Samantha Jane Power is an Irish-American journalist,diplomat,and government official who is currently serving as the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. She previously served as the 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017. Power is a member of the Democratic Party.
GLIFAA is the officially recognized organization representing lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender etc. (LGBT+) personnel and their families in the United States Department of State,U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),Foreign Commercial Service,Foreign Agricultural Service,and other agencies and entities working in foreign affairs in the U.S. Government. The acronym comes from its original name,Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies. As of 2014,the organization goes by GLIFAA and uses the slogan "LGBT+ pride in foreign affairs agencies" to underscore its inclusive composition. GLIFAA was founded in 1992 by fewer than a dozen employees who faced official harassment and potential loss of their jobs because of their sexual orientation. The organization has grown to hundreds of Foreign Service,Civil Service,and contract personnel and their families serving in Washington,throughout the U.S.,and at U.S. embassies and missions around the world. Members also include retirees and straight allies in government agencies,while other supporters are affiliate members.
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013,a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009,and the first lady of the United States as the wife of Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,she was the party's nominee in the 2016 presidential election,becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party and the only woman to win the popular vote for U.S. president. She is the only first lady of the United States to have run for elected office.
Maria Echaveste is a former U.S. presidential advisor to Bill Clinton and White House Deputy Chief of Staff during the second Clinton administration. She is one of the highest-ranking Latinas to have served in a presidential administration. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a co-founder of the Nueva Vista Group,a policy,legislative strategy and advocacy group working with non-profit and corporate clients.
Karen Kornbluh served as U.S. Ambassador to the OECD under President Barack Obama and as a senior official at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Communications Commission under President Bill Clinton. She is an expert on communications policy,international trade and issues affecting working families. Her profile in The New York Times focused on her efforts “Fighting for Economic Equality.” She is now Director of the Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative at the German Marshall Fund of the United States,a think tank dedicated to promoting transatlantic cooperation,where she is also a Senior Fellow. She also currently serves as the Chairperson of the board of the Open Technology Fund. She was previously Executive Vice President of External Affairs at Nielsen,Senior Fellow for Digital Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations,and a presidentially-appointed member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. She was a senior adviser to Barack Obama from the beginning of his Senate tenure throughout his 2008 presidential campaign.
Vital Voices Global Partnership is an American international,501(c)(3),non-profit,non-governmental organization that works with women leaders in the areas of economic empowerment,women's political participation,and human rights. The organization is headquartered in Washington,D.C.
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley is an American diplomat,attorney,political activist and philanthropist who is the United States ambassador to Brazil in the Biden administration. She previously served as the United States ambassador to Portugal from 1994 to 1997.
U.S. President Barack Obama's East Asia Strategy (2009–2017),also known as the Pivot to Asia,represented a significant shift in the foreign policy of the United States since the 2010s. It shifted the country's focus away from the Middle Eastern and European sphere and allowed it to invest heavily and build relationships in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries,especially countries which are in close proximity to the People's Republic of China (PRC) either economically,geographically or politically to counter its rise as a rival potential superpower.
Hillary Clinton served as the 67th United States Secretary of State,under President Barack Obama,from 2009 to 2013,overseeing the department that conducted the foreign policy of Barack Obama. She was preceded in office by Condoleezza Rice,and succeeded by John Kerry. She is also the only former First Lady of the United States to become a member of the United States Cabinet. As secretary of state she traveled widely and initiated many diplomatic efforts on behalf of the Obama administration.
The Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues is the ambassador-at-large who heads the Office of Global Women's Issues in the United States Department of State,with the rank of Assistant Secretary.
The Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues is located within the United States Department of State. In 2009,Melanne Verveer was appointed to be the first Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. From September 2013 to May,2017,Catherine M. Russell was appointed to this position. From May 2017 through December 2019,there was no ambassador for this office. Kelley Currie,a political appointee,joined the Global Women's Issues Office as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large in January 2020. Geeta Rao Gupta is the current Ambassador-at-Large for the office as of May 18,2023.
Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey is a Guatemalan attorney who served as the first female attorney general of Guatemala,from 2010 to 2014. A former judge and litigator,Paz y Paz made unprecedented strides in the prosecution of organized crime,corruption,and human rights violations.
The "Hillary Doctrine" is the doctrine of former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton,particularly in reference to her stance that women's rights and violence against women should be considered issues of national security. The doctrine encompasses stances she has held before,during,and after her tenure as secretary.
Tulinabo Salama Mushingi is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Angola and the United States ambassador to São Toméand Príncipe from 2022 to 2024. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Burkina Faso from 2013 to 2016,and a joint appointment as United States ambassador to Senegal and United States ambassador to Guinea-Bissau from 2017 to 2022. He also served in the executive offices of Secretaries of State John F. Kerry and Hillary Clinton.
The Georgetown Institute for Women,Peace and Security is an academic institute that is housed in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. It was organized by the late Carol J. Lancaster,former Dean of Georgetown's School of Foreign Service,and was first announced in December 2011 by Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia and then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It began operations in February 2013. The institute "examines and highlights the roles and experiences of women in peace and security worldwide through cutting edge research,global convenings and strategic partnerships." The institute's Executive Director is Melanne Verveer,former United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues and former chief of staff for Hillary Clinton when she was First Lady of the United States. Clinton serves as the institute's honorary chair.
Shefali Razdan Duggal is an Indian-American political activist and diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to the Netherlands. She was previously appointed by President Barack Obama to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council,which supervises the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,for a term which expired in January 2018.
The U.S. National Action Plan on Women,Peace,and Security was adopted when President Barack Obama signed an executive order on December 19,2011,11 years after the United Nations Security Council adopted United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women,peace,and security. It specified initiatives and activities that will empower and enlist women and girls in efforts to achieve international peace and security. The U.S. NAP was formally revised in June 2016. On June 11,2019,the White House released the U.S. Strategy on Women,Peace,and Security,which superseded the National Action Plan.
Carla Ravi Koppell is an American academic who serves as interim Vice Dean for Diversity,Equity,and Inclusion at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. As part of her work she collaborates with the Volcker Alliance to spearhead the University Leadership Council on Diversity and Inclusion in International Affairs. In that role,she works with deans of graduate schools of public policy and international affairs to incorporate attention to diversity and inclusion in their curricula and programs.
Feminist foreign policy,or feminist diplomacy,is a strategy integrated into the policies and practices of a state to promote gender equality,and to help improve women's access to resources,basic human rights,and political participation. It can often be bucketed into three categories:rights,resources,and representation. The concept was first coined and integrated into governmental policy by Margot Wallström,former Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister. The objectives of feminist foreign policy include:
