July 25, 2019
Refugees Have Billions to Contribute to U.S. Economy
By: Raiyan Kabir and Lauren Olosky
The Trump administration is currently pressing for dramatic cuts to the United States’ refugee admissions, possibly curbing the number to zero next year. This potential overhaul of U.S. policy is…
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July 16, 2019
Academic Leaders Call for Diversity and Inclusion in Global Affairs Education
Deans and directors of top U.S. graduate schools in international affairs and public policy released recommendations to increase focus on diversity and inclusion in global affairs education. Academic leaders from…
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June 10, 2019
Can Data Make India a Safer Place for Women?
For the first time, India was ranked the most dangerous country for women with regards to sexual violence by the 2018 Thomson Reuters perception survey. The results sparked heated debates…
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May 30, 2019
Where are the Nuremberg Trials for the Yazidis?
By: Cira Mancuso
Pari Ibrahim is the founder and executive director of the Free Yezidi Foundation, a non-profit organization that seeks to support and protect members of the Yazidi community—a religious minority based…
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May 29, 2019
Undergraduates Reflect on Meeting Hillary Clinton, Advancing Women’s Rights
By: GIWPS
Before former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a recent keynote address at Georgetown University, a student assistant from the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) had…
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April 9, 2019
Study Global Women’s Issues at Georgetown this Fall
By: Meredith Forsyth
Are you interested in learning more about women’s rights or international security, development, religion, or the environment? There are numerous undergraduate and graduate courses with a gender lens offered this…
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April 8, 2019
Georgetown Research Helps Win Court Case
By: Meredith Forsyth and Matt Moore
Since its launch in 2017, our Women, Peace and Security Index has been around the world, from London to Addis Ababa, Oslo to Canberra. Recently, the Index made an unlikely…
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April 2, 2019
Women’s Work in Fragile & Conflict-Affected Countries
By: Yvonne Quek
Only 4 in 10 women are in paid work, compared to 7 in 10 men, in fragile and conflict-affected states. Advancing women’s economic empowerment is central to gender equality, economic…
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March 28, 2019
5 Strategies to Increase Justice for Women
By: Jeni Klugman
Justice for women and girls is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda, with its commitment to gender equality (SDG 5) and its promise of peaceful, just and inclusive societies…
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March 25, 2019
Waving Goodbye to Dinosaurs
By: Monica McWilliams and Rebecca Turkington
In “Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs,” a new documentary about the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition (NIWC) airing on PBS March 25 - which features GIWPS executive director Amb. Melanne Verveer -…
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