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Just a reminder > Carla Koppell: A Revolution Underway: How Gender is Transforming International Development

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Carla Koppell, Distinguished Fellow, Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Former Chief Strategy Officer and Inaugural Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, USAID

Carla Koppell recently served as a vice president with the United States Institute for Peace. Prior to that she served as chief strategy officer in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and was appointed USAID’s inaugural senior coordinator for gender equality and women’s empowerment. Koppell also directed the Institute for Inclusive Security, served as deputy assistant secretary for international affairs with the U.S. Department for Housing and Urban Development, and worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Sponsored by The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding

Recorded on February 25, 2019 at Dartmouth College

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