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VISION

A school for future gender advisors, gender focal points, Women Peace and Security experts, and feminist leaders.

GEIA Advisory Group

Advisory Group

  • Gary Barker, President and CEO, Promundo
  • Elizabeth Cafferty, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations/Department of Field Support (DPKO)
  • Sanola Daley, Global Women’s Empowerment Lead, International Finance Corporation
  • Stefania Fabrizio, Deputy Unit Chief in Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, International Monetary Fund
  • Cheng Hoon Lim, Assistant Director in the Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund
  • Jessica Smith, GEIA Scholar and Gender Expert Instructor
  • Paula Tavares, Legal Gender Specialist, The World Bank
  • Lyric Thompson, Director of Policy and Advocacy, ICRW
  • Kristina Wilfore, Founding Member at Global Gain
  • Jenna Ben-Yehuda, President & CEO of the Truman Center

Consortium on WPS

https://www.wpsconsortium.org

The DC Student Consortium on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) is a student-led organization that aims to — in collaboration with the US Civil Society Working Group on WPS (U.S. CSWG) — promote awareness of the implications of women and gender in security and foreign policy. We strive to ensure that policymakers around the globe are aware of the importance of gender issues in these disciplines and the need to institutionalize a feminist approach when solving critical issues surrounding peace and security.

DC Student Consortium

Caroline Gilmore - President, carolinegilmore@gwmail.gwu.edu

Adelina Hernandez - Vice President, adelinah@gwmail.gwu.edu

For more information, please visit https://www.wpsconsortium.org

Organizational Structure

Programming and Policy Focus

Goals

  • Encourage intergenerational and innovative thinking regarding the WPS Agenda within the civil society space as it advocates for new research and policy.

  • Connect students working on WPS issues across the DC consortuim while establishing meaningful coalition between professionals and DC students.

  • Increase awareness of the WPS agenda across a wider DC educational audience and publicly promote appreciation for a gendered approach to security ad a feminist approach to foreign policy.

Curriculum

Undergraduate Concentration in Gender in International Affairs

Graduate Specialization in Global Gender Policy

Graduate Certificate in Global Gender Policy

Curriculum

View all GEIA Courses:

https://geia.elliott.gwu.edu/courses/

Graduate Courses

Graduate

FIVE 3-Credit Courses and FOUR 1-Credit Skills Courses

GRADUATE LEVEL - Fall Courses

IAFF 6102 - Global Gender Policy

IAFF 6118 - Gender, War & Peace

IAFF 6118 - Gender and Security*

IAFF 6138 - Gender & Economic Development

IAFF 6138 - Gender & Development

IAFF 6138 - Gender, Development, and Disaster

IAFF 6503 - Gender Advisor: Roles & Skills

GRADUATE LEVEL - Spring Courses

IAFF 6102 - Global Gender Policy

IAFF 6118 - Research Methods in Global Gender Issues

IAFF 6138 - Gender & Development

IAFF 6138 - Human Trafficking*

IAFF 6502 - Advocating for Women's Rights

IAFF 6503 - Gender Advisor: Roles & Skills

IAFF 6503 - Gender Monitoring & Evaluation

*Course may be taken by undergraduates

View all GEIA Courses:

https://geia.elliott.gwu.edu/courses/

Undergraduate Courses

Undergraduate

UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL - Fall Courses

IAFF 2190W - Women in Global Politics

IAFF 3180 - Women in Violenct Extremism*

IAFF 3180 - Gender, Conflict & Security

IAFF 3183 - Human Trafficking

IAFF 3190 - LGBT+ in International Affairs*

IAFF 3190 - Women, Rights & Gender Equality

IAFF 3190W - Masculinities in International Affairs*

UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL - Spring Courses

IAFF 3180 - Gender, Conflict & Security

IAFF 3183 - Human Trafficking

IAFF 3189 - Women & Leadership in Africa

*Course may be taken by graduates

View all GEIA Courses:

https://geia.elliott.gwu.edu/courses/

Students

Recent Global Captone Gender Research Topics

  • Breaking Barriers: Refugee Women’s Empowerment Programs in Uganda
  • Venezuelan Migrant Women: A Macro-Level analysis of Gender Based Violence in Guyana
  • Addressing the Root Cause of Gender Based Violence in Nigeria
  • Economic Empowerment of Rohingya Women through Arts Programming in Bangladesh

Students

Student Success

Student Success

  • Branden Ryan (SPS), Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Practice Specialist, Chemonics International.

  • Monica Geary (IDS), Senior Program Coordinator and Operations Specialist, Save the Children's Gender Equality Hub

Seminars, Events

& Workshops

Seminars, Workshops

& Events

Diverse Perspectives in International Affairs: Gender & Race in International Affairs. GEIA Director participated in a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Marcus King.

Gender, Peace & Security Speaker Series. ‘Conflict Related Violence Against Women: Transitions to Transformations’. Book Discussion with Dr. Aisling Swaine, Professor of Gender at University College Dublin, Ireland.

Diverse Perspective in International Affairs Speakers Series. ‘The Importance of Teaching Gender in International Affairs’. GEIA Director Dr. Shirley Graham meets with Dr. Michael E. Brown to discuss teaching gender at the Elliott School.

Launch of the DC Student Consortium on Women, Peace & Security.

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women conference. 'When Extremism is Profitable: Gendered Disinformation and Women's Leadership.'

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women conference. 'The Role of Higher Education in Shaping the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.'

Gender, Peace & Security Speaker Series. Book Launch. A discussion with Dr. Kavita DAiya ‘Graphic Migrations: Precarity and Gender in India and the Diaspora’.

Event with Admiral Michelle Howard on the Women, Peace & Security Agenda and the Department of Defence Implementation Plans.

View the full list of our events:

https://geia.elliott.gwu.edu/events/

International Women's Day Celebration 2020

International

Women's Day Celebration 2020

Raise Your Voice for Gender Equality Photography Exhibit

Raise Your

Voice for

Gender Equality

Photo Exhibit

U.S. State Department International Women of Courage

U.S. State

Department

International

Women

of Courage

www.state.gov/2020-international-women-of-courage-award/

Women's Political Participation in Rwanda

Women's Political Participation in Rwanda

Women, Peace & Security National Action Plan with Admiral Michelle Howard

WPS Action

Plan with Admiral Michelle Howard

Women and War Photography Exhibit

Women and War

Photo Exhibit

Faculty & Community

Gender Expert Instructors:

Faculty & Community

  • Dr. Christie Arendt, Global Affairs Section Lead at U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor
  • Laxman Belbase, Global Co-Director at MenEngage
  • Dr. Andrea Bertone, Director of Gender at FHI 360
  • Kayla Brochu, Managing Director at Social Justice and Enterprise
  • Dr. Michael E. Brown, Professor of International Affairs, Political Science, and Gender Studies, Former Elliott School Dean
  • Megan Corrado, Policy and Advocacy Director at Alliance for Peace Building
  • Dr. Mehreen Faruq, Professor of Women and Violent Exreamism
  • Dr. Christina Fink, Professor of Practice in Gender and Development, IDS
  • Dr. Jane Henrici, Professor of Gender and Economic Empowerment, Gender and Research
  • Dr. Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, John O. Rankin Professor of Practice of International Affairs and Program Director of the Masters of Arts in International Affairs
  • Liz Pender, Senior Gender-Based Violence/Protection Advisor at OFDA/USAID
  • Lyric Thompson, Director of Policy & Advocacy at International Center for Research on Women and CEO of Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
  • Leora Ward, Gender Expert at World Bank
  • Scott Weiner, Professorial Lecturer at GW

View our faculty affiliates:

https://geia.elliott.gwu.edu/faculty-affiliates/

Who We Are

Who We Are

Program Director

Program Director, Dr. Shirley Graham

Dr. Shirley Graham is the Director of the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA) and Associate Professor of Practice of International Affairs at the Elliott School, GW. She is also a Research Fellow affiliated with the Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction at Dublin City University. Her PhD examined gendering processes within militaries that position women and men in particular roles formally and informally, supporting or inhibiting women’s access to peacekeeping missions. Shirley conducted her research in Kosovo and completed her PhD at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Dr. Graham’s current research interests include women’s empowerment, women's security and ending gender-based violence.

Program Coordinator

Eden Hailu has served as the Program Coordinator for the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs since 2023. In addition, she serves as the Program Coordinator for the Humanitarian Action Initiative and the Latin America and Caribbean Studies Initiative. She is a graduate student in the Security Policy Studies program at the Elliott School. Her academic interests lie in security within the humanitarian field and in promoting gender and security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Eden earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Pittsburgh, with a certificate in African Studies.

Program Coordinator,

Eden Hailu

Communications Assistant

Communications Assistant, Inaara Ali

Inaara began working with GEIA this semester as the communications assistant. She is a first-year graduate student in the MAIA program with a concentration in Global Gender Policy. Her academic interests lie in studying the gendered dynamics of conflict and promoting the WPS agenda. Inaara earned her undergraduate degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from Seton Hall University, with minors in Middle Eastern and North African studies along with French.

Key Statistics

GEIA

  • 30% of women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime (WHO).
  • 53% of countries have laws constraining the types of jobs women can have (CFR)
  • 40% of countries limit women's property rights (World Bank Report).
  • Women have 2/3 of legal rights that men have (World Bank Report).
  • 27% of parliamentarians are women (IPU).
  • Women earn 20% less than men (ILO).
  • Advancing women's equality could add $28 trillion to the global economy by 2025 (McKinsey).
  • At current rates of progress it will take 134 years to achive gender parity (World Economic Forum).
  • Women made up 9.6% of negotiators, 13.7% of mediators and 26.6% of signatories to peace agreements and ceasefire agreements (UN).

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