1. 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.

2. TechGirls 2012

   

   Photos from the 2012 TechGirls program.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Partnering with ECA

   

   The State Department partners with many public and private organizations to advance key policy goals such as increased access for persons with disabilities, combatting climate change, promoting good governance, fostering women and girls leadership, and technology advancement.

6. American Exchange Alumni Work Together to Fight Trafficking

   Forty American alumni of more than ten U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs came together in Washington, D.C. this month to expand on their experiences disrupting illicit trafficking networks, building resilient institutions and communities, and assisting victims and vulnerable populations.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. Law Enforcement Receive Advanced Training to Counter Threats to Cultural Heritage

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

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