March 31, 2020
Pandemics in Crisis-Affected Settings: Ensuring Women & Girls Are Not Forgotten
By: Alina Potts
This post is published in collaboration with George Washington University's Global Women's Institute. Healthcare workers exercising ‘wartime triage’. Bare store shelves and the shuttering of businesses. Movement restrictions. For…
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March 27, 2020
Study Gender, Peace, and Security at Georgetown this Fall!
By: Aida Ross
Now, more than ever, the international community recognizes the importance of incorporating a gender lens in peace and security efforts. From terrorism to migration to climate change, Georgetown University is…
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March 13, 2020
How to Center Women in the Global Fragility Act
Signed into law in December 2019, the Global Fragility Act calls for the first ever government-wide strategy to address the root causes of violence and conflict. As women and girls…
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March 2, 2020
What has happened to gender provisions in peace agreements?
By: Agathe Christien
The world seemed to be making slow but steady progress on the inclusion of gender sensitive provisions in peace agreements. References to women and gender had increased significantly since the…
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February 5, 2020
Making an empirical link between the WPS Index and maternal and child health
By: Kathryn M. Barker and Kelly Dale
A new research collaboration between GIWPS and the Center on Gender Equity and Health at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) offers analyses about the relationship between gender equality…
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December 6, 2019
The Chilean Iceberg: Studying Abroad Amidst Chilean Protests
By: Cira Mancuso
During my semester abroad in Santiago, Chile, I witnessed peaceful protests met with tear gas, water cannons, and rubber bullets. At night, the sound of my air conditioning was overpowered…
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December 2, 2019
Women in local governance are key to building resilience to climate-fragility risks
By: Molly Kellogg and Lauren Olosky
The United Nations has recognized climate change as having important implications for peace and security, acting as a “threat multiplier” to other drivers of insecurity. In already fragile contexts, the…
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November 14, 2019
Students Contribute to New Women, Peace and Security Index Launched at UN
By: GIWPS
Undergraduate and graduate students at Georgetown help measure women’s inclusion, access to justice and security across the globe. Elena Ortiz (SFS’21) and Bryan Haiwen Zou (G’20) are among several Georgetown…
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October 31, 2019
Georgetown Classes on Gender & International Affairs
By: Aida Ross
Study global issues through a gender lens this Spring! You can use this blog post as a resource for making your course selections for the upcoming semester — click through…
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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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