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World Affairs Luncheon: "Women of Afghanistan"

When
Friday, April 04, 2014
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location
Lake Sunapee Country Club, 100 Country Club Lane, New London, NH 03257

Registration

Luncheon Ticket – $30.00

REGISTRATION CLOSES THURSDAY, APRIL 3 at 5 PM

"Women of Afghanistan: Progress & Promise on the Eve of National Elections"
A luncheon featuring Katherine Hunter, Fellow of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; & former Senior Deputy Country Representative, Afghanistan, The Asia Foundation

Friday, April 4
Lake Sunapee Country Club
100 Country Club Lane, New London

(Driving directions online; see map below)

After the decades of civil war and years under Taliban rule, since 2001 Afghan women have made tangible progress in education, health, and public life. Further progress is complicated by this year's political, security, and economic transitions as the country goes to vote on April 5th. Katherine Hunter will highlight the areas of progress and promise for women since 2001 and the particular areas of uncertainty. Hunter will highlight the evolving views on women's participation in civic, economic, and political life through reference to The Asia Foundation's annual survey of Afghan public opinion.

11:30 AM- Registration

Noon- Lunch and program

Luncheon tickets: $30 per person
Luncheon menu: Garden Salad, Potato Gnocchi, Chicken Marsala, Fruit Crisp & Coffee

PLEASE PURCHASE IN ADVANCE ONLINE OR OVER THE PHONE - 603.314.7970

REGISTRATION CLOSES THURSDAY, APRIL 3 at 5 PM

Presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters, Kearsarge/Sunapee

ABOUT KATHERINE HUNTER

Katherine Hunter is a Senior Deputy Country Representative of the Asia Foundation, currently on leave and recently posted in Afghanistan. She is serving as a Weatherhead Fellow at Harvard University for the 2013-2014 academic year.

In Afghanistan, she oversaw finance, administration, human resources; coordinated the annual planning process and program support; and managed small programs. Prior to this posting, she was the coordinator of the Luce Scholars Program, managing annual placements of young American leaders in Asian organizations through cooperation with the Foundation's country offices in Northeast and Southeast Asia. Previously, she served as The Asia Foundation's country representative in Timor-Leste where she managed programs in legal reform, legislative development, conflict management, and civil society development, and as the senior director of women's programs in Indonesia, where she managed major initiatives in budget policy transparency and civil society advocacy, as well as women's participation in democratic, legal, and economic development. Prior to those positions, Ms. Hunter served as the Foundation's country representative in Mongolia, directing the country program in governance and law, economic reform and development, and women's political participation. She developed new program initiatives in local government budget transparency, designed the first survey of the business community on corruption, and expanded the women's participation program to rural areas.

Ms. Hunter joined the Foundation in 1988 as a program officer for the Center for Asian Pacific Affairs. She has subsequently served as a program officer for South Asia in San Francisco, program officer for Women's Political Participation in Washington where she coordinated regional women's programs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, and as assistant country representative in Bangladesh and Mongolia. She has worked more than 20 years in international development, including 15 years resident in Asia.

Education: B.A. in history from Mount Holyoke College; M.A. in museum practice from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; M.A. in international relations from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University.

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