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Spahn served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Romania from 1994 to 1996. She later worked as the senior vice president of operations at Women for Women International and executive director of the Accordia Global Health Foundation.
1960 - 1982 the Peace Corps, and the Overseas Education Fund of the League of Women Voters - (Consultant) 1963 - 1967 the Overseas Education Fund of the League of Women Voters - (Consultant) 1985 - 1995 International Development Research Centre, (IDRC) 1984 - 1986 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN
Worldwide, there were 15 cases of rape/attempted rape and 96 cases of sexual assault reported for a total of 111 sexual crimes committed against female Peace Corps volunteers. The majority of women who join the Peace Corps are in their mid-twenties. In 62% of the more than 2,900 assault cases since 1990, the victim was identified as being alone.
Ron Tschetter, 17th Director of The Peace Corps (India 1966–1968) [36] Mark Schneider, 15th Director of the Peace Corps, senior vice president of International Crisis Group (El Salvador 1966–1968) [37] Carol Bellamy, 13th Director of the Peace Corps, former head of UNESCO, president of World Learning (Guatemala 1963–1965) [38]
In 1993, Jones became the first woman to be appointed president and director-counsel of the LDF. As President and Director-Counsel, Elaine Jones expanded LDF's litigation into new areas such as health care and environmental justice, while keeping the organization focused on its core work in education, voting rights, economic access and criminal justice.
Carolyn Robertson Payton (May 13, 1925 – April 11, 2001) was appointed Director of the United States Peace Corps in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. She was the first female and the first African American to be Peace Corps Director. Payton was a pioneer in black women's leadership within the American Psychological Association and psychology.
In 1966, at the age of 68, Carter applied for the Peace Corps and was the oldest to ever apply at the time. After completing a psychiatric evaluation, she received three months of training and was sent to India where she worked at the Godrej Colony 30 miles (48 km) from Mumbai. She worked there for 21 months; she aided patients with leprosy.
Vivian Silver (Hebrew: ויויאן סילבר; February 2, 1949 – October 7, 2023) was a Canadian-Israeli peace activist and women's rights activist. [1] She was murdered in the Be'eri massacre , a part of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel .