December 20, 2024
End of Year Reflections
By: GIWPS
This year has been a particularly challenging time for women around the world. Afghan women have been systematically stripped of their human rights by the Taliban. They are barred from…
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December 6, 2024
Open Letter: The Global Women Leaders’ Letter in Support of the Georgian People and President Salome Zourabichvili
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY In Support of the Georgian People and President Salome Zourabichvili December 6, 2024 We, the undersigned Global Women Leaders, stand in solidarity with the…
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November 26, 2024
Three Takeaways from COP29
By: GIWPS
The stakes were high for advancing gender-responsive climate action going into the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) after gender negotiators received pushback on advancing the gender and climate agenda at…
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November 20, 2024
The Gender-Climate-Security Nexus: Expert Recommendations for COP29 and Beyond
By: GIWPS
World leaders, policymakers, and activists are gathered for the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) amid growing recognition of the convergent threats of climate change and conflict and their disproportionate…
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November 13, 2024
GIWPS launches MENA Initiative in Doha, Qatar
By: GIWPS
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) recently held a series of events in Doha, Qatar, where we launched a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Women Peacebuilders Initiative…
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November 7, 2024
COP29: Our Recommendations for Gender-Inclusive Climate Action
By: GIWPS
Ahead of the 25th Anniversary of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in 2025, it is more important than ever to prioritize gender on the COP29 agenda and set…
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October 30, 2024
Take a Course in Gender, Diversity, or International Security this Spring
By: GIWPS
Georgetown University offers a broad variety of graduate courses that teach students to critically engage with the most pressing issues of our time using a gender lens. In Spring 2025,…
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October 23, 2024
Not Nearly Far Enough: Policy Actions to Advance Justice and Accountability for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence 15 Years After UNSCR 1888
By: Jess Keller
Despite more than two decades of international efforts to prevent and respond to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), perpetrators from Sudan to Burma to the Democratic Republic of the Congo continue…
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October 15, 2024
Georgetown Honors First Female Heads of State and Palestinian, Israeli Women Working for Peace
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security honored women working for peace around the globe, including former heads of state and government as well as Palestinian and Israeli peace…
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September 13, 2024
There is No Climate Security Without Young Women: Connecting the UN WPS & YPS Agendas for Climate Action
By: Christina Vetter
Young women and girls are leading the charge on climate action, which disproportionately impacts them. With their fingers on the pulse of rapidly evolving technologies and gender dynamics in their…
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