Molly Hunter
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Molly Hunter is a 2009 graduate of Williams College where she wrote a column for the Williams Record. She now works as a freelance journalist, roaming the Middle East (mostly) thanks to the support of the Jeffrey Owen Jones Journalism Fellowship.

A lifelong sportswoman and former collegiate athlete she sits on the Board of Directors for the non-profit Reclaim Childhood which provides sport and leadership skill-building programs for Iraqi refugee girls living in Jordan.

Molly has previously worked at ABCNews.com and The Marin Independent Journal. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Molly can be reached at molly.m.hunter@gmail.com.

Blog Entries by Molly Hunter

As Commonwealth Games Approach: Travelers' Odds Are Still Good

Posted September 22, 2010 | 11:12:05 (EST)

NEW DELHI -- Last Sunday at 11:10am, two men opened fire on the steps of my favorite site in New Delhi: Jama Masjid, the city's largest and most famous mosque. Two foreign nationals were injured, a makeshift car bomb exploded and I was 45 minutes away, nowhere near...

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Eyes on the Prize for Iraqi Women

Posted March 9, 2010 | 11:06:57 (EST)

Today, let's celebrate the women of Iraq.

On Sunday, over 1,800 female parliamentary candidates vied for 82 seats in Iraq's nationwide election. For the first time since 2003, campaign posters featuring larger than life headshots of the candidates - not of their husbands, as in previous years - hung alongside...

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Sports: A Powerful Political and Social Tool that Gets Women Ahead

Posted March 1, 2010 | 10:01:18 (EST)

Female athletes have reason to celebrate this month and not just because of their gold medal performances in Vancouver. Turns out that go-get-'em attitude, determination, and inexhaustible work ethic that lead us to conference titles and state championships in high school, are also skills highly valued by the labor market....

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