Archive - Our Women in the World

Daughter of Shyamala

“You can’t know who Kamala Harris is without knowing who our mother was.”

Jul 21, 2024 •

April 2024

Ambassador Spotlight: Aurelia E. Brazeal

The first Black woman career Foreign Service Officer to be promoted into the Senior Foreign Service and the first to be nominated as an Ambassador—three…

Apr 9, 2024 •

In Conversation with Constanza Castro Zúñiga, Part II

Vinyl record and soccer jersey collections to understand the world; mentorship from the late Rep. Elijah Cummings and publicly disagreeing with…

Apr 1, 2024 •

March 2024

In Conversation with Constanza Castro Zúñiga, Part I

"I became acutely aware at a very young age that foreign policy had a direct impact on my life."

Mar 25, 2024 •

September 2023

Adela Raz: The First Woman to Represent Her Storied Nation

Part One: The Formation of the Group of Friends of the Women in Afghanistan

Sep 15, 2023 •

"I heeded the guidance of Madeleine Albright"

We rise again and again and again. Come on now.

Sep 9, 2023 •

March 2022

In Conversation: Christina Hardaway

"Many people speak about moving abroad as some type of escape, but for me it was an awakening."

Mar 1, 2022 •

Welcome to Women's History Month...

Let us, please, not give Voice to the Voiceless.

Mar 1, 2022 •

October 2021

Upcoming Conversations

Plus: The "firsts" to hold "the most prominent [positions] in the diplomatic service”; And: revisiting dueling profiles of diplomat Eleanor Hicks

Oct 11, 2021 •

The Stateswomen of Afghanistan

Oct 11, 2021 •

July 2021

In Conversation: Katharine Nanavatty

'I carry the memories of beloved colleagues and local friends, funny experiences, and a new filter to see America.'

Jul 16, 2021 •

June 2021

In Conversation: Olimar Maisonet-Guzmán

On finding home in fencing, the experience she brings to the job as a Puerto Rican woman and the moment that 'reiterated the reason I chose to become a…

Jun 7, 2021 •

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