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Introducing ‘Women Leaders in International Relations’ in Brussels

What characterizes women’s leadership in international relations? What are the difficulties that women leaders have to face in negotiating internationally? Do women really make a difference when they are at the helm of foreign policy? On December 15, 2011, former U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton announced the historic launch of the Women in Public Service Project…

Women’s Participation: The Making of the Tunisian Constitution

On April 25, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholar’s Global Women’s Leadership Initiative (GWLI), UN Women, and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in Tunisia convened a Regional Strategic Roundtable on “Women’s Participation: The Making of the Tunisian Constitution.” The Strategic roundtable brought together gender and constitutional law experts from Tunisia and the MENA region…

Women Inspire Innovation

On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 the Embassy of Switzerland and the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative jointly co-hosted “Bridging the Gender Gap in the Knowledge Economy,” an expert conference on strategies to increase women in STEM. With women still vastly underrepresented in both the US and Swiss STEM fields, knowledge based economies such as the United…

Advancing Women’s Leadership in the Americas

Dr. de Silva de Alwis, Director of the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative, gave the keynote address at a reception celebrating International Women’s Day at the Canadian Embassy on March 7th. Dr. de Silva de Alwis’ remarks enriched the theme of the evening, “Advancing Women’s Leadership in the America’s,” as she offered her insights about the…

Building BRICS: Human Rights in Today’s Emerging Economic Powers

Director of the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative, Rangita de Silva de Alwis, recently spoke at a UCLA School of School of Law’s Journal of International Affair symposium titled “Building BRICS: Human Rights in Today’s Emerging Economic Power.” The two-day symposium, which was held on February 14-15, 2013, examined the human rights records in the so-called…

Announcing 2013 WPSP Conference at UMass Lowell

June 2-5 Women in Public Service Project Conference: Conflict Resolution through Economic Development and Innovation

Grassroots Panel at the WPSP Latin America Institute

The grassroots session explored the growth and impact of women’s movements in Latin America, as well as leadership and organizing strategies and challenges for women working in grassroots organizations. Amy Lind, a professor at the University of Cincinnati, was the first of four speakers. She comes from a background in international development, women’s studies, and…

Fighting for the Rights of Indigenous People

As soon as Haydee Sanchez begins speaking, it’s obvious how fearless she is. As she talks about her work with indigenous populations in El Salvador and the United States, she calmly and matter-of-factly describes the protests she has been involved in, the threats she has received, and how she has been thrown in jail five…

Transcending Challenges to Women’s Leadership

As clinks of coffee cups replaced chatter from breakfast, delegates gathered to talk about an issue relevant to many of their careers—challenges that women in public service face. Judit Arenas, Director of Communications and Public Affairs and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN for International Development Law Organization, spoke first about obstacles to implementing progressive…

Q & A with Ambassador Nathalie Cely

Ambassador Nathalie Cely is the Ecuadorian Ambassador to the United States. Ambassador Cely answered several questions after her talk. Here are some notable excerpts. Q: Do men also feel the pressure to balance family and work? A: Yes, public sector service is very demanding – at the ministerial level the fast pace and constant travel…

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