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Lyric Thompson

Lyric Thompson is the senior policy manager for the International Center for Research on Women. In this capacity she leads the institution’s formulation of evidence-based policy recommendations and manages the institution’s advocacy efforts with the US Government and Internationally. She writes on global women’s issues for Human Rights Now & Thomson-Reuters’ TrustLaw Women.

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Gender equality
Gender equality
Opinion: A progress report on the UN feminist agenda
11 Apr 2017
100 days into U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres' term, Lyric Thompson, the director of policy and advocacy at the International Center for Research on Women, provides a report card on his progress in making a more feminist United Nations.
US-Africa Leaders Summit
US-Africa Leaders Summit
US, African leaders must tackle child marriage
5 Aug 2014
This week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit seeks to invest in the next generation — including girls who are victims of child marriage. In a guest opinion, an expert from the ICRW calls on U.S. and African leaders to announce new commitments to end the practice on the continent.
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