1. Celebrating 20 Years of the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

   Two decades ago, the U.S. Department of State created a new initiative to preserve cultural heritage around the globe.

2. Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State Ned Price recognizes 20 years of the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation

   

   Today we celebrate 20 years of American leadership, cooperation, and support for the preservation of cultural heritage around the world through the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.

3. American Film Showcase Hosted a Global Virtual Film Screening for Earth Day

   In celebration of Earth Day, American Film Showcase, a film exchange program sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, hosted a virtual film screening of the award-winning documentary Inventing Tomorrow.

4. TechGirls 2012

   

   Photos from the 2012 TechGirls program.

5. Three Alumnae Win Women in Technology Awards

   The Women in Technology Awards Ceremony, hosted in Dubai, was the first event of its kind in the region, and was well attended, with over 100 women in the science and technology fields.

6. GO GIRL Pakistan Empowers Pakistani Girls through Sport by Involving the Whole Family

   

   As the head of GO GIRL Pakistan, Fatima Saleem, a Global Sports Mentoring Program star alumna, funnels her energy into organizing sports clinics and mentoring sessions for Pakinstani girls—ranging from pre-schoolers to adolescents in age and representative of different socioeconomic classes. The key factor to Fatima’s success is engaging the men of the families and, ultimately, whole community in these programs.

7. TechWomen Exchange Expertise to Excel

   TechWomen pairs the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with their professional counterparts in the United States.

8. Health Surveillance in the Arctic: IVLP Participants Convene in Minneapolis and Alaska

   An International Visitor Leadership Program group of nine researchers from member countries of the Arctic Council will meet in the United States over the next 10 days to address public health, medical research and Arctic science issues.

9. Interagency Training Builds Capacity to Protect Cultural Heritage

   

   Cultural property, art, and antiquities around the world are vulnerable to looting, theft, and trafficking by criminal and terrorist groups.

10. U.S. Embassy Supports Local Women Entrepreneurs with Academy (WEBC)

    The U.S. Embassy signed a grant with the Women Entrepreneurs Business Council (WEBC) to run the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) for 60 to 90 Fijian women business owners.

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