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The United State of Women

What has the Obama Administration done for women and girls? How will their women and girls initiatives continue after the president leaves office?

BY Aspen Ideas To Go

Podcast

03.24.2016
Women in Leadership

Conversations Celebrating International Women's Day

This past week Aspen Institute Radio celebrated International Women's Day by featuring conversations with Tina Tchen, White House assistant to the president and chief of staff to the first lady; Melissa Harris-Perry, Wake Forest University Professor and former MSNBC host; and more.

BY Aspen Institute Staff

Blog Post

03.14.2016
Women in Leadership

A Policy Idea Both Parties Can Agree on

Two-generation policies offer policymakers the chance to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and build one future, two generations at a time. Ascend at the Aspen Institute outlines six principles and 10 specific policies to design and implement effective two-generation approaches.

BY Anne Mosle

Blog Post

11.12.2014
Women in Leadership

10 Effective Policies to Lift Parents and Children Out of Poverty

Nearly 45 percent of children in the US today live in low-income families. Two-generation programs meet the needs of and create opportunities for children and their parents together.

BY Ascend Staff

Blog Post

10.09.2014
Women in Leadership

Building An Early Learning Nation, Two Generations at a Time

Regardless of background or socioeconomic status, all parents want to be good parents, and we believe it is within every parent’s capacity to support his or her child’s development through low-cost, everyday engagement and activities. Ascend shares that conviction.

BY Jackie Bezos, president, Bezos Family Foundation

Blog Post

09.11.2014
Women in Leadership

"I Am An Acelero Parent": Two-Generation Approaches Through A Mother's Eyes

The following blog is excerpted and condensed from remarks given by Tameka Henry, a parent of children enrolled in Acelero Learning, at the 2012 Aspen Thin ...

BY Tameka Henry, Acelero Learning

Blog Post

12.17.2012
Women in Leadership

Madeleine Albright on Women and Diplomacy

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discussed Susan Rice, the Middle East, and women in diplomacy at the 2012 Washington Ideas Forum. Watch a clip ...

BY Institute Contributor

Blog Post

12.03.2012
Women in Leadership

Albright: ‘I do not consider it appeasement to talk to people you don’t like.’

Though the event centered on her latest book, Prague Winter: a Story of Remembrance and War, Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright did field a quest ...

Blog Post

05.08.2012
Women in Leadership

Madeleine Albright on Prague Winter "A Personal Story of Remembrance and War"

Madeleine Albright discusses her book "Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948."From Publishers Weekly:The author’s childhood ...

Video

05.07.2012
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