June 8, 2022
Georgetown Delegation Reports from Northern Ireland
The Georgetown Ambassadors for Women, Peace and Security recently traveled to Northern Ireland and Ireland to gain a firsthand understanding of the challenges to the Good Friday Peace Agreement posed…
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October 12, 2018
Q&A with Nobel Laureate Dr. Mukwege
2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege discussed his innovative model for rehabilitating women victims of sexual violence with Rebecca Turkington. Dr. Mukwege is the founder and medical director of Panzi…
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May 8, 2018
Disengaging and Reintegrating Women Extremists
With the rise of violent extremist groups around the world, questions around how to disengage participants from these groups and reintegrate them back into society have become urgent. To date,…
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September 5, 2017
What Happened to Washington’s Women Ambassadors?
The number of women ambassadors to Washington, DC has been steadily dropping since 2013. More than a dozen new ambassadors arrived in Washington this summer and fall, with only a…
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May 19, 2017
Macron’s Gender-Balanced Cabinet Includes Europe’s 9th Female Defense Minister
Newly elected President Emmanuel Macron of France unveiled his gender-balanced cabinet this week: 11 of the 22 posts are filled by women. Macron follows his predecessor, François Hollande, in appointing…
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September 12, 2016
The Underfunded Partner: Women’s Civil Society Organizations
The Guardian reported last week that only 0.5% of aid money allocated to promote gender equality ended up going to women’s rights organizations in developing countries. Citing a forthcoming review from Gendernet,…
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February 2, 2016
Profiles in Peace: An Interview with Mary Robinson
[embed]https://soundcloud.com/user-744281488/profiles-in-peace-mary-robinson[/embed] The Honorable Mary Robinson is the founder and president of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice and serves as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Change. She served as…
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December 22, 2015
Changing the Conversation: Sexual Violence as a Humanitarian & Counterterrorism Priority
Some of the most troubling developments from ISIS-controlled regions of Syria and Iraq are the stories of unimaginable sexual violence against women and girls. Interviews with women who have escaped ISIS…
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November 20, 2015
“A Fresh Start” for Northern Ireland? The Importance of Inclusive Politics
On Tuesday, Northern Irish Assembly leaders announced a deal that ended weeks of political crisis. Titled “A Fresh Start,” the agreement is the latest in a number of cross-party negotiations since the 1998…
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April 10, 2015
Inez McCormack: A Challenging Woman
On the occasion of the Anniversary of the signing of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which brought an end to decades of violent conflict in Northern Ireland, the Institute for…
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