Written by Nadia Crevecoeur In recent years, many think tanks have begun to recognize the importance of diversifying their staff and recruiting and retaining more...
When discussing women in predominantly Islamic societies, the prominent narrative in the Western media tends to focus on oppression: the lack of opportunity, of advancement,...
WIIS President, Chantal De Jonge Oudraat, visited Australia last month to deliver a keynote address at the Women In National Security Conference. She also spoke...
By Grace Ndirangu and Pearl Atuhaire The Missing Peace Young Scholars Network (MPSN) is an initiative of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Women...
By: Soraya Kamali-Nafar In 1995 the United States (US) Congress adopted the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Act, which made the performance of FGM on anyone...
https://youtu.be/Cpk1cc9oFmQ https://youtu.be/HBK6og2TWmw The U.S. Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security (U.S. CSWG) recently released a video on their overall mission and the...
By Jumana Kawar “I love my country and the forces, and in the future if I have children, I will encourage them to join the...
By Alicia Luedke [caption id="attachment_6740" align="alignnone" width="150"] Debris in the Terrain Compound after the July attack on aid workers by South Sudanese troops. Photo credit: Adriane...
By: Kristen Cordell Here in Pakistan, Mossarat Qadeem, founder of Paiman Trust, is working at the grassroots level with women, such as mothers, and Madrassa teachers, empowering them...
By: Clara Fisher, Paige Harland, Kat Ilich, and Erin McGown In October 2000, after years of lobbying by women’s rights activists, the UN Security Council passed...