November 15, 2016
How Technology Can Accelerate Gender Inclusion
By: Jeni Klugman
After such a depressing week, I was especially happy to participate in an uplifting session at Civic Hall in Manhattan last Thursday night. We were brought together by Overture, a tech…
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October 25, 2016
Integrating Violence Prevention and Economic Empowerment Programming: Lessons from Mexico
Increasing female economic participation is needed to address violence against women in Latin America, according to the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the Inter-American Development Bank and other international…
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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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August 17, 2016
Women, CVE, and the Problem of Empirical Data: How Can We Better Measure Women’s Roles in Countering Violent Extremism?
By: Alex Rohlwing
There is a preponderance of theory and anecdote in countering violent extremism (CVE) work to date. What is chronically missing are empirical studies and good qualitative and quantitative evidence to bolster—or challenge—the…
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May 23, 2016
Education for Adolescent Girls in Conflict: What’s Working?
By: Ambassador Melanne Verveer
By Amb. Melanne Verveer Originally posted on Devex here. As the international community gears up for the very first World Humanitarian Summit focusing on solutions to the most intractable humanitarian challenges, educating displaced…
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May 1, 2016
The Changing Face of Aid: The Humanitarian Sector & The Need For Reform
By: Haydn Welch
President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee David Miliband visited Georgetown on April 27th to discuss the current challenges facing the humanitarian sector, and set forth his agenda for a…
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April 14, 2016
Improving Post-Conflict Development Outcomes: Empowering Adolescent Girls
By: Uraidah Hassani
Post-conflict development efforts cannot afford to forget about adolescent youth. While all youth face certain challenges in adolescence, girls are constrained in different, and often more detrimental, ways than boys,…
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April 9, 2016
Enhancing Accountability for Women, Peace & Security
By: Lesli Davis
Originally posted on the global.gender.current blog here. On April 5, the Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace, and Securityhosted a panel discussion on “Enhancing Accountability for Women, Peace and Security: Maximizing Synergies Between…
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April 1, 2016
Feminist Foreign Policy: Focusing on Rights, Representation & Resources
By: Briana Mawby
Margot Wallström, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, spoke at Georgetown University on March 31 about the feminist foreign policy that has been at the core…
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March 30, 2016
The Report of the Philippine Transitional Justice & Reconciliation Commission: Amplifying the Voices of Women
By: Priya Pillai
An important milestone has been achieved in the peace process in the Philippines. The Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) issued its report, which is cause for reflection relating to its…
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