm...
by Stephenie Foster | Apr 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am back in DC and the first thing that I learned after getting to my house was that there had been a deadly attack in Zabul. I then learned that Anne Smedinghoff was the young diplomat who was senselessly killed, while on her way to deliver books to a school. Anne...
by Stephenie Foster | Feb 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
What a journey, and an amazing set of contrasts. (As I called it before I left, the “great contrasts tour,” and I was right!”) Mumbai was a lot like I expected – hectic, exciting, historic, overcrowded and yet very comfortable. The colonial influence prevails...
by Stephenie Foster | Jan 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
This blog was also posted on Huffington Post on February 5, 2013. Stories about Afghanistan are often told in large set pieces about war, violence and regional history. And in fact those stories are critical to understanding the region, the country and the life that...
by Stephenie Foster | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Well, not quite all of the holidays, but I was home and so enjoyed my time catching up with everyone and being part of a community of great people. I was struck by how much we all rely on family and friends and the importance of community and sharing. In the wake of...
by Stephenie Foster | May 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
On May 9, thanks to my friend Baroness Mary Goudie, I was privileged to attend the Queen’s Speech to the House of Lords and the House of Commons (yes that Queen!). The Queen’s Speech marks the opening of Parliament in the UK, but for the American watching it, the...
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