Women In International Security

Advancing Women's Leadership in the International Peace and Security Fields

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Women In International Security (WIIS) is the only global network actively advancing women’s leadership, at all stages of their careers, in the international peace and security field.

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Upon President's Obama's visit and speech about internet censorship and freedom of speech, I felt like he had said what needed to be said. I wonder however if his approach might not be the best one. The fact that it was a public speech induces a "...
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Julie A. Tegho

the hunt for the terrorists!

Hi again!

I hope I am not swamping your homepage!!! But I forgot. there is a book you really check out NOW! If yu want to know why we did not catch yet Bin Laden and company , read the Starfish and the Spider. It is written by 2 awesome guys , who believe me know what they are talking about: Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom. In a nutshell, welcome to the era of DECENTRALIZATION.... and it is not just the internet!

I read the book in a 48 hours record!!! You can't put it down. read it , skim throu… Continue

Posted by Julie A. Tegho on November 9, 2009 at 12:32am

Julie A. Tegho

Hey everyone!!! READ VALERIE PALMER'S BOOK

Hey everyone!

I am Julie in case you don't know me. I am a first year SSP student. last week I dropped by Marie Laur'es office to say hi. While talking to her, I noticed Valerie Palmer's book "Fair Game" : you know the ex CIA agent who was betrayed by the government regarding the run off to the war for IRaq in 2003.
I asked marie Laure if she was reading it. she kindl and warmly offered me to read the book and blogg it on the ning!!

Well I am almost done with her biography. The thing is I am a… Continue

Posted by Julie A. Tegho on November 9, 2009 at 12:16am

Ally Adams-Alwine

WIIS Staff Reports on Vital Voices Event with Asha Hagi

By Ally Adams-Alwine - Hi WIIS members! This morning I attended an amazing roundtable discussion with Asha Hagi on the importance of women's participation in the peace process in Somalia. As Chair of the Save Somali Women and Children Initiative and Co-Founder of the The Sixth Clan of the Pan-African Parliament in Johannesburg, Asha Hagi is an incredible woman leader who has dedicated her life to securing a more peaceful future for her country by mobilizing women across clan and political divide… Continue

Posted by Ally Adams-Alwine on October 16, 2009 at 12:07pm

Jennifer Park

Women in Academia: How the 'Snow-Woman Effect' Slows Women's Progress


by Mary Ann Mason The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 16, 2009

The percentage of college presidents who are women more than doubled in the 20 years between 1986 and 2006, according to the American Council on Education's most recent American College President Study of 2,148 colleges. That is the good news. The bad news is that women's progress has slowed in recent years. The oth… Continue

Posted by Jennifer Park on September 17, 2009 at 12:28am — 1 Comment

Jennifer Park

UN to establish single new agency to deal with rights of women

15 September 2009 – Four United Nations agencies and offices will be amalgamated to create a new single entity within the Organization to promote the rights and well-being of women worldwide and to work towards gender equality.
The General Assembly adopted a resolution late yesterday on improving system-wide coherence within the UN, and the text spells out the support of Member States for a new consolidated body – to be headed by an under-secretary-general – to deal with issues concerning women.… Continue

Posted by Jennifer Park on September 16, 2009 at 12:30pm

 
 

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