1. 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.

2. Exchange Programs Are...

   

   What are international exchange programs? We asked our social media communities to tell us what our exchange programs mean to them. Tag your thoughts with #ExchangesAre

3. Supporting the Next Generation

   Supporting the Next Generation Through English Language Learning.

4. Bridging East and West in the Classroom

   Inspiring ideas from an east-west classroom experience.

5. Dr. Jill Biden and Billie Jean King Headline Ten-Year Celebration of Department of State-espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program and the 50th Anniversary of Title IX

   The U.S. Department of State-espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a slate of programming and events to cap a decade of international efforts by the State Department and its partners to strengthen society by empowering women and girls through sport.

6. Filipino Student Discovers America Beyond the Media

   “My views changed in a positive way..."

7. America Through the Eyes of a Nepali

   Prabhakar Bagchand came to admire the U.S. Bill of Rights and the things that truly make America the “land of the proud and free."

8. From Basketball to Government, Host Family Teaches CBYX Student All About Kentucky

   Betty Patterson and her husband Hubert never thought about being a host family.

9. Iraqi Soccer Visitors: Leveling the Playing Field

   

   Sports Diplomacy developed this female-focused sports diplomacy program to continue the State Department’s efforts in empowering and inspiring Iraqi women and girls through sports.

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    Turkmenistan Participant Connects with Disabilities Organizations

    In his home country of Turkmenistan, Ibragim Nurjanov has been a tireless advocate for the well-being of people with disabilities, both as a sports trainer and as a participant in the Democracy Commission. As such, he was a natural candidate for an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on the topic of “Promoting Disability Rights.”

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