| | | Announcing WIIS Global's New Senior Fellows | WIIS Global is pleased to welcome Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese and Brenda Oppermann as Senior Fellows, effective June 1, 2022. Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese served as a University Professor and Chair of the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval War College (NWC) between 2002-2022. She has also been part of the Government Department faculty of Harvard Extension School and Harvard Summer School since 2004, where she teaches courses on Women, Peace & Security, Leadership in War and Peace, and Grand Strategy and US National Security. Brenda Oppermann serves as an Associate Professor at the U.S. Naval War College and as Chief GameChanger at GameChangers 360, a social enterprise dedicated to creating positive change through gender equity. A senior advisor and subject matter expert, Brenda has 30+ years of experience -- including more than seven (7) years in conflict-affected countries -- working with DOD, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, USAID, the United Nations, U.S. Institute of Peace, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), NATO, and assorted NGOs. | | | | | Safety and Security of Nuclear Facilities in Conflict Zones: The War in Ukraine On April 29th, WIIS, the Embassy of Liechtenstein, Washington, DC, and the Black Sea Women in Nuclear (BSWN) network held a virtual policy roundtable highlighting the impact and intersection of gender and nuclear security and safety. Experts in the field and members of the BSWN assessed the conflict in Ukraine in the wake of military hostilities, reported on the current status of nuclear safety and security in Ukraine, and provided an overview of the BSWN's work and its transborder cooperation. H.E. Ambassador Georg Sparber of Liechtenstein provided introductory remarks, and Leslie Hayden, Counselor for Nuclear Affairs, US Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, gave the keynote address. | | | To see upcoming events, view the latest Events Hotline. | | The jobs and events hotlines are accessible to WIIS members only. You must be logged into your WIIS account in order to view them. | | Spotlight on the WIIS Community | | | The Politics of Fear: Right-Wing Anti-Gender and Anti-Vaccination Narratives Anti-lockdown, anti-mask, and anti-vaccine talking points have become a new battleground for the far right. While the overlap between COVID-19 and far-right activism has been discussed by both journalists and academics, there has been little to no discussion of the similarity with anti-gender movements. This blog compares anti-gender discourses to the discourses that underline recent anti-COVID movements to provide new insights into the role of gender in the current anti-vaccine mobilizations. | | | | Women In International Security Switzerland and the UN Institute for Disarmament Research join forces to launch UNIDIR-WIIS CoLab | Women In International Security Switzerland and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) recently launched a new CoLab to foster collaborative community building for women working in international peace and security in Geneva and across Switzerland. The UNIDIR-WIIS CoLab aims to promote scholarship, dialogue, and networking for women in disarmament and global security. | | | | | Senior Official Fotovat from the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Women's Issues Meets with WIIS Spain On April 25, 2022, Senior Official to the Secretary of State in the Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI), Katrina Fotovat, met with María Angustias Caracuel Raya, President of WIIS Spain, to talk about WIIS Spain's efforts to promote gender equality globally. | | | | Women and Leadership: History and Context in the War in Ukraine In the latest episode of the Women and Leadership podcast from WIIS Brussels, host Ilana Bet-El welcomes Kristina Spohr, Professor at the Department of International History at the London School of Economics, and Dr. Olga Oliker, Director of the Europe and Central Asia Programme at the International Crisis Group, for a discussion on how Russia's history contributed to the war of aggression against Ukraine. | | |
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