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U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program
As Director of Law and Regulation at the Ministry of Sport, Hongxia Wei is responsible for policymaking, legislation, popularization of law, and jurisprudential study in sport.
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Mandela Washington Fellow: Investing in the Environment
Mandela Washington Fellow Clive Jifunte, a wildlife ecologist from Zambia, discusses how his fellowship will impact his career and future.
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Creating a More Safe and Secure World, One Exchange at a Time
IVLP host annual initiative to facilitate a dialogue between international law enforcement and their American counterparts.
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What is the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)?
This video describes the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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World Learning: A World Fit for Kids! – Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia
World Learning, through a subaward partnership with A World Fit For Kids! brought coaches and administrators from Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia to Los Angeles to learn how to better serve youth and to address health issues, such as obesity.
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Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, Ph.D
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Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat is an important figure in Lebanese environmental conservation circles. She began her environmental career in 2008, and recently became the president of a nonprofit focusing on reforestation and launched an online database of native Lebanese flora (http://www.lebanon-flora.org).
In 2013, she participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) entitled “Women’s Innovation in Science and Engineering,” and spent three weeks in different cities across the United States. She expanded her network due to her IVLP and now collaborates with colleagues she met from the Smithsonian Institution. Together, they've researched DNA barcoding and metabarcoding, with the goal of exploring biodiversity. Another favorite memory from her IVLP experience was visiting the National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. to see how they bring science to the world through their interactive programming.
Prior to her IVLP experience, most of Kharrat’s international collaboration took place with colleagues in other parts of the world. The exchange gave her an even broader network and provided opportunities to collaborate with Americans. Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat is a plant geneticist attempting to understand the historical evolutionary process of tree populations and flowering plants to help inform conservation policies. She has become a strong advocate for international exchange programs to build global connections.
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Anwar El Sadat
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Anwar El Sadat served as the third President of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981. During his time as President, Sadat introduced greater political freedom and a new economic policy to Egypt.
Sadat grew up in Egypt under British rule and advocated for dialogue and building relations between countries for peace. In the early 1950s, he and several others overthrew the ruling monarchy in Egypt. In 1966, Sadat participated in the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP). It was the first opportunity that allowed Sadat to see the United States and Americans at home.
In 1977, President Sadat addressed the Knesset, Israel's legislature, where he spoke directly to the Israeli government on the need for peace. In 1978, he signed the Camp David Accords, which outlined a historic peace agreement with Israel, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that same year.
In December 2018, the former Egyptian president was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for leading Egypt to peace with Israel. President Anwar El Sadat's peace efforts and mastery of diplomacy made history and remain relevant to this day.
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Pamela Calletti
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Pamela Calletti currently serves as the Legal Advisor to the Governor of Argentina's Northwestern province of Salta. She previously served in Salta as Argentina's only female Provincial Minister of Justice and Human Rights. As Minister she was responsible for setting policy and overseeing programs for judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers in her province.
In 2016, Calletti participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) project titled "Administration of Justice and Combating Organized Crime." Calletti said, "Without a doubt participating in the IVLP had a positive impact on both my professional and personal life. I took the opportunity to bring what I learned back to Salta." During her program, she noted how federal and state judges and prosecutors in the United States worked together and attempted to duplicate that cooperation in Argentina.
Following her IVLP, Calletti worked with colleagues to incorporate her province to the Federal System of Police Communications (SIFCOP). Through SIFCOP, Calletti has significantly impacted the fight against drug trafficking by better allowing law enforcement to learn about criminal networks.
As a legal advisor, Pamela Calletti builds bridges between all actors in the criminal justice system and seeks to improve criminal prosecution in the Argentine province of Salta.
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Francisco Ussene Mucanheia
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Mozambique Parliamentarian Francisco Ussene Mucanheia is a prominent advocate for environmental stewardship who has held various government positions, rising from a junior administrative officer to a member of parliament.
As a junior officer he visited the United States on an International Leadership Visitor Program (IVLP) in 1994, after Mozambique emerged from civil war and shifted to a new democratic constitution. During his IVLP, Mucanheia visited municipal governments and witnessed a mayoral election that profoundly influenced his understanding of local politics. During his IVLP, Mucanheia saw the importance of decentralized governance and he is proud to say the IVLP formidably impacted his career.
Since returning to Mozambique, Mucanheia has attempted to work in a bipartisan manner to reach consensus on important issues. His successes include the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement and passage of the Conservation and Biodiversity Protection Law. Mucanheia supervises the approval of all national plans of action for the environment and natural resources management in Mozambique.
Francisco Ussene Mucanheia's successful political career has positively impacted communities and improved environmental policies in Mozambique.
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Joint Statement of Principles in Support of International Education
The United States cannot afford to be absent from the world stage: U.S. leadership and engagement makes an essential difference abroad, as well as at home.