{"id":1892,"date":"2014-03-16T05:48:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T05:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.khushnoodn1.sg-host.com\/english\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2014-03-27T05:12:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T05:12:15","slug":"the-rising-afghan-women-leaders-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/the-rising-afghan-women-leaders-initiative","title":{"rendered":"The Rising Afghan Women Leaders Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_0226\"<\/a>On March 9-12, 2014, The<\/i> Rising Afghan Women Leaders Initiative<\/i> (RAWLI) was launched by the U.S.-Afghan Women\u2019s Council (USAWC) of Georgetown University at Georgetown\u2019s School of Foreign Service campus in Doha, Qatar.\u00a0 This initiative was designed under the auspices of the <\/b>Georgetown Leadership Academy to advance a core pillar of the USAWC\u2019S mission to promote substantive and practical leadership development for Afghan women.\u00a0 The RAWLI program was offered to 22 Afghan women leaders and six Georgetown University students from diverse fields to support the development of their personal and professional leadership skills.<\/p>\n

Under the direction of Dr. Phyllis Magrab and Ellen Kagen of Georgetown University, RAWLI draws on their combined 34 years of leadership training experience and Dr. Magrab\u2019s book The Leadership Equation<\/i>.\u00a0 The group was welcomed by Georgetown SFS Doha Dean Dr. Gerd Nonneman.\u00a0 Fatema Gailani, President of the Afghan Red Crescent Society, inspired the group as a featured speaker, remarking, \u201cFor me, these women are the security and the future of Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

RAWLI was realized through the generosity and steadfast commitment to Afghan women and children of Caroline Hudson Firestone; Abbott Laboratories; the Geraldine P. Waldorf Fund at Georgetown University\u2019s Center for Child and Human Development; and many USAWC members and partners.<\/p>\n

The U.S.-Afghan Women\u2019s Council (USAWC) is a public-private partnership housed at Georgetown University.\u00a0 Founded in 2002, the Council is co-chaired by President of Georgetown University John J. DeGioia, and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women\u2019s Issues Catherine Russell as well as by the Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Afghan Minister for Women Affairs.\u00a0\u00a0 Laura Bush and Hillary R. Clinton serve as the Council\u2019s Honorary Co-Chairs.<\/p>\n

The mission of the USAWC is to convene committed and capable stakeholders; identify and mobilize public and private sector resources; and encourage dynamic and collaborative partnerships in support of Afghan women and children in the areas of education, health, economic empowerment, and leadership development.\u00a0 <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

USAWC Members are leaders in government, the private sector, academia, and philanthropy who undertake individual initiatives to advance the lives of Afghan women and children.\u00a0\u00a0 The Council works to address areas of need identified by Afghan women, convening interested partners and brokering connections to build meaningful, sustainable platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On March 9-12, 2014, The Rising Afghan Women Leaders Initiative (RAWLI) was launched by the U.S.-Afghan Women\u2019s Council (USAWC) of Georgetown University at Georgetown\u2019s School of Foreign Service campus in Doha, Qatar.\u00a0 This initiative was designed under the auspices of the Georgetown Leadership Academy to advance a core pillar of the USAWC\u2019S mission to promote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2079,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions\/2079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.af\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}