February 5, 2025
Women, Peace and Security Conflict Tracker: February 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. The WPS Conflict Tracker is updated monthly to reflect developments for…
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January 18, 2025
Statement on the Ceasefire Between Israel and Hamas in Gaza
By: GIWPS
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas brokered by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar. After months of…
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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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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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September 10, 2024
Sanctions are a key tool to support Afghan women and girls
By: GIWPS
Women are now forbidden from showing their faces or using their voices in Afghanistan after the Taliban issued a new restriction in August. Since their takeover three years ago, approximately…
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August 28, 2024
The Global Women Leaders’ Letter Ahead of COP29
By: GIWPS
We write to urge that gender equality be centered in COP29 – the finance COP – and that women’s leadership be advanced in all climate-related decision-making. The July 2024 meeting…
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