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Thank you for Attending! The Embassy of Liechtenstein, Washington D.C. Policy Roundtable Event
New Technologies and Cybersecurity: The Role of Gender |
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Women In International Security (WIIS) is pleased to extend the deadline for applications for the 2021 Next Generation Gender, Peace and Security (GPS) Symposium to April 6th, 2021. The WIIS Next Generation Symposium (NGS) is a highly competitive and prestigious program. It is part of a larger WIIS initiative to bridge existing divides between the traditional security community and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) community.
The 2021 symposium will convene an international cohort of 15 graduate students and young professionals for an unique virtual program examining national and international security challenges from a GPS perspective. The 2021 Symposium will devote particular attention to the nexus of gender and security in three areas: the environmental field, including climate change; terrorism and violent extremism; and emerging technologies, including cybersecurity.
For the 2021 Symposium, 9-11 virtual meetings will be scheduled between June 2021 and March 2022.
Selected participants will become WIIS Next Generation Fellows.
Qualified Individuals must provide the following application materials by April 6, 2021, 11:59 pm EST. - Completed application form
- Resume
- Letter of interest (more details on WIIS website)
- Summary of a research or writing project the candidate would like to present in the Policy roundtable (Summary should be between 250-500 words maximum
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Gender Integration & the Military Monday April 5, 12:30-1:30 pm ET Join the SNF Agora Institute as we celebrate the achievements of women in the military while also examining progress yet to be made. Grace Park, SNF Agora Visiting Fellow and former Army captain, will offer a brief presentation on the history and achievements of women in the U.S. military from the Revolutionary War until the present, followed by a critical examination of the culture of the military around gender with Paula Thornhill, a retired U.S. Air Force general and lecturer at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Ellen Haring, a retired U.S. Army colonel and lecturer at Georgetown University, and a WIIS Senior Fellow. |
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| Join the JASON Institute for its 45th-anniversary jubilee event themed "The changing role of NATO: Challenges on all fronts" on April 9th, 2021. Together with a wide range of speakers, the event will discuss NATO's challenges in the Arctic, Africa, and China.
Keynote speakers: Former Secretary-General of NATO Jaap de Hoop Scheffer President of Women In International Security (WIIS) Dr. Chantal de Jonge Oudraat
This event will come to you live from the Grote Kerk in The Hague!
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Listen to the new WIIS Words Podcast with Ana Laura Velasco, WIIS International Research Fellow on the Enhancing Security in Latin America & the Caribbean Report! |
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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! |
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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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