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....
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, November 14, WIIS President Chantal de Jonge Oudraat was honored as a Gender Champion at the annual Ploughshares Fund conference on...
Written by Nadia Crevecoeur In recent years, many think tanks have begun to recognize the importance of diversifying their staff and recruiting and retaining more...
WIIS President, Chantal De Jonge Oudraat, visited Australia last month to deliver a keynote address at the Women In National Security Conference. She also spoke...
By Grace Ndirangu and Pearl Atuhaire The Missing Peace Young Scholars Network (MPSN) is an initiative of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Women...
On June 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties with Qatar and imposed an air, land, and sea blockade against the tiny Gulf nation. Shortly...
By: Clara Fisher, Paige Harland, Kat Ilich, and Erin McGown In October 2000, after years of lobbying by women’s rights activists, the UN Security Council passed...
[caption id="attachment_4839" align="aligncenter" width="392"] Photo credit to NZDF[/caption] by Anna Powles and Jacqui True Anna Powles and Jacqui True analyze New Zealand's draft National Action Plan for...
[caption id="attachment_4358" align="aligncenter" width="668"] Photo: UNAMID/Sojoud Elgarrai | Source: UN News Centre[/caption] by Gabe Dayley Last September, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon established...
by Stephanie Breitsman The meeting on February 10, 2015, between Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, presented an opportunity to...