1. Conflict Antiquities: Forging a Public/Private Response to Save the Endangered Patrimony of Iraq and Syria

   In the context of ongoing destruction and looting of cultural heritage in the Middle East, an event titled “Conflict Antiquities: Forging a Public/Private Response to Save the Endangered Patrimony of Iraq and Syria” was held by the U.S. Department of State and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

2. Two Fulbright Alumni Receive 2017 Nobel Prizes

   The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs congratulates Fulbright Program alumni Dr. Michael Rosbash and Dr. Kip S. Thorne on their recent recognition as 2017 Nobel Laureates.

3. Center Stage Artists Embark on D.C. Tour

   Center Stage, a cultural exchange program developed by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in collaboration with the New England Foundation for the Arts, will bring musicians from Egypt and Ukraine to America for a nation-wide tour through December 2018.

4. Religious Leaders Arrive in the United States for International Visitor Leadership Program

   Twenty six community and faith leaders from around the world arrived in the United States to begin an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on interfaith dialogue and religious freedom. The participants, representing different religious and faith-based organizations, as well as secular institutions, will engage in discussions with one another and their American counterparts to promote interfaith dialogue and explore ways to ensure the rights of religious minorities are protected.

5. Cultural Antiquities Task Force Sponsors Training for Egyptian Law Enforcement

   The Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF) recently supported a workshop in Cairo jointly organized by the U.S. Embassy and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities on protecting cultural property and investigating cases of illegally exported antiquities.

6. TechGirls Program Expands to Central Asia

   The TechGirls exchange program launched in 2012 to encourage secondary school girls (ages 15-17) from the Middle East and North Africa to pursue careers in tech and higher education.

7. 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.

8. Otgontuya Badamgarav

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   Otgontuva

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   Otgontuya Badamgarav started using a wheelchair due to a car accident and mainly stayed at home because of the stigma in Mongolia against people with disabilities. In 2010, she participated in an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) that highlighted how people with disabilities live, work, and study in the United States. She saw how disability rights are supported by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

   Badamgarav was overwhelmed by the support shown to people with disabilities from all levels of government in the United States. She returned home eager to share best practices and find new opportunities to promote and protect the rights of people with disabilities. She describes her IVLP as an opportunity to see firsthand that countries view equality as a human right and gain an understanding of the legal framework provided by the ADA. While on the program she met the Department of State’s special advisor for international disability rights and credits much of the legislative progress in Mongolia with her interactions with the special advisor’s office.

   She has started a wide range of activities that empower woman with disabilities. She organized a job fair for people with disabilities, created a mentorship program, and designed independent living courses and even a dance class for people with disabilities.

   Networking with people with similar disabilities and goals in other parts of the world brings her an understanding of the possibilities for equality. Otgontuya Badamgarav actively promotes the voices of people with disabilities in Mongolia and is no longer bound by cultural stigmas.

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9. U.S. Embassy Launches Academy for Women Entrepreneurs

   SUVA – The United States Ambassador Joseph Cella welcomed over 70 Fijian women entrepreneurs today at the U.S. Embassy to celebrate the launch of the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a program designed to further enhance their business prowess.

10. U.S., Bahamas salvage hurricane-damaged artifacts

    Almost a year after Hurricane Dorian battered The Bahamas, a partnership between Bahamian and U.S. museum officials continues to save damaged cultural objects.

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