JUST SECURITY: Robust Gender Analysis Will Be Key to Effective US Policy Development

JUST SECURITY: Robust Gender Analysis Will Be Key to Effective US Policy Development

by | Mar 5, 2021 | Featured Posts, Women and Civil Society, Women in Asia/Pacific, Women in Business, Women in Europe/former Soviet Union, Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Women in Leadership, Women in Philanthropy, Women in Politics, Women in Sub-Saharan Africa, Women in Technology, Women in the Middle East/North Africa

As the Biden-Harris administration begins to develop and implement gender-focused policies across the federal government, it is a good time to deepen commitments to gender equality in policymaking, and fully empower the White House Gender Policy Council. In foreign...
Women Entrepreneurs in the Year of COVID

Women Entrepreneurs in the Year of COVID

by | Feb 19, 2021 | Uncategorized

By Susan Markham and Stephenie Foster While COVID has upended everyone’s lives, women have borne the brunt of the pandemic in so many ways. COVID-19 has exposed and exacerbated gender inequalities and many of women’s economic gains have come to a standstill. Women...
JUST SECURITY: Transforming the US Human Rights Report to Reflect Gender Rights — and Security

JUST SECURITY: Transforming the US Human Rights Report to Reflect Gender Rights — and Security

by | Feb 8, 2021 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women and Civil Society, Women in Europe/former Soviet Union, Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Women in Leadership, Women in Politics, Women in Sub-Saharan Africa, Women in the Middle East/North Africa

By Stephenie Foster and Susan Markham This article first appeared in Just Security. President Joe Biden has a record of standing up for human rights across the globe. He has backed Chinese rights activists and defenders, and advocated for full...
JUST SECURITY: Reviving the US Commitment to Women’s Rights and Gender Equality: The UN Commission on the Status of Women

JUST SECURITY: Reviving the US Commitment to Women’s Rights and Gender Equality: The UN Commission on the Status of Women

by | Dec 16, 2020 | Featured Posts, In the News, Women and Civil Society, Women in Leadership

Originally published in Just Security, December 15, 2020 By Susan Markham and Stephenie Foster President-elect Joe Biden has a history of advocating on behalf of women and girls in the United States and around the world. In 1994, then-Senator Biden co-authored and...