Twenty-three female ambassadors gathered at Washington’s historic Willard Hotel to share how they broke barriers, navigated bias, balanced family life and built careers representing their nations at the highest levels of diplomacy.
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Djibouti and Rwanda recently celebrated their national days. A new Mexican ambassador arrived in Washington, Roberto Lazzeri. Meridian International Center and Google Arts & Culture partnered to celebrate America’s semiquincentennial.
Despite its vast mineral wealth, the Democratic Republic of Congo is among the world’s poorest nations and will likely remain so for years, hobbled by regional wars and corruption. That’s a lot to handle for any ambassador, though Yvette Kapinga Ngandu says she’s ready to take on the challenge.
Rwandan Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana may be one of only around 30 women ambassadors in Washington, but in the East African country that she represents, women’s presence is felt on “every issue and corner of power,” she said at the Washington Diplomat’s Ambassador Insider Series last month.
Wealthy Switzerland, famous for its bank secrecy laws and reputation as a haven for laundered cash, has a message for criminals and narcotraffickers: Your assets are no longer welcome here.
Rwandan Embassy celebrates longtime senator; Slovakia marks the 30th anniversary of its constitution.
Rwanda marks 28 years of ethnic peace; Taiwan exhibit opens at Twin Oaks; Embassy of the Republic of South Africa celebrates National Women’s Day.
