Posts by Ramya Kumaraswamy

Simmons: Ambassador Barshefsky, Tina Brown discuss US-China Trade Relations Posted By rkumaraswamy | May 4, 2010 @ 18:35 PM | No Comments

In a panel discussion with Tina Brown that was a delightful mix of candor and wisdom, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky shared her insights on the global perception of the U.S. at the Simmons Leadership Conference in Boston last Friday. Go4IT–the license plate on a passing automobile–was the sign that Barshefsky was waiting for when considering the role of the U.S. Trade…

More

Sheryl WuDunn (Half the Sky) Keynoted at Simmons Leadership Conference Posted By rkumaraswamy | May 3, 2010 @ 15:38 PM | No Comments

Being sold at age 12 by your own mother into a brothel; experiencing child birth at 14 years of age having been left out in the cold for the hyenas; and having a goat in Africa pay for a college education in Connecticut – these were some of the visceral images highlighted by Sheryl WuDunn as she described female oppression…

More