On August 12, 2017, neo-Nazis and white supremacists shocked the United States and the world alike with a deadly display of domestic terrorism. Tiki-torches, firearms,...
Women who seek to participate in peace processes and political decision-making face many obstacles. To achieve sustainable peace and development, societies emerging from conflict must...
On March 6th, 2019, the AU Women and Politics Institute, AU School of Public Affairs, and Delta Phi Epsilon held a panel discussion and reception...
When the 116th Congress is sworn into office this winter, there will be a record 121 women and counting ready to take their seats.[1] The...
In April 2018 Alek Minassian drove a van into a crowd of people in Toronto, killing ten people. A few minutes before, he had posted...
For over 30 years, Women In International Security (WIIS) has worked to advance the role of women in national and international security. While much progress...
The international community has taken a strong stance against conflict-related sexual violence, deeming it a war crime. However, international actors are paying scant attention to...
Sarah Soliman is a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s degree at American University in International Studies...
By Sarah Kenny, Senior Program Assistant, WIIS Global August 1, 2019 During the summer of 2017, violent activists associated with the “Proud Boys” twice...
The WIIS Global team -- Kayla McGill and Zi Xue -- were thrilled to meet and interview Dr. Angela Stent, a long-standing member and supporter...
Written by: Hannah Lynch, Kayla McGill, Hannah Proctor The United States Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (the Strategy) was released in June 2019 to...
Roksana Verahrami is a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS. She is also pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Affairs with...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Zi Xue is a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS as well as a Masters Student at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced...
Hannah Proctor is currently a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS. She is spearheading the Blue Book Project, the Global Trends Report and...
Kayla McGill is currently a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS. She is spearheading the Next Generation Symposium and the Nuclear Gender Scorecard...
Author of The Rage: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism The early twenty-first century has been defined by a rise in Islamist radicalisation...
Abby just wrapped up her first year at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University where she is pursuing her masters...