New video: Melanne Verveer on empowering women

Nov 19th, 2009 2:35 PM UTC
By Chris Scott

The Washington Post today has a great interview with Melanne Verveer, the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues. During the interview, Ambassador Verveer touches on the economic arguments for empowering women around the world, stating that “women are the drivers of economic growth” and when women are able to access the tools that they need, they can make an enormous difference in their countries.

A couple months ago I got to see Ambassador Verveer when she participated in a panel on empowering women and girls at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting. You can read more of our coverage on Ambassador Verveer here.

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