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Interview with Theresa Loar by Charles Kennedy for Frontline Diplomacy: the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training on 8 August 2001

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Text interview with Theresa Loar, co-founder of the Vital Voices Global Partnership, by Charles Kennedy for Frontline Diplomacy: the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training on 8 August 2001. Loar worked with female political and social leaders in Northern Ireland to promote gender equality after the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement. In this interview she discusses American initiatives on gender issues in Northern Ireland during this period. The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training is an independent, non-profit organisation which promotes knowledge of American international diplomacy. The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection consists of over 1,700 transcript interviews from those who shape American foreign policy.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 2008

Name of First Interviewee: Theresa Loar

Role at time of Interview: Former American diplomat in Northern Ireland

Interviewer: Charles Kennedy

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: Frontline Diplomacy: the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic St

Time Period covered: 1998-2001

Key Individuals: Theresa Loar, Avila Kilmurray, Monica McWilliams, Bill Clinton, Hilary Clinton, Mo Mowlam, Kathleen Stephens, Dave Pozorski, George Mitchell

Key Words: American government, diaspora, religion, gender, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement

 

 

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