The Onward for Afghan Women Initiative, which is an initiative of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS), welcomed two Afghan women refugees into Georgetown’s global human ...

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) updated profiles for 25 countries analyzing women’s contributions to peacemaking as well as their safety and well-being Oct. 24. The ...

Refugee women could generate up to $1.4 trillion to annual global GDP if employment and earnings gender gaps were closed. Refugee men and women could contribute up to $2.5 trillion to annual global ...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Iceland and Norway are the best countries for women, and Syria and Afghanistan the worst, according to an index to be released on Thursday that measures a host ...

Women feel safer in UAE than any other country, according to the Women, Peace and Security Index survey by Georgetown University. While UAE ranked 24th out of 170 countries surveyed in the index, the ...

“I want to invite us to rethink what peace truly means.” With these words, Dean Safwan Masri opened the public panel discussion, Empowered Voices: Women Shaping Peace in the MENA Region, hosted by ...