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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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Women and Foreign Policy Program
The Women and Foreign Policy program analyzes how elevating the status of women and girls advances U.S. foreign policy objectives, including prosperity, stability, and security. The program informs policymakers, opinion leaders, and the public about issues related to gender equality and U.S. foreign policy through scholarship, roundtable discussions, briefings, and the Women Around the World blog.
129 million girls remain out of school
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Find out where women around the world wield political power—and why it matters.
Peace negotiators often overlook a proven strategy to reduce conflict and advance stability: include women.
The 2024 U.S. presidential election could be the first election clearly decided by women, in a landmark assertion of power by the majority.
Ann Norris, a senior fellow for women and foreign policy at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss International Women’s Day and the challenges facing adolescent girls around the world and the solutions to address them.
As a record number of countries hold elections in 2024, panelists reflect on the substantive policy achievements of women political leaders, needed measures to achieve increased women’s leadership, and recommendations for bridging divides and governing effectively in a time of turmoil.
This meeting is part of the Council on Foreign Relations Roundtable Series on Women's Global Leadership.
As a record number of countries hold elections in 2024, panelists reflect on the substantive policy achievements of women political leaders, needed measures to achieve increased women’s leadership, and recommendations for bridging divides and governing effectively in a time of turmoil.
This meeting is part of the Council on Foreign Relations Roundtable Series on Women's Global Leadership.
The president of Women in Africa (WIA) Initiative, Hafsat Abiola, shares her experiences for International Women’s Day under the theme “Invest in women: Accelerate progress.”
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ProjectElevating the status of women and girls has been demonstrated to advance global prosperity, stability, and security, yet the journey toward gender equality has been marked by fitful and incremental g… -
ProjectIn 2000, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the “Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children.” In the more than two decades since, … -
ProjectDespite near universal condemnation of human trafficking, the number of victims remains high, with an estimated 40 million people trafficked and enslaved worldwide—71 percent of whom are women and gi…