Upcoming event at GW

Please join us for an event next week on April 8 at the Elliott School of International Affairs, part of GW’s new Global Women’s Initiative:

Global Women’s Forum:
Global Women 2020: Challenges and Priorities over the Next Decade
Thursday, April 8, 2010
6:00 – 7:15 pm
1957 E Street NW, Lindner Family Commons (Room 602)
Katherine Blakeslee, Director, Office of [...]

Why are some wars worse for women?

Guest post by Laura Wilson
The United State Institute of Peace recently presented the second part of its program on The Other Side of Gender: Masculinity Issues in Violent Conflict. Panelists Elisabeth Wood, Professor of Political Science at Yale University, and Jocelyn Kelly, Research Coordinator with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, drew on their diverse experiences in [...]