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'Leaning In from the White House: Promoting Global Women's and LGBT Human Rights'

Colby College

Speaking in Maine takes us next to Waterville and Colby College.

Jamille Bigio, former White House director for human rights and gender, reflects on her work to promote equal rights and opportunities for women and LGBT people around the world in "Leaning In from the White House: Promoting Global Women's and LGBT Human Rights."

She discusses what it took to push out new policies, from investing in women as part of a strategy to end conflict and build lasting peace, to hosting the first White House forum on global LGBT human rights with leaders from the private sector and the faith and human rights communities.