Innovative Economic Partnerships with Women in Post-Conflict Transition

USIP’s Center for Gender and Peacebuilding, in collaboration with Kate Spade New York and Women for Women International, convened experts to explore the impact of private business and civil society partnerships on women's empowerment in the post-conflict contexts of Afghanistan, Bosnia and Rwanda.

Speakers

• Sydney Price
  Senior Vice President of Global Merchandising, Kate Spade New York
• Karen Sherman
  Executive Director for Global Programs, Women for Women International (WfWI)
• Raymond Gilpin, Discussant
  Director, Center for Sustainable Economies, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Linda Jamison, Welcome
  Acting Executive Vice President for External Affairs, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Kathleen Kuehnast, Moderator
  Director, Center for Gender and Peacebuilding, U.S. Institute of Peace

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