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Taking Steps Toward Gender Equality

After The Hill published our piece about the need to increase the number of women experts testifying on foreign policy, we received…

Jul 29, 2020

Taking Steps Toward Gender Equality

Jul 29, 2020

Susan Markham

COVID-19 Demands We Rethink Gender Roles

Analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing the role of gender in society sharply into focus. As we look at the impact of the pandemic…

Jul 29, 2020

COVID-19 Demands We Rethink Gender Roles

Jul 29, 2020

Susan Markham

Operationalizing a Feminist Foreign Policy — Recommendations for the U.S. Government

This document focuses on how to operationalize a new feminist foreign policy within the U.S. context. The complete document can be found…

Jul 29, 2020

Operationalizing a Feminist Foreign Policy — Recommendations for the U.S. Government

Jul 29, 2020

Susan Markham

Gender vs. Women’s Empowerment in Development

In many discussions, the term “gender” is often used interchangeably with “women and girls.” These concepts both get at gender norms and…

Jul 29, 2020

Gender vs. Women’s Empowerment in Development

Jul 29, 2020

Susan Markham

Your legacy: an open letter to Nancy Pelosi

Dear Speaker of the House-To-Be Pelosi,

Nov 13, 2018

Your legacy: an open letter to Nancy Pelosi

Nov 13, 2018

Susan Markham

Women’s Political Empowerment Benefits Democracy in the U.S. and Around the World

Last week there were two events held in Washington, DC and focused on women’s political participation: NDI’s Madeleine K. Albright event…

May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017

Susan Markham

The Importance of Women’s Networks and Beyond

Earlier this week, I spoke on a panel at the Wilson Center on women in politics. We all agreed on the importance of women’s networks as an…

Apr 7, 2017

The Importance of Women’s Networks and Beyond

Apr 7, 2017

Susan Markham

The U.S. Within the Global Women’s Movement

I travelled to Liberia in February to work with women who are thinking about running for elected office in their country later this year…

Mar 8, 2017

Mar 8, 2017

Susan Markham

What “I’m With Her” Means in 2017

As I wrote in early November, I cannot help but to think of the many women and men who I have stood by, learned from and worked with over…

Jan 18, 2017

Jan 18, 2017

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Carrying the Torch for Gender Equality

When I was in middle school, I played on a recreational soccer team. I was incredibly introverted, a bookworm and rather slow. Though I…

Aug 16, 2016

Carrying the Torch for Gender Equality

Aug 16, 2016

Susan Markham

Susan Markham

Policy expert, advocate, political strategist that understands the power of women and girls; former USAID, NDI, EMILY’s List; partner now at smashstrategies.com

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