Alyse Nelson

President and CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership

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President and CEO of Vital Voices Global Partnership, a nonpartisan organization founded by then-First Lady Hillary Clinton, dedicated to building women’s leadership around the world

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In Pakistan, schools for girls are being burned down by the Taliban. In Afghanistan, a new law was just passed which makes marital rape legal.

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