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Celebrate Women's History Month
with AAFSW!
"Emerging
Diversity of Women World Leaders"
Panel Discussion
Tuesday, March
18 at 10:00 am
AAFSW members and friends are invited to join the sixth commemoration of Women's
History Month with a panel discussion on
"Emerging Diversity of
Women World Leaders."
The event will be held
Tuesday, March 18 at 10:00
a.m.
Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Reception Room
Department of State
Informal coffee/tea at 10:00
a.m.
Presentation 10:30 - (nlt) 12:00
The panel will
feature three accomplished women
who have contributed to advancing women's
causes in important ways:
- Dr. Alia Hatoug-Bouran,
Ambassador from Jordan to the U.S.
- Mrs. Sultana Hakimi,
President of the Muslim Women's Association and spouse of
Eklil Hakimi, Afghan Ambassador to the U.S.
- Elizabeth Becker, an
award-winning author and journalist. (See Panelist Bios below)
RSVP by Friday,
March 14
Cost: $15.00.
Attendees should access the State Department via C Street entrance.
All attendees without a State Department badge will need
to submit:
- Driver's
License Number or passport number
- Date
of birth
Dr. Alia Hatoug-Bouran became
Ambassador from Jordan to the United States on September 16, 2010. Before
her current post, she served as Jordan's Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
She has also served as Ambassador to Belgium and to the European
Commission, Norway, and Luxembourg.
In addition to her diplomatic service, Ambassador
Hatoug-Bouran has also held several Jordanian government posts including
Minister for Tourism and Antiquities and Minister of Environment and
Coordinator of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources.
Ambassador Bouran was also an associate professor of
Environmental Science at the University of Jordan. She studied at Moscow
University and holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Strategic Planning
from the Russian Academy branch Nobosi Perske. She speaks Arabic, English
and Russian.
Mrs. Sultana Hakimi, President of
the Muslim Women's Association and spouse of Eklil Hakimi, Afghan
Ambassador to the U.S., was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan. She
obtained her master's degree in Electronic Engineering at the Kabul
Polytechnic Institute. When the political situation in Kabul deteriorated
in 1993, she and her husband moved to Orange County, California. While in
California, Mrs. Hakimi constantly supported homeless Afghan families,
through funding and donations.
In 2006, her husband became the Afghan Ambassador to China.
Mrs. Hakimi then engaged in various diplomatic activities with women's
associations in Beijing. She acted as an advocate for the educational
problems of Afghanistan's children and women with relevant Chinese agencies
and organized several exhibitions to promote Afghanistan's unique culture
and products.
From 2009 to 2010, while her husband served as Afghan
Ambassador to Japan, she was involved in many efforts to raise money for
disabled children in Afghanistan. She actively worked with Refugee
International to increase support and funding for displaced Afghans.
During her three-year tenure in Washington, DC, Mrs. Hakimi
has advocated for women's rights, education, and economic empowerment in
Afghanistan. She is currently the President of the Muslim Women's
Association, a member of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council, and on the
Advisory Board of THIS.
Mrs. Hakimi is constantly engaged in forums on the
importance of education in Afghanistan, as well as women's rights, and
sustaining the progress that has been made in Afghanistan.
Elizabeth Becker, an
award-winning author and journalist, has covered national and international
affairs at the New York Times, National Public Radio and the Washington
Post.
At the New York Times, Ms. Becker covered the Pentagon,
homeland security, international economics, and agriculture. As the Times
International Economics correspondent, she reported on trade and
globalization from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States.
Before joining the Times, she was the Senior Foreign Editor
at NPR where she directed all foreign coverage. She received two
DuPont-Columbia Awards as executive producer for reporting of South
Africa's first democratic elections and the Rwanda genocide. She was a
member of the New York Times staff that won the 2002 Pulitzer for public
service.
Ms. Becker began her career as a war reporter in Cambodia in
1972, interviewed Pol Pot and is an expert on the Khmer Rouge and modern
Cambodia. She holds a degree in South Asian Studies from the University of
Washington and also studied at the Kendriya Hindi Sansthaan in Agra, India.
She is the author of Overbooked: the Exploding Business of Travel and
Tourism; When the War was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer
Rouge; American's Viet Nam War; and Bophana.
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