President Obama Signs Memorandum Institutionalizing the Office of Global Women’s Issues
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About the Author: Melanne Verveer serves as Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues.
I am happy to share some very good news. On Wednesday, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum (“the Memorandum”) that will help ensure that advancing the rights of women and girls remains central to U.S. diplomacy and development around the world – and that these efforts will continue to be led by public servants at the highest levels of the United States government. Secretary Clinton was proud to be at President Obama’s side as he… more »
(Source: blogs.state.gov)
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