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| | Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery: The Roles of Finance & Tech Join WIIS and the Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Washington DC on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 4 pm EST for a virtual policy roundtable discussion on efforts to combat human trafficking and modern slavery, with a focus on the roles of the financial and technology sectors.
Human trafficking and slavery are illegal in most states, yet the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that there are 40.3 million people enslaved or victim of trafficking. Trafficking is one of the most profitable criminal activities with profits of up to $150 billion a year. In 2018, Liechtenstein launched the Finance Against Slavery Initiative (FAST) to examine how the financial sector can be mobilized to abolish modern slavery and trafficking. That same year a coalition of technology companies launched a Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) Initiative.
In this roundtable, we will examine what progress has been made on both initiatives. We will also examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the illegal trade in humans, and innovative approaches and new policy initiatives to eliminate human trafficking and modern slavery. Moderator: Dr. Chantal de Jonge Oudraat - President, Women In International Security
Remarks: Ambassador Kurt Jaeger - Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the United States
Panelists: Prof. James Cockayne - Founding Head of Secretariat, Liechtenstein Initiative for Finance Against Slavery & Trafficking Jamille Bigio - Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Hannah Darnton - Lead, Tech Against Trafficking Initiative Dr. Layla M. Hashemi - Researcher and Data Analyst, Terrorism, Transatlantic Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) |
| | | | Overcoming Stress and Trauma: Build Your Resiliency in the Age of COVID-19
Thank you for attending the latest WIIS & WFPG Professional Development Series event, Overcoming Stress and Trauma – Build Your Resiliency in the Age of COVID-19. We would also like to thank our panelist, Elizabeth Stanley, for her presentation on how to use mindfulness skills in order to build resilience, as well as Min Kyriannis and Beth Solomon for their remarks.
In case you missed it, we will be posting a recording of the event along with key takeaways on the WIIS website. Information regarding our next Professional Development Series event will be coming soon.
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| | | | | The Gendered Dynamics of Gun Violence in Chicago By: Katelyn Jones & Julia Whiting
In October 2020, Chicago was headed toward an increase of at least 51 percent in the murder rate and a 52 percent increase in shootings by the end of the year, compared to
2019. The city’s advocates and social service providers projected that COVID-19 will also increase domestic violence, which is often referred to as the shadow pandemic. Researchers and policymakers are at a loss to explain the spike in homicides and gun violence in Chicago and other cities around the country, and thus cannot come up with clear suggestions on how to reduce these trends. |
| | | Understanding the Prospects of the WPS Agenda: Looking at the Case of Denmark By: Sofia Sutera
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| | | | What does the NLD's Re-Election mean for Myanmar's Stalled Peace Process and the Country's Deeply Rooted Ethnic Conflict? By: Amy Dwyer
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| | | Challenges of Cyber Attribution By: Sarah Freeman
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| | The Gender and Security Agenda: Strategies for the 21st Century (London: Routledge, July 2020) is available for purchase. The book examines the gender dimensions of a wide array of national and international security challenges and is the product of a two-year WIIS research project.
WIIS Members will receive a 20% off promo code from Routledge.
Watch the videos from the events here! |
| | | WIIS Global is launching a cyber, technology, and security project intended to break down the complexity and nuance of the cyber world into byte-sized pieces.
To that end, to launch the cyber technology and security program, WIIS is compiling a resource packet, a comprehensive ‘study guide’, of original WIIS Blogs, WIIS Policy Briefs, and other forms of unique content from a myriad of sources such as Podcasts, Reports, Journal Articles, and more focusing on topics such as: Cyber Warfare, the Internet of Things, Big Data Issues, Military Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and more.
In order to create a comprehensive collection of resources, examples, and policy in these areas, WIIS invites its members, and members of the International Security community, to submit their original work to be published as a WIIS Blog or WIIS Policy Brief.
Additionally, if there are resources you would like to ensure are added into the WIIS Cybersecurity & Technology Study Guide for a specific topic, please submit those.
Blogs and other submission requirements must be submitted to Maeve Murphy ([email protected]). |
| | | The WIIS Cybersecurity & Technology Study Guide Unit 8 is out now!
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| | | #SHEcurity: Peace needs women. More and fast.
In the year of the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, it is time to take stock of participation and representation of women at all levels of decision-making in foreign and security policy. The #SHEcurity Index collected data from the EU, its member states and the G20 in six different categories, namely politics, diplomacy, military, police, civil and military missions, and business. The aim was to track the progress since these countries committed themselves to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda 20 years ago.
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| | | | Call for Resources
WIIS is compiling a resource page for information about gender in international security and we are looking for member-written articles, papers and books to feature! Non-English and international sources encouraged. |
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