CFR Staff

Caroline Kapp

Research Associate, U.S. Foreign Policy

Publications: 

"The War in Ukraine Has Harmed Children," Think Global Health, March 9, 2023.

"One Year After: How Putin Got Germany Wrong," with Liana Fix, CFR.org, February 17, 2023.

"The Devastating Use of Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War," Think Global Health, November 1, 2022. 

Women This Week Blog: 

"Women This Week: International Women’s Day," CFR.org, March 10, 2023.

"Women This Week: Iranian Schoolgirls Targeted by Poison Attacks," CFR.org, March 3, 2023.

"Women This Week: Alarming Global Setbacks in Women’s Health," CFR.org, February 24, 2023. 

"Women This Week: African Women Leaders Tackle Women’s Rights and Political Participation," CFR.org, February 17, 2023.

"Women This Week: Iranian Protest Anthem Wins Grammy," CFR.org, February 10, 2023.

"Women This Week: Saudi Arabia to Sponsor the 2023 Women’s World Cup," CFR.org, February 3, 2023. 

"Women This Week: Women’s Rights Victory in Sierra Leone," CFR.org, January 27, 2023.

"Women This Week: UN, Taliban Officials Meet To Discuss Women’s Rights in Afghanistan," CFR.org, January 20, 2023.

"Women This Week: Iranian Government Continues Brutal Crackdown on 'Women, Life, Freedom'," CFR.org, January 13, 2023.

"Women This Week: Taliban Bans Female NGO Workers," CFR.org, January 6, 2023.

"Women This Week: Afghan Women Forced to Leave School Days Before Exams," CFR.org, December 23, 2022.

"Women This Week: Iran Becomes First Member State Ever Expelled from UN Women," CFR.org, December 16, 2022.

"Women This Week: Systemic, Forced Abortion in Nigerian War, Reuters Reports," CFR.org, December 9, 2022.

"Women This Week: Taliban Attempts to Erase Women From Public Life," CFR.org, December 2, 2022.

"Women This Week: Women Underrepresented at COP27 Summit," CFR.org, November 18, 2022. 

"Women This Week: Reproductive Rights and Firsts for Women in U.S. Elections," CFR.org, November 10, 2022.

"Women This Week: United Nations' Spotlight on Ongoing Protests in Iran," CFR.org, November 4, 2022.

"Women This Week: Female Representation Regresses in China," CFR.org, October 28, 2022.

"Women This Week: Iranian Climber Competed Without Headscarf, Some Fear Reprisals," CFR.org, October 21, 2022. 

"Women This Week: Mass Protests Continue Across Iran," CFR.org, October 14, 2022. 

"Women This Week: Afghan Women Rise Up in Response to Kabul Bombing," CFR.org, October 7, 2022.

"Women This Week: 'Women, Life, Freedom': Protests Continue to Surge Across Iran," CFR.org, September 30, 2022.

"Women This Week: Protests in Iran Demand End to Decades of Women's Oppression," CFR.org, September 23, 2022.

"Women This Week: Call to Declare Taliban a 'Gender Apartheid' Regime," CFR.org, September 16, 2022.

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