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In This Edition | April 7, 2020
- GEIA Virtual Happy Hours
- Fall 2020 Gender Courses
- Global Gender Policy 2020/2021 Capstone
- Other Updates & Opportunities
- Career and Internship Opportunities
- Global Women's Institute
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Join us for weekly virtual happy hours!
We hope to create a space where the GEIA community can connect with fellow students and colleagues during this time of physical distancing. GEIA Virtual Happy Hours will feature specific discussion topics and provide an opportunity for participants to share their questions, concerns, or messages of hope and inspiration!
Please let the GEIA team know if you have suggestions for discussion topics. We look forward to (virtually) seeing you soon!
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GEIA Virtual Happy Hour
Tips for Self Care & Staying Motivated
Friday April 10th, 5:00pm-6:00pm
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Fall 2020 registration opens April 16, 2020 at 7:00am
IAFF 2190W Women in Global Politics
IAFF 3180 Gender, Conflict and Security
IAFF 3180 Women and Terrorism
IAFF 3183 Human Trafficking (undergraduate)
IAFF 3190 Women, Rights and Gender Equality
IAFF 3210W Migration, Gender and International Developmen
IAFF 6102 Global Gender Policy
IAFF 6118 Research Methods in Global Gender Issue
IAFF 6138 Gender and Development
IAFF 6138 Human Trafficking (graduate)
IAFF 6502 Advocating for Women's Rights
IAFF 6503 Gender Advisor: Roles and Skill
IAFF 6503 Gender Monitoring and Evaluation
Learn more about GEIA's vision and curriculum here.
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2020/2021 GLOBAL GENDER POLICY CAPSTONE
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Kristina Wilfore is the GGP Capstone Advisor for Fall 2020/Spring 2021!
Kristina Wilfore has worked with a diverse set of political leaders and change agents in over 25 countries throughout Europe, Eurasia, the Middle Eas and Africa in hotspots such as Ukraine, Syria, Turkey, Kenya and Afghanistan. She has designed and implemented large-scale programs funded by USAI and the National Endowment for Democracy, working against authoritarian governments and with civil society organizations, political leaders, and insurgent political parties. She strongly believes that grassroots movements are at the heart of social and politica transformations and utilizes her expertise in public opinion research, disinformation, and people-to-people organizing to foment change. She has supported campaign innovations throughout Western Europe in Sweden, Spain, Finland and the Netherlands to improve direct voter contact strategies for European Parliament campaigns. As a champion of women in politics, she works with MPs and activists to address structural barriers to achieving gender equality. With roots in US activism, she served as Executive Director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center for seven years, which was awarded “Most Valuable Think Tank" by The Nation magazine in 2009. She was an advisor to hundreds of referendum campaigns, covering the most controversial issues in American politics, with budgets ranging from $250,000 to $25 million. She designed a highly successful campaign to increase the minimum wage and boost voter turnout among low propensity voters during this period. Kristina strongly believes in the power of sharing campaign and election strategies across borders, and in that spirit, she serves on the board of the Transatlantic Progressive Campaign Committee and International Association of Political Consultants and works closely with the European Association of Political Consultants. Kristina is also host of the "Fatima’s Hand" podcast, featuring female change agents sharing insights and strategies in their fight for women’s rights and social justice. She also a founding board member of Global Gain, a new organization supporting women’s leadership across the globe.
If interested in pursuring a Global Gender Policy Capstone, register for IAFF 6898 Section 23 for the Fall 2020 semester.
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OTHER UPDATES & OPPORTUNITIES
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Reflections of an Aid Worker in the Time of COVID-19
"As a humanitarian, I’ve worked in health emergencies around the world. Alongside many amazing colleagues, I’ve responded to Ebola epidemics, malnutrition outbreaks, and set up programs for victims of conflict and violence. I work with communities to try and understand their needs, and adapt our responses to their concerns. I’m used to working in times of stress, intensity, and danger. For the first time since I’ve started this work however, I’m scared of what I’m seeing and what we are collectively living through.
It is incredibly destabilizing to witness the impact that COVID-19 is having on communities close to my heart. I watch as my loved ones go through the experience of preparing for and witnessing potential devastation and disease, and experience emotions that I associate with my work in Ebola areas or in active conflict. Many of you are going through reflections and processes that are similar to life as an aid worker.
So, from one aid worker to the rest, here are some observations that are important to keep in mind as we enter into this next phase of the pandemic..."
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United Nations Progress on Gender Equality
United Nations Association of the United States of America, National Capital Area Chapter, is proud to share "Spotlight on SDG 5," drawing attention to the vitality of striving to protect women and girls at both the global and local level.
Photo by UN Women
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New Report from NDI and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Political parties are a key institution in democratic practice, yet they face a crisis of representation, with recent research showing that as many as 78 percent of citizens in some countries do not identify with any political party. Many citizens view them as inaccessible and unresponsive to their concerns. Parties pose specific challenges for women, who face both formal and informal barriers to participation—including opaque nomination procedures, violence, and hypermasculine party cultures. The formation of new political parties during periods of political transition represents a potential opportunity to break these patterns.
Recognizing this, NDI’s Gender, Women and Democracy team and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace conducted research aimed at understanding the factors impacting the degree of gender inclusion in nascent parties formed in periods of political transition. The report “Breaking the Cycle of Gender Exclusion in Political Party Development,” presents groundbreaking research and analysis on the barriers to and opportunities for gender equality in early political party development.
The study investigated gender inclusion in three case studies, each corresponding to a different pathway of party formation: social movement to party in the case of the Ennahda Party in Tunisia; armed movement to party in the case of the African National Congress in South Africa; and splintering of a dominant party in the case of the Mouvement du Peuple pour le Progrès (MPP) in Burkina Faso. Several cross-cutting findings emerged across the case studies. The research revealed that the organizational origins of the party and the transition context in which parties emerge were key influencers in the degree of gender inclusion in the new party. To change the face of politics and achieve political parity by 2030, it is necessary to break the cycle of exclusion that is hardwired into political party formation from the earliest days.
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Petition from Afghan Women's Network
Afghan women's rights are at stake - call on the government to act!
The petition includes concrete demands from Afghan women to the international community to support inclusive and meaningful participation of women in the upcoming peace talks. It focuses on:
- Fair representation of women in the intra-Afghan talks
- Recognition of human rights, women’s rights and democratic values
- An immediate ceasefire to stop the bloodsheds in Afghanistan
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1325 And Beyond - International Essay Competition
In the run up to the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, Women In International Security (WIIS) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation Washington, DC are launching an international essay competition, 1325 And Beyond, open to young professionals and graduate students. The essay contest is intended to highlight innovative and imaginative ideas and strategies to achieve the objectives of 1325 in the 2020s. We hope these essays will provide important input for the 20th anniversary deliberations of UNSCR 1325.
Essays must focus on the future—the next decade, specifically. The question is how best to move the objectives of UNSCR 1325 and the WPS agenda forward in the 2020s, given the successes and failures of the last two decades. Essays must contain specific and practical (realistic) recommendations for civil society, states, and/or international organizations. Essays can focus on only one international actor (e.g. civil society, a particular state or group of states, the United Nations, a regional organization) or on a multitude of international actors.
Essay submissions are open to young professionals with an MA or higher academic degree, and students currently enrolled in a MA, PhD, JD or corresponding graduate program at a university or equivalent academic institution in 2020. Recent graduates, as well as individuals who will be enrolled in a graduate program within the next academic year, will also be considered. All genders are encouraged to apply.
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CAREER AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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