The majority of countries have gender-blind foreign policies. While this may seem like a good thing, such policies fail to acknowledge and address existing gendered...
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...
By Susan McLoughlin, Program Assistant, WIIS Global Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault and Violence After gaining vast amounts of national and global attention, Delhi’s “Nirbhaya” gang...
By Hannah Proctor, Research Fellow, WIIS Global March is Women’s History Month and the month of the International Day of the Woman (March 8). It’s an...
Maeve Murphy is a Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS Global and an undergraduate student in the Elliot School of International Affairs at...
Susan McLouglin is a Spring 2020 Gender and Global Security Program Assistant at WIIS. Susan is pursuing her Bachelor’s in International Studies at American University...
By Scott Weiner, Policy Analyst, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Saudi Arabia’s approach to women’s rights prioritizes form over function. The changes it has...
By Kelsey Brennan, Rachel McGrath, and Jessica Sprouse WIIS Members, Co-Founders of WIIS-Pitt November 5, 2019 International security does not just happen in Washington or...
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...