October 8, 2015
Achieving the SDGs Requires the Full Inclusion of Women
By: Briana Mawby
On September 25, the international community adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will guide international action to end poverty, address climate change, improve public health measures and ensure participation, inclusion…
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October 5, 2015
Women’s Health in Conflict in South Sudan
By: Margaret Dunne
“War worsens everything. Even if something was already at a low standard before the war, it has got even worse.” Barack Malith Atem, a 55-year-old medical director at Kuajok hospital…
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September 30, 2015
Where Women are Leading the Peace
By: Ambassador Melanne Verveer
By Ambassador Melanne Verveer Originally posted in Foreign Policy here. The civil war in South Sudan has ravaged the world’s youngest country, resulting in a catastrophic humanitarian toll. The signing of a…
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September 21, 2015
Men & Boys Are Part of the Solution
By: Justin Sosne
One year ago, UN Women launched HeForShe, an initiative “that brings together one half of humanity in support of the other half of humanity, for the benefit of all.” HeForShe encourages…
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September 3, 2015
Saudi Women: The Link Between Women’s Rights & Economic Progress
By: Tricia Correia
Tomorrow in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama will meet with Saudi monarch King Salman to discuss the security situations in Yemen and Syria, as well as the implications of the Iran…
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August 31, 2015
World Assembly for Women Conference 2015: An Overview
By: Briana Mawby
The World Assembly for Women (WAW!) conference, held in Tokyo, Japan on August 28 and 29, hosts discussions centered on advancing women’s empowerment and agency on national and international levels.…
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August 27, 2015
Kenya’s National Action Plan: “To Involve Women is to Sustain Peace”
By: Vicky Karimi
Kenya is facing several peace and security challenges. Election-related violence has claimed many lives and displaced many more, cross-border clashes hit the country sporadically, and there has been a…
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August 24, 2015
An Interview with Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe
By: Mayesha Alam
Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe works to rehabilitate girls who have previously been held by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. Mayesha Alam, Associate Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace…
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August 21, 2015
Women’s Insecurity & Resilience in Mexico
By: Erica Vásquez
For more than a decade, Mexican women have been the targets of unspeakable violence and torture throughout the country. As early as the 1990s, Ciudad Juarez made its way…
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August 20, 2015
Profiles in Peace: Samar Minallah Khan
By: Mara D’Amico
Samar Minallah Khan, a Pakistani anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, uses her work to raise awareness about culturally sanctioned forms of violence against women. Her first film, a documentary on compensation marriages, was…
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