Sarah Thorn, center, senior director for Global Government Affairs at Walmart, speaks on a panel with Michelle Bekkering, left, senior deputy U.S. Agency for International Development administrator for Economic Growth, Education and Environment, about empowering women at the African Growth and Opportunity Act Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2018. (USAID photo by Mark Burrell)