WPS Resource Center
A tool for academics and practitioners interested in gender and conflict.
Toward Inclusive Recovery in Ukraine
Women’s participation in the design and implementation of Ukraine’s recovery programs is critical to maximize the effectiveness of the reconstruction process, take into account differentiated needs, and bolster post-conflict development. Key recommendations:
Culture, Gender, and Women in the Military
The increased number of women in the Armed Forces presents a timely opportunity to examine how the changing gender makeup of the US military affects operations and culture, what potential barriers exist, and what women’s participation means for compliance with international conventions such as the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and International Humanitarian Law…
WPS Index: Reforming Family Law
This report was produced in collaboration with Women’s Learning Partnership (WPL), an international non-profit organization, a partnership of 20 autonomous women’s rights organizations located throughout the Global South promoting women’s leadership, civic engagement, and human rights. This paper draws on WPL’s anthology of family law case studies, Feminist Advocacy, Family Law and Violence against Women,…
Can the Women, Peace and Security Agenda and International Humanitarian Law Join Forces?
This report explores overlaps and synergies between International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda, specifically the protection and participation pillars of WPS. A summary of initial findings was presented in a policy brief of the same name in December 2020: Can the Women, Peace and Security Agenda and International Humanitarian…
Views on Women’s Inclusion, Justice and Security in the United States
In August 2020, GIWPS commissioned YouGov and PerryUndem to conduct a nationally representative survey exploring American views on women’s status and opportunities and the state of gender equality in the United States. Across themes such as women’s leadership, economic opportunities, and safety, we find that women and people of color are much more likely to…
Beijing+25: Accelerating Progress for Women and Girls
Beijing+25: Accelerating Progress for Women and Girls is a roadmap to advance global gender equality authored by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS), with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and in collaboration with Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton. Marking the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, which took…
Justice for Women Amidst COVID-19
This report documents major challenges to women’s access to justice in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and puts forth recommendations to accelerate action and push back against threats to progress. Authored by GIWPS Managing Director Dr. Jeni Klugman, the report is jointly published by UN Women, IDLO, UNDP, UNODC, World Bank, and The Pathfinders for…
How are the Domains of Women’s Inclusion, Justice, and Security Associated with Maternal and Infant Mortality Across Countries?
In SSM – Population Health, GIWPS’ Jeni Klugman and Jennifer Parsons collaborate with UCSD researchers to examine how women’s autonomy and empowerment in their homes, communities, and societies at large have been shown, through many direct and indirect pathways, to be associated with maternal and infant health. A novel global measure—the Women, Peace, and Security…
Occasional Paper Series: Women and Transitional Justice
Jennifer Moore presents a useful framework for how to conduct qualitative research that focuses on the work of women-led, community-based organizations in Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Burundi, and in doing so helps construct a research model that can be adapted across contexts. Rebekka Friedman provides reflections on women’s experiences in culturally mediated grieving and recovery…
Women Human Rights Defenders in Mesoamerica, Their Gender-Based Vulnerabilities and the Role of the United States
Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) are integral to the promotion of human rights in their communities and in fostering regional stability. However, WHRDs often face violent repercussions for their work—including physical attacks, death threats and assassinations. The danger faced by WHRDs is particularly acute in Mesoamerica, where there were 1,375 reported attacks against WHRDs in…
Protection for Whom? Violations of International Law in Myanmar’s New "Race and Religion Protection" Laws
In recent years, Myanmar has undergone a significant political transformation. In 2011, after nearly sixty years of iron-fisted rule, the governing military junta transferred power to a quasi-civilian government.The new government has undertaken various political and economic reforms and has become a signatory to and ratified several international treaties. In response, the United States, the…
Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes Region
Much of what has been written about women and gender in the DRC conflict over the past decade has focused on the issue of sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon or tactic of war. While this continues to be a major concern affecting many thousands of mostly women and girls in the DRC, this…
