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Training Saudi women in diplomacy

E-mail|Link|Comments (0) Posted by Michael Paulson August 2, 2008 10:03 AM

The Fletcher School at Tufts has launched a new program to train Saudi women as diplomats. The Globe's Tracy Jan reports:

"This week, 13 Saudi women completed a crash course in international diplomacy, blazing a brazen path for the future of their country, where women still can't drive or vote - nor, in many cases, travel, work, or see a doctor without permission from a male guardian. 'As graduates, we become pioneers by taking the road less traveled and pave it for others to follow,' Dina Madani said in a graduation speech urging her peers to become pioneers not only in education, but also in the workforce and society. 'We want to be the catalyst that hastens the development of our country.'"

(Photo above, by Pat Greenhouse of the Globe staff, was taken at a graduation ceremony for 13 Saudi Arabian women at the Fletcher School on July 31.)

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Michael Paulson covers religion for The Boston Globe. He shared in the Pulitzer Prize in 2003, won the Mike Berger, Templeton and Supple awards in 2008, and is a four-time winner of the Wilbur Award.
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