An Interview with Carla Koppell, USAID’s Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
On June 14, 2011, Banyan Global spoke with Carla Koppell, newly appointed senior coordinator for gender equality and women’s empowerment and a senior advisor to the administrator at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Dr. Koppell discussed her new role and the objectives of the Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, the gender-empowerment index and its relationship to economic growth and food security, and revisiting USAID’s gender policy.