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March 1, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Food Scarcity Having Severe Impact on Children and Pregnant Women in Gaza

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 24 to March 1.

Palestinian women and children wait to collect drinking water amid shortages, at a tent camp sheltering people who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 28, 2024.

February 14, 2024

Ecuador
Can Ecuador Avoid Becoming a Narco-State

Criminal groups have captured parts of the state. A broad political coalition must fight corruption and root them out.

Photo of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa

March 21, 2019

Conflict Prevention
Waving Goodbye to Dinosaurs: The Strategic Advantage of Women at the Peace Table

Voices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This post is authored by Monica McWilliams…

Monica McWilliams and members of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition speak to the press outside the Stormont Assembly building during the Good Friday Negotiations.

August 13, 2020

Human Trafficking
The Evolution of Human Trafficking During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated human lives, the global economy, and educational systems. Given the enormous financial hardship on families, the mass movement of people, and the closing of schoo…

Human Trafficking Thrives During COVID-19

March 31, 2021

Cybersecurity
Risk Aversion Is at the Heart of the Cyber Response Dilemma

Western countries view the cyber domain as a highly uncertain and potentially escalatory environment, which takes more forceful response options off the table.

U.S. President Joe Biden is seated.

April 17, 2018

Europe
Women's Participation in Peace Negotiations in Northern Ireland Made Them Less Likely to Fail

Twenty years ago, the landmark Good Friday Agreement ended 30 years of violence (known as the Troubles) between British Protestant unionists and the Irish Catholic nationalists. A critical factor tha…

Good Friday Agreement negotiators stand for a group photograph at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Peace Talks. Belfast, April 10, 2018.