After a year of war in #Sudan , it’s time to include women in peace negotiations. GIWPS Director of Policy & Programs Mike Brand🕊️💪🏼✊🏼 discusses the gendered nature of conflict in a recent op-ed for World Politics Review. Read more here: worldpoliticsreview.com/women-must-be-…

Our research team attended #ISA2024 . At a roundtable on the future of Women, Peace & Security, panelists, including Sr. Fellow Robert Nagel & Jessica M Smith,  discussed the need to balance statistics and data on #WPS with the power and importance of individual women's stories.

GIWPS was honored to join President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani for the WPS Forum and launch of Kosovo's #WPS Center of Excellence. The Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues and GIWPS will work with leaders across government, academia & civil society to support Kosovo's effort to implement the #WPS Agenda.

We commend President Osmani and her team for a productive convening alongside like-minded governments, civil society partners and representatives at the Kosovo #WPS Forum to discuss shared commitments to advance the #WPS Agenda and to launch the Kosovo WPS Center of Excellence.

Join us today for our side event to the 2024 ECOSOC Youth Forum with Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) to discuss young women’s leadership in climate action. Register here: giwps.georgetown.edu/event/engaging… 🌍🌱

Join us for our side event to the 2024 ECOSOC Youth Forum tomorrow, with Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), to discuss young women’s leadership in climate action and how their meaningful engagement in climate policy can be better supported. Register here: giwps.georgetown.edu/event/engaging…

As we approach the six-month anniversary of escalated conflict in Israel and Palestine, GIWPS reflects on the toll of the war on women and girls and the urgency of incorporating women's leadership and gender perspectives into peace and security efforts.
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We were honored to welcome the Vice President of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas - Cedeao) Damtien L. Tchintchibidja (@DamtienL) for an enriching conversation—moderated by our Managing Director Carla Koppell—about women, peace and security in #WestAfrica .

The systematic discrimination of women in #Afghanistan is 'nothing less than gender apartheid.' Read more in this op-ed by our Executive Director Melanne Verveer, Professor Karima Bennoune, and our Afghanistan Policy Officer Lina.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday : In #Afghanistan “The [Taliban] regime’s policy — unprecedented in its severity — is nothing less than “gender apartheid,” and that’s what we should call it.” Writes Melanne Verveer, Karima Bennoune & Lina for The Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

We launched the #WPSConflictTracker in DC with our partners Denmark in USA 🇩🇰. Thank you to our host Jesper Møller Sørensen 🇩🇰 and to speakers Oksana Markarova, Jessica Anania, Melanne Verveer, Lima Anwari, Myra Dahgaypaw, and Maebel Gebremedhin💜. wpsconflicttracker.com

Our Executive Director Melanne Verveer, Professor Karima Bennoune, and Policy Officer Lina call on UN member states to support the codification of gender apartheid, pointing to the Taliban's 'comprehensive and calculated' campaign against women.
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We must do all we can to support #Ukraine . It was an honor to host an inspiring meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia @tsahkna with @estonia_in_us & Kristjan Prikk to discuss today's most pressing issues.

Never in the 75 year+ history of the United Nations has there been a woman at the helm. It’s time. GWL Voices
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What a treat to welcome Amb. Beth Van Schaack Ambassador Beth Van Schaack, Global Crim Justice back to the hilltop last week for a fireside chat w/ students & GU Women & Peace Amb. Melanne Verveer

Proud to join forces with @WFUWO & Anti-GBV Commission at #CSW68 . Together, we convened global experts on #CRSV to confront its security consequences. Nataliya Karbovska from @UkrainianWF emphasized the need to include survivor voices in #Ukraine 's recovery planning & policies.

We released the first stage of our #WPSConflictTracker this month with the support of Carnegie Corporation of New York and Denmark in USA 🇩🇰. Want to learn more? Read our Q&A with lead researcher Dr. Jessica Anania giwps.georgetown.edu/the-women-peac…

Tomorrow, join GWIA for a fireside chat with Dr. Beth Van Schaack, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice. Moderated by Ambassador Melanne Verveer, this event will explore the intersection of women's rights and global justice. docs.google.com/forms/d/1rwwwe…

Meet the women of the campaign #UnitedAgainstGenderApartheid . This is the stories of women in Iran and Afghanistan, living under the shadow of the Taliban and the Islamic Regime in Iran.
We invite the world to listen to our testimonies, exposing the systematic violence against…

Happening now: a roundtable discussion at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security GU Women & Peace with 🇨🇾Gender Equality Commissioner Josie Christodoulou - moderated by Vice Dean and the Institute's Managing Director Carla Koppell. Fascinating exchanges!