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Women Role Models for the New Millennium

KritayaKritaya Archavanitkul; demographer and human rights activist: "Emerging Issues in Human Rights in Southeast Asia," 10/25/96

AshrawiHanan Ashrawi; Palestinian Writer and Political Leader: "A Palestinian Voice," 4/12/00
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BenhabibSeyla Benhabib; Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Yale University: "Philosophic Iterations, Cosmopolitanism, and the 'Right to Rights,'" 3/18/04
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BouldingElise Boulding; Peace Activist and Professor Emerita of Sociology, Dartmouth College: "Peace Movements, Peace Research, and the Peace Process," 4/1/86

ChanAnson Chan; Chief Secretary, Hong Kong: "Hong Kong's Future," 1/27/97
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ChuaAmy Chua; Professor of Law, Yale; author of World on Fire: "The Myths of Globalization: Markets, Democracy, and Ethnic Hatred," 1/22/04
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ConstablePamela Constable; Deputy Foreign Editor, The Washington Post: "Reporting from South Asia," 3/29/05
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EbadiShirin Ebadi; 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate: "The Struggle for Human Rights in Iran," 5/10/06
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EppelShari Eppel; Human Rights Activist: "Healing Community Trauma: Exhumation and Ritual in Zimbabwe," 4/24/01
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EwaldWendy Ewald; Photographer, Author, Educator: "The Innocent Eye," 4/2/98
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GolanGalia Golan; Professor in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Herzlia, Israel: "The Israeli Peace Movement and the 2006 Lebanon War," 10/16/06
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GradinAnita Gradin; Swedish legislator and diplomat; former European Commissioner: "Securing the Rights of Women," 2/28/01
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HarrisEva Harris; Assistant Professor of Public Health, UC Berkeley: "Making Science Accessible," 3/15/01
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HassAmira Hass; Columnist, Haaretz: "Occupation and Terrorism," 10/24/03
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HermanJudith Herman, M.D.; Psychiatrist and author: "Psychological Insight and Political Understanding: The Case of Trauma and Recovery," 9/21/00
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HoffmanEva Hoffman; Author: "Between Memory and History: A Writer's Voice," 10/5/00
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HollisBrenda Hollis; Colonel, U.S. Air Force (ret.): "War Crimes Prosecution," 4/18/01

IwashimaShima Iwashita; actress (with her husband, film director Masahiro Shinoda): "The Movie Experience," 2/27/99

JonesA. Elizabeth Jones; Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia: "U.S. Foreign Policy: Continuity and Change after 9/11," 10/22/02
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KarekeziAlice Karekezi; Human Rights Activist: "Justice in Rwanda: The Rights of Women," 10/5/99
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Interview en français

Kelly & BastianPetra Kelly, Member of the Green Party and Member of the Bundestag (with Gert Bastian): "The European Peace Movement," 10/23/84

MacEnteeMaire MacEntee; Irish poet and scholar: "An Irish Voice of Poetry," 4/4/00
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NussbaumMartha C. Nussbaum; Ernst Freund Distinguished Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago: "Women's Rights, Religious Freedom, and Liberal Education," 9/14/06
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OgataSadako Ogata; UN High Commissioner for Refugees: "Humanitarian Assistance," 3/17/99
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PattersonAnnabel Patterson; Sterling Professor Emeritus of English, Yale University: "The Power of Words and the Power over Words," 04/10/08
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PowerSamantha Power; author, "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide: "Genocide and U.S. Foreign Policy," 4/29/02
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Richardson Louise Richardson; Executive Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University: "What Terrorists Want ," 9/19/07
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RosenRuth Rosen; historian and columnist: "The Women's Movement in Historical Perspective," 12/5/01
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Scheper-HughesNancy Scheper-Hughes; Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley: "Studying the Human Condition: Habits of an Anthropologist," 12/14/99
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SimsJennifer Sims; Former Coordinator for Intelligence Resources and Planning, Department of State: "Intelligence and National Security in a Democracy," 2/11/02
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ShafikNemat Shafik; Vice President, The World Bank: "The World Bank and Private Sector Development," 11/13/01
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ShirkSusan Shirk; Professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UCSD; and China specialist: "China and the United States," 11/8/01 and "Domestic Politics and International Behavior: The Case of China and the U.S.," 6/28/07
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TysonLaura D'Andrea Tyson; UCB Professor of Economics & Business and former Chair, Council of Economic Advisors: "An Economist Goes to Washington," 1/14/98
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WarrenElizabeth Warren; Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard University: "Law, Politics, and the Coming Collapse of the Middle Class," 3/8/07
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