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Cohen November 23, 2021 Women and Women's Rights Women This Week: #WhereIsPengShuai Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers November 13 to November 19. Blog Post by Haydn Welch November 19, 2021 Women and Foreign Policy Program Human Rights Democracy Promotion and the Monarchies Should the United States be promoting democracy and human rights in friendly monarchies? Yes — human rights improvements, not regime change, should be the goal, working especially in areas where progress is pragmatically possible. Article by Elliott Abrams November 15, 2021 Experts in this Topic Elliott Abrams Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies Caroline Bettinger-Lopez Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy (ON LEAVE) Jerome A. Cohen Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies Joshua Kurlantzick Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia Catherine Powell Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy Matthew C. Waxman Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy Women and Women's Rights Women This Week: UN Takes On Gender Equality and Climate Change Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers November 6 to November 12. Blog Post by Haydn Welch November 15, 2021 Women and Foreign Policy Program Religion America's Human Rights Credibility Gap Cornell William Brooks, Hauser professor of the practice of nonprofit organizations and professor of the practice of public leadership and social justice at Harvard University, and Kathryn Sikkink, R… Webinar by Cornell William Brooks and Kathryn Sikkink November 9, 2021 Religion and Foreign Policy Webinars Women and Women's Rights Women This Week: Protests Against Poland’s Abortion Law Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers October 30 to November 5. Blog Post by Haydn Welch November 5, 2021 Women Around the World Venezuela Lessons from the Failure of Democracy Promotion in Venezuela Why did the US effort to promote democracy in Venezuela fail? The lessons learned there should inform democracy promotion efforts around the globe. Article by Elliott Abrams November 5, 2021 Refugees and Displaced Persons Preview Screening and Discussion of "Simple As Water" Ten years after the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Syria is still the world’s largest refugee crisis. In Simple As Water, the documentary from Academy Award-winning director Megan Mylan, portraits of Syrian families filmed over five years in five countries reveal the impact of war, separation, and displacement and reify the universal importance of family. Panelists discuss this soon-to-be released HBO documentary, the Syria crisis, and the obstacles refugee families face. Virtual Event by Robert Carey, Megan Mylan and Lina Sergie Attar November 2, 2021 Ethiopia One Year On, Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict No Closer to Political Solution Ethiopia's outlook a year on from the start of the Tigray crisis is increasingly dire. Blog Post by Michelle Gavin November 1, 2021 Africa in Transition Women and Women's Rights Women This Week: Biden Administration Releases New Strategy on Gender Equality Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers October 23 to October 29. Blog Post by Haydn Welch October 29, 2021 Women Around the World Foreign Aid Reorganizing U.S. Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights The U.S. government spends billions to promote democracy. It could get more for its money through better internal coordination, and by relying more on NGOs and its own expertise when implementing programs, rather than hiring profit-making companies to do the work. Article by Elliott Abrams October 29, 2021 Women and Women's Rights Women This Week: Gender Inequality in South Korean Military Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers October 9 to October 22. Blog Post by Haydn Welch October 22, 2021 Women Around the World Venezuela Saab Story: Venezuela, Maduro, and Human Sacrifice An extradition to the United States is a reminder of justice--and its absence. Blog Post by Elliott Abrams October 17, 2021 Pressure Points Eswatini Swazi Students Resist Monarchy to Continue the Fight for Democracy The world should not look away from Swazis' continuing fight for democracy. Blog Post by Michelle Gavin October 12, 2021 Africa in Transition Afghanistan Where Have Afghan Refugees Gone? There were 2.8 million Afghan refugees in 2020, half of whom were living in Pakistan. Here are the countries that could host many of the Afghans fleeing the country after the Taliban’s takeover. Explainer Video with Lindsay Maizland and Thamine Nayeem October 11, 2021 Load More About Member Programs Contact Support For Media Newsletters Membership Careers ©2021 Council on Foreign Relations. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.