A Woman's Place is in the House and the Senate
by Christina Ibanez and Lexie VanBuskirk
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Saying Their Peace: Mavic Cabrera-Balleza
Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, above, at our first annual Designing Our Secure Future event in Ottawa, Canada.
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Guest Expert Michaela Monahan: Where are the women? How to find women experts in security
This series brings attention to the expertise of women in a broad range of related fields, and provides tips and strategies for how to incorporate WPS into your current work: This week Michaela Monahan, Oceans Beyond Piracy Communications Coordinator, discusses finding women experts.
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Saying Their Peace: Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng
Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng, above, at our first annual Designing Our Secure Future event in Ottawa, Canada.
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Summer Reads: Bombshell: Women and Terrorism
As summer quickly comes to a close, we give you our last Summer Reads Review - Bombshell: Women and Terrorism by Mia Bloom. Bombshell examines the complex relationship between women and their involvement in terrorist organizations, providing useful insights to WPS and countering violent extremism (CVE) practitioners.
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Saying Their Peace: Rosa Emilia Salamanca
Rosa Emilia Salamanca, above, at our first annual Designing Our Secure Future event in Ottawa, Canada.
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Summer Reads: Notorious RBG
Up next on our list of great summer reads is NYT best-seller, Notorious RBG, the Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik, which chronciles the live of Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Giunsberg, providing a poignant example of the main tenents of Women, Peace and Security in action.
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Summer Reads: Sex and World Peace
We are back with our Summer Reads reviews with Sex and World Peace by Valerie M. Hudson, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Mary Caprioli, and Chad F. Emmett. This book needs to be on the shelf of every Women, Peace and Security (WPS) practitioner, and anyone interested in learning about the linkages between state security and women’s security.
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Saying Their Peace: Beth Woroniuk
Beth Woroniuk, above, at our first annual Designing Our Secure Future event in Ottawa, Canada.
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Podcast Round-up: Listening to Women’s Voices
This week we are highlighting two podcasts that take a deep dive into WPS. First, we are revisiting the Women, War, and Peace Podcast series released in 2011, concurrently with the landmark 5-part special Women, War and Peace documentary on PBS that pushed WPS into the foreground of the public conscious.
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Saying Their Peace: Jamie Dobie
Jamie Dobie, above, at our first annual Designing Our Secure Future event in Ottawa, Canada.
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Summer Reads: The Chalice and the Blade
We’re kicking off our Summer Reads series that will examine non-fiction books with a tie to the women, peace and security agenda. Our first book in the series is The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler. In her capstone work, Eisler proposes a partnership model of social organization that brings all voices to the decision-making table, including the male dominated field of peace and security.
