Global Gender Gaps

Conference Call — March 24, 2014 — 61 min

Global Gender Gaps

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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, CFR's senior fellow for women and foreign policy, discusses global gender gaps with professors and students, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.

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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

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Irina A. Faskianos

Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

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