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October, 2009
Murder in the Name of Honor: The True Story of One Woman’s Heroic Fight Against an Unbelievable Crime (Book Discussion)
Monday, October 26 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Rana Husseini, Journalist and Author, Murder in the Name of Honor
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Sexual Violence Against Minors: Scope, Consequences, and Implications
Tuesday, October 20 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Kiersten Stewart, Public Policy Director, Family Violence Prevention Fund; Jim Mercy, Special Adviser for Strategic Directions, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Jama Gulaid, Country Representative, UNICEF Swaziland
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Reporting From Kenya: U.S. Editors Cover Health, Environment, and Security
Thursday, October 01 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Andrea Crossan, Radio Producer, "The World," BBC/PRI; Stephanie Hanson, Associate Director and Coordinating Editor, CFR.org, Council on Foreign Relations; Margaret McElligott, Senior Producer, washingtonpost.com
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September, 2009
Foundation Roundtable: Future Family Planning Strategies
Tuesday, September 22 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Musimbi Kanyoro, Director, Population and Reproductive Health Program, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Jose G. Rimon II, Senior Program Officer, Global Health Policy and Advocacy, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Scott Radloff, Director, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
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Universal Health Care: Are the People Ready for It?
Monday, September 21 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.); Julia Lynch, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania; Ceci Connolly, Staff Writer, The Washington Post; Don Wolfensberger, Director, Congress Project (Moderator)
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Book Discussion: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Thursday, September 10 2009, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Nicholas Kristof, Author and Columnist, The New York Times;
Sheryl WuDunn, Author and Investment Adviser; Aparajita Gogoi, National Coordinator, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood-India; Country Director, Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA); Jérémie Zoungrana, National Adviser, White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood-Burkina Faso and Rwanda; Country Director, JHPIEGO-Rwanda; and Manager, Safe Birth Africa Initiative, ACCESS
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July, 2009
Enough! Emerging US and African Leadership on Food Security
Wednesday, July 29 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman, Senior Reporters, Wall Street Journal, and co-authors, Enough! Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty; Franklin Moore, Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID Africa Bureau; H.E. Bockari Stevens, Ambassador of Sierra Leone to the U.S.; Steve McDonald, Consulting Director, Africa Program, Wilson Center, co-moderator; Marshall Bouton, President, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, co-moderator
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June, 2009
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World (Book Discussion)
Thursday, June 25 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Michelle Goldberg, Journalist and Author; Carol Peasley, President and CEO, Centre for Development and Population Activities (discussant)
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Report Launch: Improving Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance Relationships for Increased Health Funding
Wednesday, June 24 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Mavis MacCarthy, Executive Director, MCM Associates;
Eva Mends, Head, Budget Development Unit, Ministry of Finance, Ghana;
Mary Nannono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Uganda
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Briefing on Internal Displacement and Relief Efforts in Northwest Pakistan
Thursday, June 18 2009, 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Todd Shea, executive director, CDRS Pakistan
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May, 2009
Rebuilding Reproductive Health Systems in Post-Conflict Settings
Wednesday, May 20 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Ribka Amsalu Emergency Health Advisor Save the Children USA;
Dr. Therese McGinn Director, Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in Emergencies Initiative (RAISE);
Meriwether Beatty, RHR Project Director, John Snow, Inc.
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Combating Sex Trafficking by Eliminating the Demand
Tuesday, May 12 2009, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Victor Malarek, Investigative Reporter and Author, The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It; Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Executive Director, Polaris Project; The Honorable Linda Smith, President and Founder, Shared Hope International; Moderated by Ambassador Swanee Hunt, President, Hunt Alternatives Fund
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Seeing Through the Smog: Promoting Sino-U.S. Cooperation on Air Quality, Environmental Health, and Climate Change
Tuesday, May 12 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Robert O'Keefe, Health Effects Institute; Denise Mauzerall, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University; Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, UMDNJ-School of Public Health
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Influenza Outbreak in the Americas: International Cooperation in Response to the Spread of H1N1 Flu
Tuesday, May 05 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Jarbas Barbosa, Area Manager, Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention, Pan American Health Organization; Katherine Bliss, Deputy Director, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Gib Clarke, Coordinator, Wilson Center Global Health Initiative
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March, 2009
Global Health Spending: Why Maternal Health Is Not a Political Priority
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Jeremy Shiffman, Associate Professor of Public Administration, The Campbell Public Affairs Institute Maxwell School, Syracuse University; Ann M. Starrs, President, Family Care International
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January, 2009
U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges in the 111th Congress: The Developing World
Friday, January 30 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Cynthia Arnson, director, Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; former Congressman Howard Wolpe, director, Africa Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Gib Clarke, coordinator, Global Health Initiative, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Dynamics Of Sexual Violence In The Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo:
Perpetrators, Community Response, and Policy Implications
Thursday, January 15 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Michael VanRooyen, Co-Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Jocelyn Kelly, Gender-Based Violence Research Coordinator, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Mary Ellsberg, Vice President of Health and Development, International Center for Research on Women
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Gib Clarke,
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Calyn M. Ostrowski,
Program Assistant
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Global Health Initiative
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: globalhealth@wilsoncenter.org
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