​When We Are Bold

Valerie M. Hudson is a professor and award-winning author who was named one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy in 2009. She has written or co-authored a number of books focused on gender and foreign policy including Sex and World Peace (2012), which outlines how the security of women is a key factor in the security and peace of the state. She is also the founder of The WomanStats Project, which seeks to develop the most comprehensive database on the situation and status of women throughout the world.

Read Gloria Steinem: Toward a Feminist Foreign Policy
by Valerie M. Hudson in  When We Are Bold: Women Who Turn Our Upsidedown World Right

Gloria Steinem is one of the most influential and defining feminists of the past century. Born in the U.S., Steinem started as a journalist and came to prominence as a leader of the women’s movement in the 1960s. Now in her 80s, Steinem continues to write about and speak on issues impacting women around the world, including peace and security.