Women, War, and Peace: Lessons from the Field

Monday, December 17, 2012

Speaker

Ryan Crocker

Kissinger Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University

Presider

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Fellow and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations

Drawing on lessons learned from his distinguished diplomatic career, Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker discusses women's integral role in peacemaking and peacekeeping, with a focus on Afghanistan.

This session is part of the What's New in Women, Peace, and Security: From Theory to Practice Workshop.

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