Events
A New Landscape for Women's Political Leadership? Opportunities for Action at the State and Local Levels
A New Landscape for Women's Political Leadership? Opportunities for Action at the State and Local Levels
The Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, UMass Boston invites you to participate in the Public Conversations Series: "Women…
A Woman President? Lessons from History's Longest Campaign
A Woman President? Lessons from History's Longest Campaign
The Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, UMass Boston invites you to participate in the Public Conversations Series: "Women…
Film screening: A Revolution in Four Seasons
Film screening: A Revolution in Four Seasons
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, Tunisia was left with the formidable task of rebuilding a government in a deeply divided nation. The ousting of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and his…
Film screening: Ladies First: Saudi Arabia’s Female Candidates
Film screening: Ladies First: Saudi Arabia’s Female Candidates
We may think we know what it is like to be a woman in Saudi Arabia. Women must all cover up in public. Women cannot drive nor can they travel without the permission of a man. Women are restricted in…
Gender Studies Panel: Priya's Shakti and Gender-Based Violence
Gender Studies Panel: Priya's Shakti and Gender-Based Violence
The Gender Studies Program at The New School presents a panel discussion about gender-based violence and responses to it, featuringPriya's Shakti, a multimedia "augmented reality"…
High Level Discussion on the ‘’Economic Cost of Violence Against Women"
High Level Discussion on the ‘’Economic Cost of Violence Against Women"
Around 2 percent of the GDP is the estimated cost of gender-based violence worldwide. The direct costs of the health and justice systems, child and welfare support, as well as indirect costs, such as…
The Arab International Women’s Forum Conference
The Arab International Women’s Forum Conference
Under the theme “Young Arab Women Leaders: The Voice of the Future”, the Arab International Women’s Forum will host its 8th Conference in Kuwait on 19-20 October 2016. Click here for more information…
If Girls Ran the World
If Girls Ran the World
This October, thousands of women will join in a one of a kind adventure to collectively and virtually run around the world to benefit charities that empower girls globally.
Feminist Forum: Discrimination + Harassment of Women in Politics
Feminist Forum: Discrimination + Harassment of Women in Politics
TITLE: A woman’s place is apparently not in the house (either of them): Discrimination and harassment of women in politics
ABSTRACT: Women continue to be under-represented in politics around the…