Women are making major contributions to fire departments across the United States, achieving new milestones in a field traditionally dominated by men. In February, three women with the
Washington Township Fire Department in Ohio became the department’s first all-female crew to answer a fire call. In September 2020, five women with the
Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue Department achieved a similar milestone, working an all-woman shift for ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 April, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News | Tags: female leaders, women in the workforce, women's empowerment
By Noelani Kirschner Diplomat Barbara Watson achieved historic firsts during her time at the State Department. But firsts were familiar in her family. Watson was the child of New York’s first elected Black judge, James S. Watson, and Violet Lopez Watson, a founder of the National Council of Negro Women. Watson’s cousin Colin L. Powell ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 March, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: African Americans, female leaders, U.S. history, women in the workforce, women's empowerment
The United States has been sending diplomats around the world since the 18th century. For the last 100 years women diplomats have been among them. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has emphasized that diversity and inclusion is a priority of the Biden administration. “Diversity and inclusion make us stronger, smarter, more creative and more ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 5 March, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: female leaders, U.S. history, women in the workforce, women's empowerment
March is Women’s History Month. Here’s a look at political milestones for U.S. women. 1851–1920. Women’s suffrage started out as an anti-slavery movement, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton (right) and Susan B. Anthony leading the way. Women got the vote in 1920. Getting elected to Congress 1916. Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress. Representing ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 March, 2021 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News, Success Stories | Tags: female leaders, scivic equality, TAGSAfrican American, U.S. elections, women's empowerment
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Lenore T. Adkins The National Women’s Hall of Fame has inducted six trailblazing Black women into its unique sisterhood, recognizing their contributions at the Seneca Falls, New York, birthplace of the American women’s rights movement.
Its new Virtual Induction Series celebrates underrepresented women of achievement. It does this by posthumously recognizing marginalized women who were overlooked during their lifetimes or died before ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 1 March, 2021 | Topics: Art & Culture, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: African Americans, arts, civic equality, female leaders, women's empowerment
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Lauren Monsen Kamala Devi Harris, a senator who has represented California in the U.S. Congress since 2017, will break barriers when she is inaugurated as vice president of the United States on January 20. She will be the first woman — and the first person of African, Jamaican and South Asian ancestry — to occupy that ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 20 January, 2021 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: African Americans, Asian Americans, female leaders, U.S. elections, women's empowerment
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Noelani Kirschner American diplomats represent U.S. values abroad and embody a core tenet of American life: diversity. In the United States, anyone — regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background — can become a diplomat and represent America abroad as a member of the U.S. Foreign Service. One of the many ways the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 4 January, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News, News from Washington | Tags: Asian Americans, immigration, professional development, women in the workforce, women's empowerment
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Lenore T. Adkins The National Women’s Hall of Fame has inducted six trailblazing Black women into its unique sisterhood, recognizing their contributions at the Seneca Falls, New York, birthplace of the American women’s rights movement.
Its new Virtual Induction Series celebrates underrepresented women of achievement. It does this by posthumously recognizing marginalized women who were overlooked during their lifetimes or died before ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 31 December, 2020 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: African Americans, arts, civic equality, female leaders, women's empowerment
The world recognizes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25, a day to heighten awareness about the physical, psychological and emotional harm women face worldwide. The U.S. Department of State sees tackling violence against women as a human rights imperative. Violence threatens women’s and girls’ safety, and it sets ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 November, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: civic equality, female leaders, Gender-Based Violence, human trafficking, women's empowerment
The United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea are committed to promoting opportunities for women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), including computer science, to advance equality and economic growth. U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Kelley E. Currie said that tackling the persistent challenge of underrepresentation of
women in STEM is vital to improving societies. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 28 October, 2020 | Topics: News, Science & Tech | Tags: science, STEM, technology, women in the workforce, women's empowerment
The U.S. empowers women around the world through the United States Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS Strategy). In 2017, the U.S. government signed into law the
Women, Peace, and Security Act , becoming the first nation to enact a comprehensive law to promote women’s participation in conflict prevention and peace training. This whole-of-government approach to advance women’s meaningful ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 21 October, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News | Tags: international security, USAID, women's empowerment
Iran’s regime continues persecution of human rights defenders (July 20) Protesters, journalists and women who refuse to wear a hijab all risk facing trial in Iran. But many of the lawyers trained to fight for those defendants are already in jail. According to a recent report from the Center for Human Rights in Iran, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 20 July, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News | Tags: civil society, freedom of expression, Iran, social activism, women's empowerment
