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Lyric Thompson

Lyric Thompson is the founder and CEO of the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative. She is an adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and an appointee on the U.S. Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board.

Latest Articles

Gender Equality
Gender Equality
Opinion: The US must pass its feminist foreign policy resolution
9 Mar 2023
If implemented, the resolution would mean the U.S. would reorient its foreign policy goals to reconstitute the shared global goods of equality, environmental integrity, and peace as being in the national interest.
The future of US Aid
The future of US Aid
Opinion: Making the most of the US 'umbrella initiative' for women's empowerment
7 Feb 2019
Now is the time for the U.S. to support the world's women as they unlock their full potential — and that means leveraging U.S. foreign aid, trade, and diplomatic engagement. Four leaders explain.
Gender equality
Gender equality
Opinion: Women and girls are greatest return on foreign assistance investment
1 May 2017
Investing in the world's women isn't just the right thing to do — it's great business. ICRW's Lyric Thompson explains.
The future of US aid
The future of US aid
Opinion: Could looming foreign assistance cuts be the end for the US global empowerment strategy for girls?
15 Mar 2017
One year ago, the U.S. rolled out a global empowerment strategy for adolescent girls. With deep cuts to the foreign assistance budget looming, four Girls Not Brides co-chairs ask: What happens next?
US aid
US aid
Can women and girls be at the center of US humanitarian assistance?
9 Mar 2016
With just one year left in President Obama's term, USAID Administrator Gayle Smith certainly has her work cut out for her. Lyric Thompson, senior policy manager at the International Center for Research on Women, outlines four ways Smith can ensure women and girls are not an afterthought in development efforts.
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