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  1. TechWomen: A Platform for Women’s Empowerment

    The TechWomen program brings women from the Middle East, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa for a professional mentorship in Silicon Valley. The application for the 2015 TechWomen program opens on December 16, 2014.

  2. Young Basketball Players from the Democratic Republic of Congo Visit the U.S.

    DRC basketball visitors experienced an intense clinic in Rockville, MD.

    The U.S. State Department welcomed a group from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the first Sports Visitor program of the new year.

  3. I Appreciate Your Kindness

    Laura Dupuy, Executive Director of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy

    Laura Dupuy, Executive Director of the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy reflects on one particular participant from a group of international visitors, broadcast journalists from Iraq, and the impact that the experience had on both of their lives.

  4. EMPOWER Participants Promote Disability Rights Around the World

    Front row left to right: Parkhat Yussupjanov (fellow from Kazakhstan), and Fahad Bilal (fellow from Pakistan) in the American Councils DC office during the orientation.

    EMPOWER participants work together to promote disability rights.

  5. Mongolian Leaders Visit U.S. to Learn About Disability Rights

    Group of 7 pose in front of a transit station entrance with title graphic on top

    A delegation of 8 Mongolian disability rights advocates, including the Minister of Population and Development, Members of Parliament, and representatives of civil society, visited the U.S. on a Professional Fellows On-Demand exchange program to learn about the Americans With Disabilities Act.

  6. Brazil and Basketball: Athletes from Sao Paulo

    The Brazilian visitors work on dribbling by performing one-handed push-ups.

    ECA hosted 14 teenage athletes—seven boys and seven girls—and two coaches from Brazil in the U.S. for a basketball exchange from February 6 to 18, 2013.

  7. Sports Diplomacy and Senegal: Empowering Women and Girls through Basketball

    The Senegalese girls take part in a friendly basketball scrimmage at a D.C.-area gym.

    The Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative’s 2013 calendar tipped off with the Senegal Sports Visitor basketball program.

  8. Middle Eastern Soccer Coaches Team-Up for Sports Exchange in the U.S.

    The group went on a DC tour visiting the famous landmarks including the Washington Monument while learning about the history of the nation’s capital.

    Organized alongside the excitement of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil Sports Diplomacy hosted a Sports Visitor soccer program for coaches from Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen.

  9. Emerging Young Leaders Award 2016 #EYLeaders

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    Video: The Emerging Young Leaders Award honors international youth who have shown the tenacity and courage to create positive social change.

  10. Coping with Stress through Table Hockey

    Two kids playing table hockey

    Learn how table hockey is helping displaced children in Ukraine cope with stress and PTSD.

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