Meeting

Virtual Roundtable: Democratic Regression and the Backlash Against Gender Equality and Women’s Rights

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Speakers
Saskia Brechenmacher

Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Andrea Krizsan

Senior Research Fellow, Central European University

Presider

Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

from Roundtable Series on Women and Foreign Policy and Women’s Political Leadership

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