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 | Sep 30, 2017 | Women in Leadership
Why is driving important? It is freedom to go where we want, when we want, and not be tied to someone else’s permission or schedule. My closest experience occurred when serving at the US Embassy in Kabul. To go anywhere outside the compound, an embassy employee had...
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 | 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 | 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...
by Stephenie Foster | Apr 4, 2017 | Women in Business, Women in Leadership
April 4 is Equal Pay Day in the United States. On Equal Pay Day, we highlight persistent wage disparities between men and women and mark, roughly, the day when women catch up with what men earned the previous year. Simply put, on average, women worked an extra 90 days...
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 26, 2017 | Book Reviews, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
My latest blog — a review of Helene Cooper’s new book on Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberia. It’s a must read.
by Stephenie Foster | Nov 12, 2016 | Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
My latest Huffington Post blog re an October recent trip to Monrovia, Liberia. Fascinating.
by Stephenie Foster | Oct 5, 2016 | Women in Business, Women in Leadership
My latest blog, straight from Toronto and the Americas Competitiveness Exchange on Innovation last week: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/women-and-stem-four-ways-to-attract-retain-talent_us_57f2d9ace4b03d61445c710d? Great conversation, and lots of interest in...
by Stephenie Foster | Jul 19, 2016 | Women in Leadership
Here’s my latest Huffington Post blog, co-authored with a colleague, Catherine Silvey. We focus on how the work of the US-China People to People Exchange has focused on women.
by Stephenie Foster | Jun 8, 2016 | Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
This post says it all, and reflects why I believe in Afghanistan: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephenie-foster/my-weekend-in-kabul_b_10248610.html
by Stephenie Foster | Mar 21, 2016 | Women in Leadership
As we mark 10 years of the US State Department’s prestigious International Women of Courage award, here’s my blog about Wazhma Frogh, a 2009 winner and a friend.
by Stephenie Foster | Nov 11, 2015 | Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
Reposting for Veteran’s Day: Over this last weekend, I went to an extremely inspiring event at the Dutch Embassy – a celebration of the contributions of American Rosie the Riveters. The Dutch held this event to thank these remarkable women – and the millions of...
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