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...
By Sarah Kenny, Senior Program Assistant, WIIS Global August 1, 2019 During the summer of 2017, violent activists associated with the “Proud Boys” twice...
The WIIS Global team -- Kayla McGill and Zi Xue -- were thrilled to meet and interview Dr. Angela Stent, a long-standing member and supporter...
Written by: Hannah Lynch, Kayla McGill, Hannah Proctor The United States Strategy on Women, Peace and Security (the Strategy) was released in June 2019 to...