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One Billion Rising: Girl Model

February 14, 2017June 8, 2018 Lori Zimmermann 1131 Views 0 Comment

Join Fletcher Global Women and the Institute for Human Security as we rise up for women!
On February 21st, we’ll be screening “Girl Model,” a film following two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a thirteen year-old plucked from the Siberian countryside and dropped into the center of Tokyo with promises of a profitable career.

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One Billion Rising: A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer

February 2, 2017July 2, 2018 Lori Zimmermann 1441 Views 0 Comment

Join Fletcher Global Women and the Institute for Human Security as we rise up for women! This year, One Billion Rising Revolution is giving sharper focus and visibility to the exploitation of women, and to harnessing even stronger global solidarity to demand an end to violence in all forms.

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Migration Policy Forum Europe Working Group

January 30, 2017July 2, 2018 Lori Zimmermann 1258 Views 0 Comment

On January 26 and 27, the Institute for Human Security sponsored the Colloquium on Religion and Migration in the Mediterranean and Europe with the support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Office of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical, and Interfaith Relations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at The Fletcher School.

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The Dr. Maurice S. Segal Lecture: Eric Lander

January 5, 2017June 8, 2018 Lori Zimmermann 1313 Views 0 Comment

GENOMIC MEDICINE: AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION Eric Lander is president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard,

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Charles Francis Adams Lecture: David N. Saperstein

November 1, 2016June 5, 2018 Lori Zimmermann 1070 Views 0 Comment

U.S. EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM David N. Saperstein is the Ambassador-at- Large for International Religious Freedom. He assumed

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A Conversation with Neil Levine on USAID

October 6, 2016June 6, 2018 Lori Zimmermann 2450 Views 0 Comment

Please join us for a brown bag lunch with Neil Levine, Director of the Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG Center) within the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at USAID.

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Fletcher Ideas Exchange 3

October 1, 2016April 18, 2019 Lori Zimmermann 1294 Views 0 Comment

The Fletcher IDEAS Exchange (FIE) is an annual forum for public speaking at The Fletcher School featuring faculty, students, alumni and guests in a TED-style format. The third annual FIE will feature engaging speeches by faculty, students, alumni, and guests around the theme of Bridging the Academic-Policy Gap. Talks will feature best practices of the academy effectively communicating research and using innovative dissemination strategies in order to highlight the most effective ways to bring research to bear with policymakers.

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