By Emily Dabre, Graduate Desk Editor
• September 12, 2025
A United Nations (UN) human rights expert urged students to defend health care rights against threats from global governments and courts in a Sept. 8 lecture at Georgetown University.
Dr. Tlaleng...
By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor
• January 22, 2025
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) celebrated the 25th anniversary of a United Nations (UN) resolution advancing gender-based justice during times of conflict at an event Jan....
By Nora Toscano, Academics Desk Editor
• October 31, 2024
A United Nations independent expert on human rights in Palestine asserted that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and emphasized the international community’s moral obligations towards the ongoing...
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...
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) co-hosted a closed meeting at the United Nations General Assembly to discuss Afghan women’s rights.
Girls’ education activist...
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) mandate and a holistic human rights approach are crucial steps in combating the Taliban’s efforts to restrict Afghan women and children from...
Georgetown University professors collaborated with a committee of the United Nations to produce the first-ever long-term study on internally displaced persons in Iraq.
The study analyzed 3,500...
Significant work remains to be done in the global fight for women’s rights, according to former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright, who spoke at a virtual event Sept. 10.
The...
Global leaders must prioritize protecting religious minorities against persecution and violence, Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad al-Hussein of Jordan said at a Thursday event.
Zeid served as United Nations...
Global activism on behalf of Syrian refugees falters as donors and activists become disinterested with the conflict, alumnae filmmakers Reilly Dowd (SFS ’13) and Wanjiku Ngare (SFS ’13) said at an...
The Hoya highlighted new research from Georgetown University's Institute for Women, Peace and Security in its April 5 article "UN Sanctions Can Prevent Sexual Violence in Conflict, GIWPS Report Argues."
Sophie...
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...
