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Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security Releases New Edition of the Global Women Peace and Security Index

By Harry Yang November 10, 2023

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS) recently published its biennial report of the global Women Peace and Security Index (WPS Index) scores.  The WPS Index, which has...

Hillary Clinton, Irish Prime Minister Commemorate Anniversary of The Troubles Peace Agreement

Hillary Clinton, Irish Prime Minister Commemorate Anniversary of The Troubles Peace Agreement

By Jack Willis March 24, 2023

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headlined an event honoring the role women played in crafting the Good Friday Agreement, a peace agreement that ended a deadly period of conflict in Northern...

Shreyaa Venkat/Commission on the Status of Women Youth Forum | The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security co-sponsored several side events at the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), and Shreyaa Venkat (SOH 24) was part of the CSW Youth Forum.

Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security Holds Conference Series at the UN

By Kate Loughran March 19, 2023

The Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS) co-sponsored events focused on gender equality and climate change at the 67th session of the United Nations’ Commission on...

Von Fürstenberg: Women Around the World are Taking Charge

Von Fürstenberg: Women Around the World are Taking Charge

By Helen Walker November 10, 2022

To be in charge means to be committed and true to oneself, fashion designer and inventor of the wrap dress Diane von Fürstenberg told Georgetown University students.  The event, titled “Women...

GIWPS Welcomes 2 Afghan Women Refugees to Global Health Development Master’s Program

GIWPS Welcomes 2 Afghan Women Refugees to Global Health Development Master’s Program

By Ingrid Matteini September 15, 2022

The Onward for Afghan Women Initiative, which is an initiative of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS), welcomed two Afghan women refugees into Georgetown’s global human development...

New Initiative Supports Female Afghan Experts in Exile

New Initiative Supports Female Afghan Experts in Exile

By Carolina Bomeny February 18, 2022

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) has launched Onward for Afghan Women, which will provide Afghans in exile with a network of resources and opportunities. The program was...

GIWPS Hosts Event Series on Findings of Gender Equality Report

GIWPS Hosts Event Series on Findings of Gender Equality Report

By Harrison Lee February 4, 2021

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security launched a five-part event series on advancing gender equality, which aims to expand upon and share findings from a GIWPS research report highlighting...

Womens Well-Being Around the World Increasing, Report Shows

Women’s Well-Being Around the World Increasing, Report Shows

By Amy Li October 25, 2019

Nearly 60 countries have significantly advanced the wellbeing of women in recent years, according to the 2019 Women, Peace, and Security Index released by Georgetown University’s Institute for Women,...

ROSE GOTTEMOELLER Rose Gottemoeller (SLL ’75), left, received the International Trailblazer Award from the Georgetown Institute of Women, Peace and Security for her work with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Georgetown Alumna Receives GIWPS International Trailblazer Award

By Lisa Charles October 4, 2018

Rose Gottemoeller (SLL ’75), deputy secretary general and highest-ranking civilian woman in North Atlantic Treaty Organization, received the International Trailblazer Award from the Georgetown Institute...

SHEEL PATEL/THE HOYA From left to right: Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security executive director Melanne Verveer, chief operating officer of WEConnect Greta Schettler (GRD 11), gender parity task forces coordinator at the Inter-American Development Bank Andrea Saldarriaga Jiménez (GRD 16), World Bank social scientist Miriam Müller and project director for the Womens Empowerment for Economic Development and Resilience Project Lucia España speak at an event Sept. 21.

Female Entrepreneurs Fuel Economic Success, Panelists Say

By Emily Leng September 25, 2018

Female economic participation cultivates a more equitable and productive economy, women’s rights experts said at a panel in Riggs Library on Friday, Sept. 21. Hosted by the Georgetown Institute...

Georgetown Initiatives Receive $1 Million to Fund Research

Georgetown Initiatives Receive $1 Million to Fund Research

By Joe Egler August 31, 2018

A $1 million grant for research on the social enterprise movement and women’s economic mobility was awarded by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace...

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Melanne Verveer, executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, discussed the findings of a new GIWPS report in an interview with The Hoya.

UN Sanctions Can Prevent Sexual Violence in Conflict, GIWPS Report Argues

By Olivia Eggers April 5, 2018

United Nations sanctions can be used to limit the weaponization of sexual violence in conflict situations, Sophie Huvé (LAW ’17), a Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security fellow, argued...

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