By Jessica Margolis and Tahina Montoya Introduction Over the past several decades, the United States (U.S.) has worked to develop conflict mitigation and prevention strategies...
By Dr. Karin L. Johnston Achieving gender equality is central to the values and aims of the European Union (EU). Advancing human rights and preserving...
By Daniela Philipson García and Ana Velasco Ugalde On January 11, 2021, the Mexican government presented its first National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace...
By Chantal de Jonge Oudraat and Jana Wattenberg In recent years, gender has come up in arms control and disarmament deliberations. Ireland, for example,...
By Felicia Dede Addy and Shikshya Adhikari Ghana is one of the biggest producers of gold in Africa and the world.1 Gold contributes significantly to...
By Katelyn Jones and Julia Whiting In October 2020, Chicago was headed toward an increase of at least 51 percent in the murder rate and...
By Grace Ndirangu and Pearl Karuhanga Atuhaire On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, which is the highest-level...
By Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, Kayla McGill and Zi Xue UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) called for...
To mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), Women In International Security (WIIS) and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung...
Fifth-generation telecommunications (5G) technology promises to dramatically increase the interconnectedness and efficiency of commercial and civilian communication infrastructures. 5G will also enable other advances. On...
Women In International Security (WIIS) has opened applications for the 2021 Next Generation Gender, Peace and Security (GPS) Symposium, and we are looking forward to...
On March 6th, 2019, the AU Women and Politics Institute, AU School of Public Affairs, and Delta Phi Epsilon held a panel discussion and reception...
Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/18636815068/ By Scott Weiner Gun culture alone cannot explain mass shootings in America. If simply having guns really meant having more mass...
On Monday, June 12, 2017 Women in International Security (WIIS) partnered with the Women’s Foreign Policy Group (WFPG) and the Department of Field Support...
[caption id="attachment_8411" align="alignleft" width="220"] Women Strike for Peace Photo Credit: Library of Congress[/caption] By Kathy Crandall Robinson In this blog post, WIIS Senior Fellow Kathy...
By Clara Fisher, Paige Harland, Kat Ilich, and Erin McGown For two weeks in March, thousands of women and men from every country, culture, and...
By Elizabeth Pond Ukraine has miraculously fought the Russian military behemoth to a standstill and fighting has ceased in the Donbas. With Russian pressure off,...
By Elizabeth Pond With the heavy guns suddenly silenced on the Donbass "truce" line for a month, a new era has begun. The reading of...
Women, Peace and Security in Dutch Foreign Policy: A Recommendation for the New National Action Plan
[caption id="attachment_5209" align="aligncenter" width="572"] Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cassandra Thompson: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/625440[/caption] By Alex Paul The Netherlands has long been at the forefront of women, peace...
[caption id="attachment_5201" align="aligncenter" width="552"] http://bit.ly/1VsXH7H[/caption] Written by Ellen L. Haring Last month the Marine Corps began prepping the battlefield for their request for an exception...