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By building on and coordinating its strong regional and cross-cutting programming, the Wilson Center's work on gender brings together experts from around the world to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing women today, from economic and political empowerment to the right to life and health. 

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Gender
May 28
at 2:00 – 3:00
Ground Truth Briefing | A Pandemic of Violence: A Global Discussion of COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence

Reports & Publications

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First page of Kennan Cable
Publication
Women's Rights
Kennan Cable No. 49: Engines of Change: The Politicization of the Private Sphere and the Rise of Women’s Political Activism in Russia
Ready to Lead: Understanding Women's Public Leadership in the Middle East and North Africa
Publication
Women's Leadership
Ready to Lead: Understanding Women's Public Leadership in the Middle East and North Africa
The Maternal Health Initiative launches the CODE BLUE series on non-communicable diseases and maternal health
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Maternal Health
The Maternal Health Initiative launches the CODE BLUE series on non-communicable diseases and maternal health
Mulheres Saudaveis Economias Saudaveis: Um Olhar Para O Brasil
Publication
Gender
Mulheres Saudaveis Economias Saudaveis: Um Olhar Para O Brasil
Healthy Women, Healthy Economies: A Look at Brazil
Publication
Gender
Healthy Women, Healthy Economies: A Look at Brazil
Six Steps Towards Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality
Publication
Maternal Health
Six Steps Towards Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality
A Snapshot of the Status of Women in Brazil: 2019
Publication
Gender
A Snapshot of the Status of Women in Brazil: 2019
The Juggling Act of Caregiving Balancing Career, Health, and Gender Roles
Publication
Gender Equality
The Juggling Act of Caregiving Balancing Career, Health, and Gender Roles
Top Reads on the Care Economy from Apolitical
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Gender
Top Reads on the Care Economy from Apolitical
Africa: Year in Review 2018
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Democracy
Africa: Year in Review 2018
Sharia and the State in Pakistan: Blasphemy Politics
Book
Human Rights
Sharia and the State in Pakistan: Blasphemy Politics
By Farhat Haq
Documentation of Experience Implementing Women’s Justice Centers: A Case Study
Publication
Women's Rights
Documentation of Experience Implementing Women’s Justice Centers: A Case Study
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PROJECT | Accessing Justice: Femicide and the Rule of Law in Latin America

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BLOG | Enheduanna: The Voices of Women from the Middle East

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BLOG | DOT-MOM: A Blog of the Maternal Health Initiative

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BLOG| Gender on the New Security Beat

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Insight & Analysis

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Gender
Central America’s “pulgarcito”: Confronting the Crisis of Violence Against Women in El Salvador
Video
Gender
Shadow Pandemic: Gender Based Violence and COVID-19
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Gender
Pandemic of Violence: Protecting Women during COVID-19
By Anya Prusa on May 15, 2020
Article
Gender
A Double Pandemic
By Beatriz García Nice on May 5, 2020
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Experts

Sarah B. Barnes

Project Director & Women and Gender Advisor, Maternal Health Initiative

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Merissa Khurma

Project Manager, Middle East Special Initiatives

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Jane Harman

Director, President, and CEO, Wilson Center

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Nonpartisanship. Intellectual rigor. Actionable ideas for policies that affect our security and our relations with the world. This is the Wilson Center - and we have never been more needed than we are today.

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Sarah Barnes
Sarah B. Barnes

Project Director & Women and Gender Advisor, Maternal Health Initiative

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Merissa Khurma

Project Manager, Middle East Special Initiatives

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Jane Harman

Director, President, and CEO, Wilson Center

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Christina Ewig

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Events

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Gender
Ground Truth Briefing | A Pandemic of Violence: A Global Discussion of COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence
On May 28, 2020 at 2:00 – 3:00
Multicultural people portraits are over world map with masks for corona virus.
Event
Coronavirus
COVID-19: Magnifying the World’s Inequities
On April 30, 2020 at 9:00 – 10:30
Covid-19. Female nurse puts on protective gloves. Personal protective equipment in the fight against Coronavirus disease .
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Global Health
WEBCAST | The First-Ever State of the World's Nursing Report: Unlocking the Gender Dimensions
On April 16, 2020 at 10:00 – 11:30
POSTPONED | The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide (Book Launch)
Event
Gender
POSTPONED | The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide (Book Launch)
On April 3, 2020 at 9:30 – 11:30
Sia Sandi, Student midwife from The School of Midwifery in Masuba, Makeni on placement at Makeni Regional Hospital, Bombali District, Sierra Leone.
Event
Maternal Health
The Importance of Midwives in Achieving Universal Health Coverage
On March 6, 2020 at 9:30 – 11:00
Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life
Event
History
Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life
On March 2, 2020 at 4:00 – 5:30
POSTPONED - Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life
Event
History
POSTPONED - Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life
On December 16, 2019 at 4:00 – 5:30
The Code Blue Series | A Growing Threat: Non-Communicable Diseases on Maternal Health 
Event
Maternal Health
The Code Blue Series | A Growing Threat: Non-Communicable Diseases on Maternal Health 
On November 5, 2019 at 2:00 – 4:00
Courtesy: Marianna Yarovskaya
Event
History
Film Screening and Discussion: Women of the Gulag
On October 29, 2019 at 3:30 – 5:30
Africa in Transition: The Role of Women in Peace and Security
Event
Demography
Africa in Transition: The Role of Women in Peace and Security
On October 29, 2019 at 9:30 – 11:30
In Refuge: Family Planning in Humanitarian Settings
Event
Maternal Health
In Refuge: Family Planning in Humanitarian Settings
On October 8, 2019 at 9:30 – 11:30
African Women’s Mobilization in Times of Unrest
Event
Gender
African Women’s Mobilization in Times of Unrest
On June 5, 2019 at 10:30 – 3:00