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Resilience Across Borders and Solidarity with Burmese Women at the 2025 Women’s…
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security cohosted the 2025 Women’s…
Recommendations for COP30 and Beyond: Positioning the Women, Peace and Security Agenda as…
The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda, established by the UN Security…
Policy Paper: Women’s Leadership as the Missing Link in Climate Action at…
Framing: Climate Security Requires Women’s Leadership From the Sahel to the Pacific,…
Resilience Across Borders and Solidarity with Burmese Women at the 2025 Women’s Forum for Peace
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security cohosted the 2025 Women’s Forum for Peace in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in partnership with the Women’s League of Burma, Women’s Organizations Network of Burma (WON), and the CEDAW Alliance Burma this September. The forum brought together over 200 women’s and civil society organizations (CSOs) from inside and…
Recommendations for COP30 and Beyond: Positioning the Women, Peace and Security Agenda as a Core Pillar of Climate Security and Resilience
The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda, established by the UN Security Council, recognizes that women’s participation, protection, and leadership are not just rights issues, they are foundational to sustaining peace. As climate change increasingly drives displacement, resource scarcity, and instability, WPS principles are directly relevant to climate adaptation, resilience, and governance. Women are not…
Policy Paper: Women’s Leadership as the Missing Link in Climate Action at COP30
Framing: Climate Security Requires Women’s Leadership From the Sahel to the Pacific, women are mediating conflicts over water and land, leading in climate adaptation efforts, monitoring climate changes, and sounding the alarm; yet their leadership often remains invisible in climate negotiations. The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, presents a pivotal moment…
Bridging Divides Through Shared Pain and Hope: Reflections from the Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun Dialogue
Women’s Voices The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS) hosted a virtual conversation on November 6, 2025, between Women Wage Peace (WWP), an Israeli movement, and Women of the Sun (WOS), a Palestinian civil society organization, the only two women-led groups working together across the Israeli-Palestinian divide. Both groups were recipients of the…
GIWPS in NYC: New Research Reveals Need for WPS Agenda Amidst Global Conflict and Backlash to Women’s Rights
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) was proud to join colleagues from around the world for a series of events and high-level workshops in New York to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda last month. During this critical moment and amidst rising backlash against women’s rights,…
Statement of the U.S. Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security on the Implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act
The bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Act of 2017, signed into law by President Trump, sets forth a peace and security framework that seeks to address the unique and disproportionate impacts of conflict on women, and recognizes the critical role they play in preventing, addressing, resolving, and recovering from conflict. The passage of the…
“Action is the springboard of hope”: Trailblazer for Women’s Rights in Iran Celebrated at Georgetown
A standing ovation erupted in Georgetown’s Copley Hall as famed Iranian feminist, women’s rights activist, and author, Mahnaz Afkhami, took the stage on Tuesday during an event hosted by the Georgetown University Library and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS). Afkhami played a key role in securing women’s legal, political, and social…
Denmark is Still the Best Place for Women in 2025. Here’s How Other Countries Fared.
Take a Course in Gender and International Security this Spring
Georgetown University offers a variety of graduate courses that teach students to critically engage with the most pressing issues of our time using a gender lens. In Spring 2025, many of such classes will be offered across the university—including several new classes. Gender, Peace and Security Certificate Spring 2026 Courses These graduate classes count towards…
U.S. Government Fails to Report to Congress on WPS Progress
The United States government was required by law to submit a report to Congress on its progress towards its Women, Peace, and Security commitments yesterday. It didn’t. The failure of the Administration to deliver this report violates the 2017 Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Act, which President Trump signed into law and Secretaries Marco Rubio…
Twenty-five Years On, Advancing the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda is More Urgent than Ever
Meeting the Moment: How GIWPS is Defending 25 Years of Progress in Women, Peace and Security and Advancing the Field
Today marks the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), which formally established the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) framework at the United Nations and as an international norm. The passage of this resolution was the culmination of decades of work by diverse advocates from around the world. Since its passage, it…