Opinions & Insights

In the second of our Back to Basics series, we cover three more micro-hacks you can apply to your work.

Try hacking it yourself! Use our latest micro-hacks to apply a gender perspective to a policy brief on reviving the AU's maritime security from the Institute for Security Studies.

In the first of three new installments in our Back to Basics series, we will cover seven simple WPS micro hacks that will change the way you do your work.

Tracing the history of Women, Peace and Security from 1945 to 2017

Civil society is often better-placed, has specialized expertise, and a nuanced understanding of local dynamics to help identify and address conditions relating to the escalation of political violence. We discuss three ways women in civil society promote security and prevent violent extremism.

When you first started looking at Feminism and International Relations, what trends and connections did you see?

The recent much-more-than-inclement weather has brought discussions on climate change and environmental protections to the forefront. Worldwide, states have been hit by devastating storms—from Hurricane Irma here in the United States, to sweeping mudslides in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which left an es...

Our Notes From The Field series has been designed to highlight the opinions and advice of Women, Peace and Security experts around the world. In this series, we hope to bring attention not only to the tireless work they have been doing, but also to their plans for the future.

Our Notes from the Field series is designed to highlight the opinions and advice of Women, Peace and Security experts around the world. In this series, we hope to bring attention not only to the tireless work they’ve been doing, but also to their plans for the future.

Our Secure Future is proud to call Colorado home, and not just because of the beautiful mountain views. Women’s participation in all levels of decision making, which is one of the four pillars of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, is robust in the Rocky Mountain state.

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 (C...

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.

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 Securi...

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.

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 al...