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In This Edition | April 29 - Gender Equality News
- GEIA Updates
- Gender Courses at the Elliott School - Fall 2019
- Upcoming Events
- Student Spotlight
- Career & Internship Opportunities
- Book Highlight
- The Global Women's Institute (GWI)
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UNSCR Adopts 9th Women, Peace and Security Resolution 2467 Calling for Strengthening Accountability in Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Ensuring Survivor-Centered Responses The UN Security Council held its annual Open Debate on Conflict Related Sexual Violence. As current president of the Council, Germany hosted the debate. It has been preparing all year and held an Arria Formula meeting in February on strengthening accountability for conflict-related sexual violence. The focus of the debate was on two key issues: accountability and survivor-centred responses. Among speakers urging action against sexual violence in emotionally charged speeches were Nobel Peace Laureates Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. Following the debate, the Security Council passed Resolution 2467 (2019) by a vote of 13 in favour to none against, with two abstentions (China, Russian Federation). Encouraging Member States to adopt a survivor-cantered approach to ensure that survivors receive the care required by their specific needs without discrimination, the Council also called upon parties to conflict to include stipulations prohibiting such crimes in all ceasefire and peace agreements. It further urged States to recognize the equal rights of all affected individuals — including women, girls and children born of sexual violence — in national legislation and recognized the need to integrate prevention, response and elimination of the crime into all relevant Council resolutions, including authorizations and renewals of the mandates of peace missions.
The Council also urged existing sanctions committees to apply targeted sanctions against those who perpetrate and direct sexual violence during conflict. It reiterated its intention to consider including designation criteria pertaining to acts of rape and other forms of sexual violence when adopting or renewing targeted sanctions in situations of armed conflict. While the passing of UNSCR 2467 marks some progress toward improving the operationalisation of the women, peace and security agenda, the absence of language around sexual and reproductive health is a gaping hole in the resolution.
Read the text of Resolution 2467 here.
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Saudi Sisters Urge Google and Apple to Pull an 'Inhuman' Woman-Tracking App
Maha and Wafa al-Subaei, two Saudi sisters who fled their country called for U.S. tech giants to remove an app which allows men in the Gulf state to monitor their female relatives. The sisters say Apple and Google should pull the app, called Absher, because it supports the country’s harsh male guardianship system. Absher is a free, government-developed mobile app. Saudis can use it to perform a variety of administrative tasks, like registering vehicles and booking government appointments. But the e-service also allows Saudi men to approve or deny female relatives’ travel plans and to get text messages when the women’s passports are used. At the same time, women both inside and outside Saudi Arabia have also argued that blocking the app could be counterproductive. According to advocates for Saudi women, before the app came along, the process that husbands had to go through to approve their wife’s travel was hugely complicated and time-consuming. Many husbands didn’t do it, because the paperwork required was too much trouble. Saudi feminists say that the Absher app “is a symptom of a problem, not the problem itself”—the problem being the laws that make a Saudi man the legal guardian of his wife.
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On Wednesday, 17th April, GEIA and the Elliott School's Community Building Committee hosted a discussion with GEIA Research Scholar Jessica Smith. Jessica shared her experience using a participatory action research method called Photovoice with conflict-affected women across Bosnia-Herzegovina to explore women’s postwar experiences of agency and their visions for positive social change. She spoke about meaningfully engaging women in conflict transformation processes by paying special attention to ongoing barriers to women’s political participation and sites of agency they identify within the postwar context. The stories of the women who participated in Jessica's research will be displayed in a photo exhibiton in the Fall at the Elliott School. Jessica will also present her findings as part of a Seminar in September. More information will be released soon.
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GEIA students participated in the film screening of 'El Testigo' (The Witness), presented by the Latin American & Hemispheric Studies Program at the Elliott School on Thursday, 25th April. The film screening was followed by a discussion with the students and Prof. Elvira-Maria Restrepo.
The film captures the journey of Jesús Abad Colorado, a famous Colombian Photographer. The murders of his family in rural Colombia could have inspired a young Jesús to pick up a gun but instead he bought a camera and dedicated the next 25 years to documenting Colombia’s war, becoming an acclaimed photo-journalist. A year after Colombia’s president signed peace with FARC guerrillas, Jesús goes in search of the people from his most iconic photographs, to explore just what it means to forgive the horrors of the past. While an unexpected meeting forces him to relive his own nightmares it also gives Jesus a message of real hope to communicate to Colombia’s next generation.
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GENDER COURSES AT THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL - FALL 2019
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Fall Registration has opened! At the Elliott School, we are committed to providing the highest quality courses for our students. The growing interest on gender equality, policy, and programming has led to an increase in gender related courses to best accommodate our students and faculty in light of this important subject. In Fall 2019, the following gender courses will be offered:
UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL COURSES - IAFF 2190W Women in Global Politics
- IAFF 3180 Women in Violent Extreminism
- IAFF 3181 Gender, Conflict and Security
- IAFF 3183 Migration, Gender and International Development
- IAFF 3183 Human Trafficking
- IAFF 3189 Women and Leadership in Africa
- IAFF 3190 Women, Rights and Gender Equality
GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES - IAFF 6102 Global Gender Policy
- IAFF 6118 Research Methods in Global Gender Issues
- IAFF 6138 Human Trafficking
- IAFF 6502 Advocating for Women's Rights
- IAFF 6503 Gender Advisor: Roles and Skills
- IAFF 6503 Gender Monitoring and Evaluation
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Why Masculinity Matters: Supporting Boys & Young Men into Healthy ManhoodMay 2 | 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | American Psychological Association, Spire Conference Center, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
Promundo, the Center for Research on Men’s Health at Vanderbilt, and partners are presenting an event to discuss how masculine norms impact men’s health and the well-being of those around them, and to provide concrete guidance for action. They will explore how restrictive ideas about manhood contribute to gender inequality as well as how they are connected to the leading causes of men’s death and illness, namely: poor diet, tobacco use, alcohol use, occupational hazards, unsafe sex, and drug use.
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ICRW: Symposium: Education Skills and Employment - Changing the Status Quo for Women and Girls
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS WIIS: 2019 Next Generation Gender, Peace and Security (GPS) Symposium Women In International Security is calling for applications for the 2019 Next Generation Gender, Peace and Security (GPS) Symposium. The Next Generation GPS Symposium will convene an international cohort of 20-24 graduate students and young professionals for an intensive 5-day program examining international security challenges from a GPS perspective. Applications are due by May 1, 2019. The symposium is scheduled to take place November 10-15, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
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Courtney BoyceCourtney is a second-year doctoral student in the Human and Organizational Learning Program within the Graduate School of Education and Human Development. In addition to her course work at GSEHD, she is also enrolled in coursework at the Elliott School of International Affairs within the Global Gender Policy program. Her proposed research will investigate female leadership identity development in male-dominated contexts, with particular emphasis on the Defense and Intelligence sectors. This body of work will address the intersectionality of gender theory, organizational culture, identity exchange, and role congruity to determine how these types of organizations can work more effectively to support female executive leadership development. "The GEIA programming continues to provide great value by deepening my understanding of gender theory and its implications globally, in working to advance culturally diverse and equitable policy. The readiness of program leaders to open the doors for students outside the Elliott School is a tribute to their dedication in promoting institutional cross-collaboration, and their desire to foster a robust discussion centered around a more gendered policy landscape."
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CAREER AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, invest in women.
In her first book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, Melinda Gates traces her awakening to the link between women's empowerment and the health of societies. She showcases existing incredible opportunitiesthat could help 'turbo-charge' change. She also provides simple and effective ways that can be used by each one of us to make a difference.
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THE GLOBAL WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
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The Global Women’s Institute (GWI) at the George Washington University launched in the Fall of 2012 as a university-wide measure to advance gender equality through various initiatives such as interdisciplinary research, education, policy and outreach.
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