by Stephenie Foster | Jun 25, 2012 | Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
You don’t often hear Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a girl, but she was called just that on a powerful and touching video tribute to her featured at the National Partnership for Women & Families annual lunch, where Secretary Clinton also was honored. ...
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 | Jun 16, 2012 | Women in Leadership
Last year, Secretary Clinton launched The Women in Public Service Project at a day long symposium at the State Department. In this exciting initiative, the U.S. Department of State is partnering with the Seven Sisters women’s colleges – Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount...
by Stephenie Foster | Jun 7, 2012 | Women in Leadership
Most diplomats are still men, but today, there are more and more women in those jobs. Tonight’s Annual Celebration of Women Diplomats, sponsored by the Women’s Foreign Policy Group, recognized the 28 women who serve as their country’s ambassador to the United...
by Stephenie Foster | Jun 3, 2012 | Women in Leadership
Watch this space in the next week or so, for an e-book that Lauren Supina and I co-authored on effective advocacy regarding women as a force for global economic growth. We’re very excited about this project, and we are also going to donate a portion of the...
by Stephenie Foster | May 22, 2012 | Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
Last month, I wrote about the digital video conference that I did with the US Embassy in Tel Aviv and members of WePower (Women’s Electoral Power), an Israeli non-profit, non-partisan organization promoting women’s leadership and equality in Israel’s public and social...
by Stephenie Foster | May 15, 2012 | Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
My latest on The Huffington Post – special thanks to Women’s Foreign Policy Group for hosting the recent lunch with Michelle Bachelet from UN Women.
by Stephenie Foster | May 13, 2011 | Women in Leadership, Women in Politics
Globally, the political empowerment of women was one of the defining characteristics of the 20th century. Women fought for and gained the right to vote in most countries in the 20th century and have increasingly run for, and been elected to, office. In addition to...