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...
Abby just wrapped up her first year at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University where she is pursuing her masters...
Maya Whitney graduated with her BA in International Studies from American University’s School of International Service in May 2019. While completing the final semester of...
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...
By Sahar Khan Gina Haspel was sworn in as the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) first female director on May 21, 2018 following a controversial nomination period and a...
By Chelsea Costello About the Author The Art of War, by the Chinese general and military strategist, Sun-Tzu, was one of the first books assigned...
By: Weronika Grzebalska, Next Generation Symposium Fellow (2017) Russia recently held one of the largest “war games” since the Cold War, on its Western borders....
By Jumana Kawar “I love my country and the forces, and in the future if I have children, I will encourage them to join the...
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...
Photo Credit: World Policy Blog By Fauziya Ali International actors from the United Nations to the European Union are increasingly recognizing the role of women and...