May 8, 2024
Women’s rights champion Sima Samar headlines third annual retreat for Afghan women leaders
By: Alexandra Gopin
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) hosted its third annual retreat for Afghan women leaders last week. The leaders gathered to hone their advocacy skills and coordinate…
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February 5, 2024
Rebuilding communities after atrocities: A conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad
By: Alexandra Gopin
Sinjar, a district in the northwest region of Iraq characterized by desert and vast sky, was home to hundreds of thousands of Yazidis, a Kurdish-speaking religious minority. Nestled in the…
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May 22, 2023
GIWPS hosts second annual retreat for exiled Afghan women
By: Alexandra Gopin
Traditional Afghan music played softly in Georgetown University's Mortara Center on a chilly April morning. As the clock crept towards 9 a.m., groups of Afghan women leaders flooded through the…
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