Women, War, and Peace: Lessons from the Field

Monday, December 17, 2012
Speaker
Ryan Crocker

Kissinger Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University

Presider
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Fellow and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations

Women and Foreign Policy Program

Drawing on lessons learned from his distinguished diplomatic career, Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker discusses women's integral role in peacemaking and peacekeeping, with a focus on Afghanistan.

This session is part of the What's New in Women, Peace, and Security: From Theory to Practice Workshop.

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