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Why Preventing Gender-Based Violence Is Essential to Water Security: Lessons from Lebanon,…
Lessons from Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Palestine Gender-based violence (GBV) is pervasive…
On Ukraine’s Independence Day: A Call to Stand Firm in Support of…
Thirty-five years ago, Ukraine declared its independence and set out to build…
The Architecture of Oppression: Five Years of Taliban Rule
Today marks five dark years since the Taliban forcefully took power in…
Why Preventing Gender-Based Violence Is Essential to Water Security: Lessons from Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Palestine
Lessons from Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Palestine Gender-based violence (GBV) is pervasive across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Throughout the Arab States region, 37 percent of women and girls have experienced physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their lifetime, compared with a…
On Ukraine’s Independence Day: A Call to Stand Firm in Support of Ukraine and Ukrainian Women
Thirty-five years ago, Ukraine declared its independence and set out to build a democratic future of its own choosing. Today, that future is being defended at extraordinary cost. This year has seen the war’s toll on civilians rise nearly every month, and the trend has only accelerated: July 2026 brought the highest number of civilian…
Afghans cling to education for girls
I lived through the first Taliban girls’ school ban — watching it happen again is heartbreaking
The Architecture of Oppression: Five Years of Taliban Rule
Today marks five dark years since the Taliban forcefully took power in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021—five years in which the country has undergone a profound political, legal, and social transformation that has pushed Afghanistan back by generations. At a time when much of the world is being transformed by extraordinary advances in science, technology, medicine…
Five Years On: Afghan Women Fight for Freedom
Five years ago, the Taliban took back control of Afghanistan. Since then, they have worked to eliminate women and girls from public life. The country continues to be the worst country in the world for women, according to our latest Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Index, with a list of over 160 decrees targeting women. Girls…
Protecting Women Environmental Defenders: Lessons from Colombia
For women environmental defenders, protecting the environment is inseparable from peacebuilding, protecting human rights, and territorial survival. In Colombia, where I am from, women environmental defenders are often described as being “on the front lines” of the climate crisis. And we are. But this phrase only captures part of the reality. For many rural, Indigenous,…
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Stands in Solidarity with Üsküdar Mayor Sinem Dedetaş
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) and the Global Women Leaders Network condemn the arrest of Sinem Dedetaş, Mayor of Istanbul’s Üsküdar district and a member of GIWPS’s inaugural 2025 Women Changemaker cohort. Mayor Dedetaş, a leader in Turkey’s main opposition party, was detained on July 29, 2026, alongside five others in what…
Mapped: Which Countries Are Best for Women?
Urgent Appeal for the Release of Nagwa Musa Konda, Sudanese Peacebuilder
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security calls for the immediate release of Nagwa Musa Konda, a respected Sudanese women’s rights activist and peace campaigner. Recent reports that Ms. Konda has been sentenced to one year’s imprisonment, following her prolonged detention by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N), are exceptionally alarming. GIWPS…
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