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American Organization Brings Women Together to Build Peace
This article was originally published by Voice of America. Even if they don’t carry guns, women in war zones around the world pay the high cost of armed conflicts. They witness the loss of family members. They struggle to support their children and sustain life in their communities under dangerous conditions. But they can also […]
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A Survivor of Rwanda’s Horrors Writes Hope Into Law
This article was originally published by The Washington Post. She was born a Rwandan refugee in Uganda, where her parents herded cattle. A bright and determined student, she went to class under a tree using a borrowed identity, was smuggled across borders to continue her schooling, graduated from Uganda’s Makerere University and studied law on […]
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Iraqi Women Seek Leadership Positions
This article was originally published by United Press International. As the results of Iraq’s parliamentary elections began to trickle in, one Washington based group of Iraqi expatriates were more concerned with gender, than with party or ethnic affiliation. “We want the recognition of women to be leaders, to be in the ‘making decisions’ positions,” said […]
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The Lives They Once Knew
This article was originally published by The Jerusalem Post. In contrast to the numerous learned books that have already been published about the Balkans, in This Was Not Our War, Ambassador-author Swanee Hunt tells the history of the conflict through the experiences of those who lived through it. By conducting in-depth interviews, Hunt analyzes the […]
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Southern Belle, Steel Magnolia
This article was originally published by The Jerusalem Post. Ambassador Swanee Hunt sits in the lobby of east Jerusalem’s American Colony Hotel holding court. Indeed, her elegant style of dress and soft-spoken manner make her seem like a regal figure, as she greets the diplomats, religious figures and activists she has come to see during […]
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Prominent Women’s Rights Advocate Swanee Hunt Visits Korea
This article was originally published by Korea JoongAng Daily. Swanee Hunt, a Harvard University professor, who is highly renowned not only in the academic community but also in the political circle and on the global arena, is currently doing research on all kinds of gender equality barriers that keep women out of the job market. […]
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Keepers of the Peace
This article was originally published by Newsweek. Nowhere are women leaders more essential than in countries devastated by war. Studies from the World Economic Forum and Harvard-based nonprofit the Initiative for Inclusive Security show that women are better at creating and keeping the peace in post-conflict societies because women are–generally–less violent than their male counterparts. […]
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Women’s Voices Rise as Rwanda Reinvents Itself
This article was originally published in The New York Times. The most remarkable thing about Rwanda’s Parliament is not the war-damaged building that houses it, with its bullet holes and huge artillery gashes still visible a decade after the end of the fighting. It is inside the hilltop structure, from the spectator seats of the […]
