Announcing the New WIIS President!

The WIIS Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has named Ariela Blätter as the new WIIS President and CEO
effective July 1, 2021.

Ariela Blätter has more than 20 years of experience in the peace and security field as an international lawyer, grantmaker, social entrepreneur and nonprofit leader. Her previous position was at the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, where she spearheaded new investments in civilian protection, and the Women Peace and Security agenda. She was a founding partner of Strategy for Humanity, and held senior management roles at Amnesty International USA, Citizens for Global Solutions and Refugees International. As a UN representative, she worked on the negotiations for the Arms Trade Treaty and the Rome Treaty. She holds a law degree from Trinity College (Dublin) and a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Join the Security Gender and Development Institute (SGDI) and Women In International Security (WIIS) on Thursday, May 13th at 11 am EST for a conversation with Dr. Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, where we will discuss the importance of gender dimensions in international security studies. This event will be of particular interest and importance for academics and young professionals.

De Jonge Oudraat’s recent book, The Gender & Security Agenda: Strategies for the 21st Century, examines ten traditional and non-traditional issue areas, focusing on how gender affects security and how security problems affect gender issues. Often gender is overlooked in security studies and in practice. But how can this be remedied, and why should it be incorporated?

This event will highlight Dr. de Jonge Oudraat’s career as a scholar and practitioner of gender and international security by discussing her recent book and the status of gender in international security studies as it stands today, with a focus on bridging the gap between academia and policy.

The Event will be held in English and simulcast in Spanish.

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!
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.


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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.
Please send all sources to [email protected]
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