Roundtables & Keynotes
UK Launch of the WPS Index
On November 30, 2017 the London School of Economics (LSE) hosted the London launch of our Women, Peace and Security Index. The event attracted about 200 participants, including attendees from the government (e.g. Foreign and Commonwealth Office and DFID), civil society (e.g. CARE),
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Norway Launch of the WPS Index
The Oslo, Norway launch of our Women, Peace and Security Index took place at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), our partners in creating the Index, on November 28, 2017. Around 90 people attended, including ambassadors and deputy heads of mission.
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Georgetown Launch of WPS Index
On Tuesday, November 21, 2017, we shared findings from our new Women, Peace and Security index to the greater Georgetown community. The index looks at the three main dimensions of justice, inclusion, and security to provide a more comprehensive measure
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DC Launch of the WPS Index
On November 2 2017, the Council on Foreign Relations hosted a roundtable meeting on “Measuring Progress on Women’s Inclusion, Justice, and Security.” Speakers included Norwegian Ambassador Kåre Aas and Dr. Jeni Klugman, managing director of GIWPS. They discussed the importance of
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Women peacebuilders from Myanmar, Ukraine, N. Ireland honored by GIWPS in London
From Myanmar to Ukraine, women are playing a critical role in negotiating an end to hostilities and fostering sustainable peace. Former UK Foreign Secretary William Hague joined Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security to honor three women peacebuilders for their
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United Nations launch of new global Women, Peace and Security index
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) and the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) launched a new global index that captures both peace and security, and women’s inclusion and justice, for the first time. The Women, Peace and
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Ministerial Roundtable: Ulla Tørnæs, Danish Minister of Development
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Georgetown Women in International Affairs, and the BMW Center for German and European Studies hosted a Ministerial Roundtable with Ulla Tørnæs, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, on the gender, security, and development nexus.
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Ministerial Roundtable: “A Conversation on the Gender, Security and Development Nexus” with Ulla Tørnæs, Danish Minister of Development
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Georgetown Women in International Affairs, and the BMW Center for German and European Studies hosted a Ministerial Roundtable with Ulla Tørnæs, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation for "A Conversation on the Gender, Security and Development Nexus" on Thursday,
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Memories of Algeria’s Freedom Struggle with Mme. Zohra Drif
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies hosted a talk with Mme. Zohra Drif to discuss her newly published memoir Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a Woman Freedom Fighter. Ambassador Joan Polaschik also spoke at the event, on a panel with
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Women and De-Radicalization: Comparative Perspectives
The question of how to disengage and reintegrate participants of violence extremist groups has become urgent. To date, female participants have been relatively neglected despite evidence of their growing numbers. The 2016 Europol Terrorism Situation and Trend Report found that
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