Melanne Verveer
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Ambassador Melanne Verveer is the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. She served as the first U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues, a position to which she was nominated by President Obama in 2009.
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Thousands of Afghan women risked their lives to help the US. Congress should do right by them
On International Women’s Day, Amb. Melanne Verveer and Lina Tori Jan are thinking about thousands of Afghan refugee women -- evacuated to the U.S. in August 2021 -- who may...