August 17, 2015
Profiles in Peace: Amira Yahyaoui
By: Mara D’Amico
Amira Yahyaoui has worked tirelessly to promote human rights in Tunisia. By following in her father’s footsteps, she has taken an active role in Tunisian civil society. Because of her…
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August 10, 2015
Africa’s Complicated Geography of Justice: International Courts Must Address the Needs of Women
By: Briana Mawby
Within the last few months, the complicated geography of justice across the continent of Africa has become even more confusing. Strides were made for accountability with the creation of the…
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July 28, 2015
Profiles in Peace: Alaa Murabit
By: Mara D’Amico
Alaa Murabit is the founder and president of The Voice of Libyan Women(VLW), a nonprofit organization working to promote women’s political participation in Libya through a combination of grassroots organizing and policy advocacy.…
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July 27, 2015
Women & Girls Must be Central to Buhari’s Reform Agenda
By: Briana Mawby and Alexandra Z. Safir
By Briana Mawby and Alexandra Z. Safir Eight weeks after taking office, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari visited Washington, D.C. to meet with President Obama and to discuss the challenges and…
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July 13, 2015
Rethinking Gender Roles for Women’s Economic Participation
By: Tricia Correia
In the past fifty years, women have made significant strides toward achieving economic equality around the world. According to Women, Business and the Law 2014, more than half of the legal…
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July 4, 2015
Reparations: More Than Monetary Compensation
By: Ashley Binetti
For the first time in the history of the Bosnian War Crimes Court, judges have included compensation to a wartime rape victim as part of the Court’s ruling. On June…
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July 1, 2015
A Spotlight on Working Families in the U.S.
One year ago, the White House hosted its Summit on Working Families, bringing together businesses, economists, labor leaders, policymakers, advocates and ordinary citizens to discuss how to create a…
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June 12, 2015
On the Red Couch with Ambassador Melanne Verveer
By: Ambassador Melanne Verveer
Originally posted on Flipboard here. Amb. Melanne Verveer has spent more than 20 years fighting for women’s equality, in the White House during the Bill Clintonadministration, as the CEO of an international…
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June 11, 2015
Emerging Humanitarian Frontiers
By: Ashley Binetti
“The good news: we are doing more for more people than ever before. The bad news: the international humanitarian system is under unprecedented strain.” – Hansjoerg Strohmeyer, UN Office…
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May 29, 2015
An Interview with Obiageli Ezekwesili
By: Mayesha Alam
Obiageli Ezekwesili created the #BringBackOurGirls campaign in response to the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram in April 2014. Mayesha Alam, Associate Director of the…
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