Roundtables & Keynotes
Chicago Council on Global Affairs: Interview with Melanne Verveer
Women’s rights have become increasingly important to development efforts. In the United States, the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP) was just announced, and gender equality is a key component of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On
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Celebrating Congressional Women Leaders in Foreign Policy
UN Women, the United Nations Foundation, and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security honored Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Representative Lois Frankel (D-FL-21) and Representative Susan Brooks (R-IN-05) for their bipartisan efforts to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment in U.S. foreign policy. Leading women policymakers, diplomats, and
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Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers tells the story of one of the world’s few all-female peacekeeping units. The film, focused on three women from Bangladesh who embarked on a UN peacekeeping mission to Haiti following the devastating 2011
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Webinar: Building Market Systems to Empower Women in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
Dr. Jeni Klugman presented new GIWPS research during this SEEP Webinar on February 14 from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. ET. Fragile and Conflict Affected States (FCAS) present both unique challenges as well as opportunities in terms of women’s economic empowerment.
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Prospects for Peace in Yemen
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security hosted Amat Alsoswa, Yemen’s first Minister for Human Rights and first female cabinet member, for a conversation on prospects for peace in Yemen. Ambassador Barbara Bodine offered opening remarks on the origins of Yemen's conflict and
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Values in U.S. Foreign Policy
Amb. Melanne Verveer moderated a panel discussion on Values in U.S. Foreign Policy, part of a daylong symposium on the future of diplomacy. Five former State Department officials shared experiences from their distinguished careers in foreign service, diplomacy, humanitarian work,
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Scotland, Brexit and the Future
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), reiterated her call for a second referendum on EU membership during a speech at Georgetown hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Unlike
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Women’s Leadership in Diplomacy
60 of the United States' women ambassadors, current and former, gathered at Georgetown recently for a celebration of women's leadership in diplomacy. They remembered their history, and how they have stood on the shoulders of the women who came before them. The Georgetown Institute for Women,
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WPS Index Briefing at UNPKM Preparatory Meeting in Ethiopia
On January 28 and 29, GIWPS' Managing Director Jeni Klugman participated in a major meeting in Addis Ababa hosted by the Ethiopian Ministry of Defense, in preparation for the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial (UNPKM) in March. The event, which had
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Women’s Rights in Iran
Women’s rights in Iran are severely restricted. Married women cannot get a passport or leave the country without their husbands' permission. Women are barred from becoming judges. Female singers are banned from singing solo. Women are largely banned from entering
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