Successes and Barriers to LBT Women’s Economic Empowerment
A CSW61 side event hosted by the Government of Canada, ARC International, and the Permanent Mission of the Argentine Republic to the United Nations
March 13th, 2017 – NYC.
Chloe Schwenke, Director of Violence, Rights and Inclusion, International Center for Research on Women.
Dr. Chloe Schwenke, a human rights and social inclusion scholar and an international development practitioner, and has recently joined the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) as the Director of Violence, Rights and Inclusion. Prior to joining ICRW, Schwenke served as vice president for global programs at Freedom House in Washington, D.C., where she supervised programs and business development. Earlier, as a political appointee under President Obama, she served as Senior Advisor on Human Rights at the Africa Bureau of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Previously, she served both as Director of Business Development and as a Technical Director for one of America’s leading international development firms, Management Systems International.