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Women make up more than half of the world’s population but are frequently overlooked in international affairs, their unique set of strengths and vulnerabilities often ignored. Brookings experts discuss the impact that improving education for girls and women can have on development and poverty levels, as well as issues including gender inequality, protection of women during conflict and gender-based violence.
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Livelihoods, Gender and Displacement in Côte d’Ivoire
April 2013, Eric Levron
Eric Levron examines the intersection of livelihoods, gender and displacement in Côte d’Ivoire, in particular the vulnerability and resiliency of the women who have long brunt of the Côte d’Ivoire conflicts and its protracted displacement situation.
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It's pretty clear that at the last minute, a lot of women made a decision that Obama really understood what their economic concerns were. Yes, they want control over their own body...but decisions over health care can limit their ability to control economics as well. November 9, 2012, Elisabeth Jacobs, CBS News
It's pretty clear that at the last minute, a lot of women made a decision that Obama really understood what their economic concerns were. Yes, they want control over their own body...but decisions over health care can limit their ability to control economics as well.
I have no doubt the next president will decide what happens to Roe v. Wade by his appointments to the Supreme Court. October 3, 2012, Elisabeth Jacobs, Glamour
I have no doubt the next president will decide what happens to Roe v. Wade by his appointments to the Supreme Court.
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May 11, 2012, Anne W. Kamau
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Megan Bradley
Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement
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Nonresident Fellow, Global Economy and Development