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...
By Luisa Ryan and Shannon Zimmerman At the UN Peacekeeping Defense Ministerial Conference, Canada announced the launch of the Elsie Initiative on Women in Peace...
By Velomahanina T. Razakamaharavo, Luisa Ryan, and Leah Sherwood. United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 expressed a global commitment to the Women, Peace, and...
While the cybersecurity industry will require approximately six million workers to meet its projected job demand by 2019, many positions will remain unfilled without more...
WPS+GPS: Adding Gender to the Peace and Security Equation Political leaders regularly make grand, public statements about the importance of the Women, Peace and Security...
By Hannah Proctor Kayla McGill is currently a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS. She is spearheading the Next Generation Symposium and the...
Written by Kathyrn Urban (Excerpted from the full article originally published on New Atlanticist on April 4, 2019.) For generations, NATO has defended against conventional enemies,...
Written by Roxana Allen It took thirty years, two generations, fifteen prime ministers, and numerous elections to appoint the first woman Prime Minister in Romania....
This blog was originally published on The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs March 26, 2019 Written by Federiga Bindi and Mimosa Giamanco Women in...
Carnegie Corporation’s recent article by Noelle Pourrat and Carl Robichaud examines issues of gender equality in nuclear security, and cites the WIIS’ 2018 think tank...
Women In International Security (WIIS) has opened applications for the 2019 Next Generation Gender, Peace and Security (GPS) Symposium, and we are looking forward to...
Nadia Crevecoeur has long been a resident of the DMV area, growing up in Churchville, Maryland and later attending high school in Towson, Maryland. Nadia...
Sandra Pepera is the Director for Gender, Women and Democracy at the National Democratic Institute. Sandra is a British professional woman of African descent and...
Hannah surveying the beautiful Georgian countryside Hannah Lynch grew up in the scenic coastal town of Newport, Rhode Island with her parents, younger brother, and...
18 December 2018 By: Alicia Luedke The irony is stark. Just as UN bodies, humanitarian agencies and civil society organizations started to “orange the world”...