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February 22, 2017

Women in Diplomacy Podcast: Women, Peace and Security at NATO with Amb. Marriët Schuurman

The Foreign Policy Project is an educational mentorship program for young women interested in careers in international relations. The project produces a podcast called “Women in Diplomacy.”

Women World Leaders Discuss Gender Equality in Politics, UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

February 14, 2017

Can Women Make the World More Peaceful?

Empowered women have the agency and ability to move a society rife with conflict toward sustainable peace.

Brigitte Tawk, Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the UN, attends a meeting of the Security Council on post-conflict peacebuilding - Credit: UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

January 27, 2017

Why WPS Needs Young Feminists

I am a young feminist and I am here to tell you that you need us.

Young Girls attend peace building event for rural communities in Valle de Cauca, Colombia

January 23, 2017

Dear World, Move Us Toward Peace

Repeat after me... I am a woman, I am smart, I have opinions, I have feelings, I care, I make a difference, I matter, I am a woman and I am proud of who I am. -Nour, Algeria

January 16, 2017

“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.” Audre Lorde

The Civil Rights Movement and the advancement of women’s rights are founded on the principle of equality and the respect for the dignity of all life.

Civil Rights Leaders lead March on Washington for Jobs and Freedoms, 1963 Photo by: Hulton Archives/Getty Images

December 12, 2016

Glass-Ladders and Glass-Cliffs

With the newly elected U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, women are beginning to form a critical mass of representation within the world’s highest offices.

December 12, 2016

In the 1880’s women in America and England were considered "fast" if they rode bicycles. Their clothes changed from long skirts to split pants that some considered detrimental to the female sex. Bicycle riding was also thought to be a danger to fertility.

December 07, 2016

Five things you should know about grassroots women crisis responders

From Kenya, to Colombia, to Nepal, to Iraq, grassroots women are providing lifesaving humanitarian relief. Here is what you need to know.

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