May 29, 2025
“One young woman dead is one too many”: Afghan Women Leaders Demand Global Action at GIWPS Convening
By: Alexandra Gopin
This convening was held under Chatham House rules. For the safety of our speakers, their identities and affiliations will remain private; however, their message should be shared widely. This month,…
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May 29, 2025
Recommendations from Afghan Women Leaders
By: GIWPS
Background The Taliban’s assault on human rights and fundamental freedoms, neglect of a metastasizing humanitarian crisis, and systematic exclusion of women and girls from Afghan society are making life increasingly…
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May 22, 2025
Women, Peace and Security Conflict Tracker: May Updates
By: GIWPS
Our Women, Peace and Security Conflict Tracker combines real-time data points and original analysis to offer gender-sensitive insight into conflict dynamics across 25 countries. The WPS Conflict Tracker is updated monthly to reflect…
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May 19, 2025
Statement from Sudanese Women Leaders
By: GIWPS
We, a group of 11 Sudanese women, activists, leaders, and peacebuilders from different parts of Sudan, convened for three days from May 6-8 to discuss the war in Sudan, the…
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May 19, 2025
Recommendations from Sudanese Women Leaders
By: GIWPS
It is a dark time for the Sudanese people and their nation. Today, violence is spreading in Sudan, and funding has contracted abruptly for humanitarian assistance, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding.…
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May 16, 2025
Meet Graduates of the Gender, Peace and Security Graduate Certificate Program
By: GIWPS
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) congratulates the class of 2025, especially the 14 Georgetown students who earned our graduate certificate in Gender, Peace and Security (GPS)…
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May 9, 2025
Exploring Women, Peace and Security in Japan
By: GIWPS
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) recently traveled with a delegation of Georgetown Ambassadors for Women, Peace and Security to Tokyo, Japan, for a series of meetings…
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May 7, 2025
The Pentagon’s Making a Serious Mistake, and America’s Security will be Impacted
By: Melanne Verveer and Kim Hart
Last week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on social media that he proudly ended the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) program inside the Department of Defense (DOD). He tweeted:…
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April 30, 2025
Women Peacebuilders Bear the Brunt of the Funding Freeze: How You Can Help
By: GIWPS
The foreign aid freeze and dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) are inflicting tremendous pain on the world’s most vulnerable, including women and girls. U.S. foreign assistance…
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April 28, 2025
Hidden Heroes of a Forgotten War in Ethiopia
By: Ana Lejava & Alexandra Gopin
This private meeting was held under Chatham House Rules. For the safety of our speakers, their identities and affiliations will remain private, however, their message should be shared widely. The…
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