On April 7th, Joyce Banda, a founding member of The Aspen Institute’s Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health (GLC), was sworn in as the first female president of Malawi. President Banda – a dedicated advocate for women’s empowerment – is only the second woman to serve as head-of-state in Africa, joining fellow GLC member President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia.
The Aspen Institute welcomed Madame Michelle Bachelet, the first Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women, and Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the first female president of a post-Communist Eastern European country, to discuss their experiences as the former presidents of Chile and Latvia and the role of investing in reproductive health, education, and economic empowerment.
Join GHD"s 7 Billion: Conversations That Matter series as we discuss the recent Council on Foreign Relations’ report addressing the importance of family planning as a major component in U.S. global leadership.
The second global food crisis in three years is upon us – with bad weather, poor harvests and political turmoil sending food prices soaring to all-time highs. At the same time, the planet’s population is set to surpass seven billion this year, with most of the growth occurring in countries least equipped to meet the rising demands on agriculture and the environment.
Aspen Global Health and Development Program Executive Director Peggy Clark talks about the an upcoming conversation on the politics and policies of feeding a world of seven billion featuring Congressman Dan Glickman, Executive Director of the Congressional Program at the Aspen Institute and Nafis Sadik, MD, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS. Congressman Glickman is the former U.S.
The Aspen Global Health Roundtable, "Straight Talk: A Conversation about Tough Issues in Global Health," will feature Ethiopian Health Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health Amie Bateson and former United States Global AIDS Coordinator Mark Dybul.
