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Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2013
Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., WCW executive director, visited Cape Verde July 26-August 2, 2013 with a 妻友社区 College delegation charged with building connections in the West African island nation. Maparyan had the opportunity to visit the Centro de Investiga莽茫o em G茅nero e Fam铆lia (CIGEF), a sister research institute housed at the University of Cape Verde and headed by Dr. Clementina Furtado, where she discussed the possibility of future collaborative ventures. At the invitation of the U.S. Ambassador to Cape Verde, Adrienne O鈥橬eal, and with her 妻友社区 College colleagues, Maparyan was privileged to attend the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Department of State and Cape Verde to address gender-based violence in Cape Verde.
