U.S. Virtual Launch: 2021 UNFPA State of World Population Report

Thursday, April 29 // 9–10:30 a.m. (ET)

Despite constitutional guarantees of gender equality in many countries, worldwide, on average, women enjoy just 75 percent of the legal rights of men. For some, the impact of gender inequality is amplified by multiple sources of discrimination based on age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and geography. For women and girls, gender-discriminatory norms are the root cause of diminished bodily autonomy—the power to make their own choices about their bodies, and have those choices supported by society.

Join the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative and UNFPA for the U.S. launch of the 2021 UNFPA State of World Population report, titled "My Body is My Own: Claiming the Right to Autonomy and Self-Determination." Panelists will discuss bodily autonomy as it relates to gender-based violence; health care; and contraception; as well as look to challenges and solutions related to global declarations and policies and the inclusion of men and boys.

Still to Come This Week

Latin America & the Global Cold War

Monday, April 26 // 4–5:30 p.m. (ET)

Between the late 1950s and the end the 1970s, Latin American countries developed increasingly powerful interactions with the rest of the Global South. Scholars of contemporary Latin American history, however, have largely neglected this story, generating a collective amnesia on a crucial part of the region’s recent past. During his talk, Professor Vanni Pettinà will show how Latin America and The Global Cold War, fills this gap.

Isolationism and Its Alternatives

Tuesday, April 27 // 1–2:30 p.m. (ET)

In his Farewell Address of 1796, President George Washington admonished the young nation "to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." Charles Kupchan's new book tells the story of the nation's long history of isolationist politics, its decline amid World War II and the Cold War, and its comeback in recent years.

Global Perspectives | Southeast Asian-Russian Relations

Tuesday, April 27 // 3–4 p.m. (ET)

Dr. Amy Searight, Senior Associate for Asia with CSIS, will join the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute and Asia Program for a conversation on Russia’s role in Southeast Asia and its future trajectory.

The Future of Africa-UK Relations Post-Brexit

Wednesday, April 28 // 9–10 a.m. (ET)

How will the UK and its African partners together address shared challenges ranging from peace and security, immigration, and the ongoing global health crisis and vaccine rollouts?

No-Win War: The Paradox of U.S.-Pakistan Relations in Afghanistan's Shadow (Book Launch)

Thursday, April 29 // 11 a.m.–12 p.m. (ET)

At this event, Zahid Hussain, an award-winning Pakistani journalist, will lay out his book's main findings. He will also discuss what the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan may portend for future relations between Washington and Islamabad.

CEF Green Tea Chat with Kelly Sims Gallagher from the Fletcher School at Tufts University

Friday, April 30 // 12–12:30 p.m. (ET)

Join this informal conversation with Kelly Sims Gallagher, where we will ask her to draw from her experience as a Senior Policy Advisor during the Obama Administration and as director of the Climate Policy Lab at The Fletcher School at Tufts University to help us understand the forward trajectory (or rocky road?) for U.S.-China cooperation and competition in the realm of energy and carbon neutrality.