December 22, 2023
Sexual Violence as a Tactic of War
This article was originally published on the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School's website. On December 21st, Pramila Patten, the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in…
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December 21, 2023
GIWPS End of Year Reflections
By: GIWPS
As we reflect at the end of 2023, we thank you for all that you’ve made possible. This year marked the 10th anniversary of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace…
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December 19, 2023
Climate Action Can’t Wait: The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security at COP28
By: Marisa O. Ensor and Christina Vetter
With global temperatures shattering records and extreme weather impacting people around the globe, this year’s UN climate change summit represented a pivotal opportunity to correct course and accelerate action…
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December 5, 2023
The Taliban’s Oppression of Women is Gender Apartheid
By: GIWPS
“I call on every government, in every country, to make gender apartheid a crime against humanity,” said Nobel Laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai while delivering the Nelson Mandela Annual…
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December 4, 2023
What Is There to Debate? The Women, Peace and Security Agenda Against the Backdrop of Global Crises
By: Ana Lejava
From Ukraine to Gaza, Sudan to Yemen, and Myanmar to Afghanistan, ongoing and escalating conflicts uniquely impact the livelihoods and futures of women and girls. In conflict zones, the overwhelming…
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November 2, 2023
International research partnership: Exploring masculinities, (non)violence, and peacebuilding in Southeast Asia
By: GIWPS
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS) recently launched a report titled Beyond Engaging Men: Masculinities, (Non)Violence, and Peacebuilding. The report is the result of a three-year long…
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November 1, 2023
Take a Spring 2024 Class on Gender & Global Affairs
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 2024,…
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October 24, 2023
Top 5 Takeaways from the 2023 WPS Index
By: Ava Kawamura
Around the world, health crises, violent conflict, political unrest, and climate change have exacerbated economic difficulties, destroyed social infrastructures, and magnified gender inequalities. The advancement of women's rights lies at…
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September 29, 2023
GIWPS Highlights Afghanistan at UN General Assembly
By: GIWPS
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) participated in the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week, an annual convening that brings together world leaders,…
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September 28, 2023
We Can. We Will: Women, Peace and Security, Climate Week NYC, and the Run Up to COP28
By: Marisa O. Ensor
With the motivational theme “We Can. We Will,” Climate Week NYC 2023 (September 19-24) was the most recent of a series of high-level events promoting transformative action on issues of gender, climate, peace…
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