CNS Women’s Group

The CNS Women’s Group engages a group of women with professions and interests in: policy, national security, journalism, the arts, and academia. The group meets periodically to discuss current issues and regularly invites distinguished speakers to lead topic-specific conversations.


Global Conference on Yemen: Dimensions of the Humanitarian Crisis and Prospects of Peace

Featuring Nobel Peace Laureates: Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi, Leymah Gbowee, and Jody Williams

Affiliated Speakers

Afghanistan and the U.S.: A Discussion Series on Afghan Families in the United States and Efforts to Help Them

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Carol Giacomo

New York Times Editorial Board

Women's Group Meeting

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Bitta Mostofi

Commissioner, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs

Women's Group Breakfast

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Francesca Mannocchi

Journalist and Director (ISIS, Tomorrow.)
2015 Premio Giustolisi Award; 2016 Premiolino

Women's Group Breakfast

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Marcia Biggs

Special Correspondent for PBS News Hour
2018 Marie Colvin Front Page Award for Foreign Correspondence

Women's Group Breakfast

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Anna Kovalenko

Advisor to the Ukrainian Parliamentary Committee for National Security and Defense and civic activist

Women's Group Breakfast