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After Helping to End āVirginity Testingā in Indonesian Army, Faye Simanjuntak (SFSā24) Continues Campaign for Womenās and Childrenās Rights
Content warning: This article discusses sexual violence, trauma and human trafficking. When theĀ Indonesian army announced in August 2021Ā that it would no longer subject its female recruits to so-called āvirginity testsā ā invasive and scientifically erroneous vaginal and cervical examinations ā Faye Simanjuntak (SFSā24) was overjoyed. The women and childrenās rights advocate also started planning for
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āNot Only Possible, But Plausibleā: Pelosi Scholars Work Toward Public Service Ambitions Through Internship Experiences
Many students are drawn to SFS for the schoolās focus on public service and the opportunities its Washington location holds for those looking to make a difference in the world. For Hoyas in the 2021 cohort of the Paul F. Pelosi Scholars Initiative in particular, serving others is at the core of their academic and
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āEvery Single Hour Matteredā: Graduate Students Help Evacuate Hundreds from Afghanistan
As the Taliban swept into Kabul on August 15, Timothy āTitoā Torres (IBPā21) was at a hotel in Berlin. He had just finished a course module with fellow classmates enrolled in the Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) and McDonough School of Business Master of Arts in International Business and Policy (MA-IBP) program and had
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MSFS Awards Full-Tuition Scholarships through Futures, African Student, and McHenry Scholarships
MSFS is thrilled to introduce the Fall 2021 recipients of the inaugural MSFS Futures Scholarship, the African Student Scholarship, and the McHenry Fellowship. These exceptional individuals were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, including the largest number of applicants we have received at MSFS in the past decade. The three were chosen because
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Centennial Lab On Politics And Performance Travels To Cambodia
Students from the āPolitics and Performance: Confronting the Past, Shaping the Futureā course, taught by Co-Directors of the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, Professor Derek Goldman, and Ambassador Cynthia Schneider, spent spring break in Cambodia learning about the role the arts play in rebuilding post-conflict societies. Hosted by Cambodian Living Arts, a local NGO