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...
WIIS member Jean Schindler interviewed Dr. Catherine Lena Kelly about her recent book, Party Proliferation and Political Contestation in Africa: Senegal in Comparative Perspective. The...
By Dr. Swadesh M Rana, WIIS Member* Reliable data is still missing on how many more women may have become game changers if their lives...
By Hannah Proctor, Research Fellow, WIIS Global September 9, 2019 The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda was created with the intention of acknowledging and counteracting...
By Hannah Proctor, Research Fellow, WIIS Global August 29, 2019 Throughout 2019, conservative states in the U.S. have been adopting increasingly restrictive abortion laws in...
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...