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During the 2020 National Meeting, Carol Stevens from the American Bar Association moderated a panel on "The Role of Women in Human Rights and Democracy" including panelists Meaza Ashenafi, Chief Justice in the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia; retired U.S. Judge Susan Braden, and Rosa Celorio, Associate Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies at The George Washington University. (Photo courtesy of A.E. Landes Photography/ Global Ties U.S.)

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future