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Khashoggi Killing Adds New Dimension to Yemen War — and New Opportunity for United States

Post author By Charlotte Gorman
Post date December 10, 2018
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People survey rubble following airstrikes in Sana'a, Yemen. (Credit Voice of America)

Seventy years ago today, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human rights that enshrined the idea that every person has fundamental rights regardless of who they are or where they live. Yet since 2016, a civil war in Yemen has escalated into the largest manmade humanitarian crisis in modern memory. The world should […]

Tags Civil War, Congress, human rights, human rights day, Misc, Op-Ed, Saudi Arabia, Senate, United Nations, united states, universal declaration of human rights, yemen

Global Global Policy Studies & International Security

Saudi Arabia Gives Women the Wheel: Why Now, and What Now?

Post author By Kelsey Ritchie
Post date September 28, 2017
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Photo: Mattia Panciroli (CC) On Tuesday, Sept. 26, Saudi Arabia announced via televised royal decree that it will finally allow women to drive, marking a watershed moment in the fight for women’s rights. The verdict gives Saudi Arabian women both the literal and metaphorical wheel: as they are handed the keys, they will reach an […]

Tags Global Policy Studies, Global Policy Studies and International Security, Saudi Arabia, Strauss Center, Women, Women's Empowerment

Expanding Female Access to the Job Market through Affordable Commute

Post author By Ghida Ismail
Post date July 29, 2017
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Photo: Yasser Abusen (cc) Crook Fellow Ghida Ismail is spending her summer at the Harvard Kennedy School in the Evidence for Policy Design (EPOD) program in Boston, assisting the research project “Expanding Female Access to the Job Market through Affordable Commute.” She goes into detail on her work and experiences for us here: The World Economic Forum’s […]

Tags Crook Fellow, Crook Fellowship, Harvard, Robert S. Strauss Center, Saudi Arabia, Strauss Center, Summer Internships, women in the workforce, Women's Empowerment