In the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) headquarters in Brussels, one may be surprised to find that the co-chair rule governing the activities of the congress requires joint male and…
The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service regularly hosts coffee chats with professionals in the field of international relations to expose students to current work being done and to provide…
A country hostile toward women, Pakistan faced a reckoning on March 8 when thousands took to the streets to commemorate International Women’s Day—a demonstration of how Pakistani women grow stronger…
On Wednesday, April 10, the Georgetown School of Foreign Service welcomed Afghan Ambassador to the United States Roya Rahmani, along with a panel of distinguished women practitioners, for a…
On Thursday, April 4, GJIA spoke with Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant-Colonel Jillian Bishop, outgoing Deputy Commander of Operation PRESENCE-Mali, about her experiences as a female peacekeeper in United Nations…
With increased foreign investment, most notably through the Belt and Road Initiative, China has been exerting economic and political influence around the world, from Southeast Asia and Africa to Eastern…
Women in International Security (WIIS), an organization committed to advancing women in the field of international peace and security, recently issued a policy report analyzing the presence of women in…
On Tuesday, February 12, Dr. Subham Chaudhuri joined the World Bank Group, along with other experts and World Bank directors, for the launch of the book “Paths Between Peace and…
On January 18th, former NASA astronaut Mary Cleave joined the Georgetown University Astronomical Society for the annual Heyden Distinguished Lecture Series, to discuss her insights on the role of women…
The most recent study on reported incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) in Pakistan shows an upward trend of violent crime against women – with kidnapping, rape, murder, honor killings, domestic…
