By Felicia Dede Addy and Shikshya Adhikari Ghana is one of the biggest producers of gold in Africa and the world.1 Gold contributes significantly to...
By Katelyn Jones and Julia Whiting In October 2020, Chicago was headed toward an increase of at least 51 percent in the murder rate and...
By Grace Ndirangu and Pearl Karuhanga Atuhaire On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, which is the highest-level...
By Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, Kayla McGill and Zi Xue UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) called for...
To mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), Women In International Security (WIIS) and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung...
Fifth-generation telecommunications (5G) technology promises to dramatically increase the interconnectedness and efficiency of commercial and civilian communication infrastructures. 5G will also enable other advances. On...
For delivery within the European Union, Amazon now sells facial recognition cameras for door locks, webcams, home security systems, and office attendance driven by artificial...
The rise of China poses a strategic challenge for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Alliance needs a comprehensive political, economic, and security strategy...
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,...
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...
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...
Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/134051601@N04/18636815068/ By Scott Weiner Gun culture alone cannot explain mass shootings in America. If simply having guns really meant having more mass...
On Monday, June 12, 2017 Women in International Security (WIIS) partnered with the Women’s Foreign Policy Group (WFPG) and the Department of Field Support...
[caption id="attachment_8411" align="alignleft" width="220"] Women Strike for Peace Photo Credit: Library of Congress[/caption] By Kathy Crandall Robinson In this blog post, WIIS Senior Fellow Kathy...
By Clara Fisher, Paige Harland, Kat Ilich, and Erin McGown For two weeks in March, thousands of women and men from every country, culture, and...
By Elizabeth Pond Ukraine has miraculously fought the Russian military behemoth to a standstill and fighting has ceased in the Donbas. With Russian pressure off,...
By Elizabeth Pond With the heavy guns suddenly silenced on the Donbass "truce" line for a month, a new era has begun. The reading of...
Women, Peace and Security in Dutch Foreign Policy: A Recommendation for the New National Action Plan
[caption id="attachment_5209" align="aligncenter" width="572"] Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cassandra Thompson: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/625440[/caption] By Alex Paul The Netherlands has long been at the forefront of women, peace...
[caption id="attachment_5201" align="aligncenter" width="552"] http://bit.ly/1VsXH7H[/caption] Written by Ellen L. Haring Last month the Marine Corps began prepping the battlefield for their request for an exception...