Tag: Swanee Hunt

  • Nation & World

    Women rising, because they have to

    Harvard Kennedy School’s Swanee Hunt discussed the lessons learned from the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide — key among them, empowering women — in advance of “Women Rising, Here and Abroad,” her talk as the Lowell lecturer at Harvard Extension School.

    9 minutes
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    Rwanda’s women as leaders, not victims

    Swanee Hunt, a lecturer at the Kennedy School and former U.S. ambassador to Austria, has written a book about the role of women in leading post-genocide Rwanda.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Three diplomatic women

    Three diplomats discuss the demands of life as a U.S. ambassador and advise HKS students as they prepare to enter the Foreign Service.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Women waging peace

    On Tuesday at a packed John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum sponsored by the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, six female leaders discussed how they’re waging peace and promoting inclusiveness in their war-ravaged nations.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Women as peacemakers

    Activists from across Africa and the Middle East drew from on-the-ground experience in a discussion of women’s role in peace efforts at John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

    4 minutes
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    While you were away

    A roundup of recent books by Harvard faculty members.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Strong voices

    The Radcliffe Institute on May 27 will honor Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women’s Association of India, with the Radcliffe Institute Medal. Bhatt’s organization has improved the self-sufficiency of more than a million women.

    3 minutes
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    Hunt wins Women of Distinction Award

    Harvard Kennedy School faculty member Swanee Hunt will receive a Women of Distinction Award at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    ‘Outstanding Women’ honored

    Harvard College Dean Evelynn Hammonds and Swanee Hunt, Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), received the Outstanding Women Award from the YWCA Cambridge on Oct. 29.

    2 minutes