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...
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...
By Kelsey Campbell On April 9, Facebook Chief Operating Officer and thought leader Sheryl Sandberg gave a version of her Lean In presentation to employees...