088 - Ambassador Melanne Verveer: Women in Afghanistan and why empowering women benefits everyone

Live Brave with Dr Margie Warrell

Ambassador Verveer was the first U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues and is the Executive Director of Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Our conversation began with discussing the urgent action required to address the immediate needs of women and girls in Afghanistan to protect their future. Our conversation then moved on to the importance of building collective will to advance the social and economic empowerment for women, the need for male allies and applying a gender lens to "building back better" from the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Sign Petition to Biden Administration to honor the commitment to Afghan women and girls
• Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace & Security
• Margie’s Women’s Day Forbes Column