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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
Tuesday
December 1
at 9:30 – 11:00 ET
The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide (Book Launch)
Gender
Thursday
December 3
at 9:00 – 10:00 ET
Countering Domestic Violence: A Talk with Leslie Morgan Steiner
Gender
Friday
December 4
at 9:00 – 10:30 ET
WEBCAST | Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Humanitarian Settings

Reports & Publications

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Cover Page Kennan Cable No. 59
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Demography
Kennan Cable No. 59: Russia’s Parenting Boom Reveals Signs of Social Change
First Page of Kennan Cable No. 53
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Gender
Kennan Cable No. 53: Russia’s “Traditional Values” and Domestic Violence
The Unseen Side of Pregnancy: Non-Communicable Diseases and Maternal Health
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Maternal Health
The Unseen Side of Pregnancy: Non-Communicable Diseases and Maternal Health
First page of Kennan Cable
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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
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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
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Gender
Mulheres Saudaveis Economias Saudaveis: Um Olhar Para O Brasil
Healthy Women, Healthy Economies: A Look at Brazil
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Gender
Healthy Women, Healthy Economies: A Look at Brazil
Six Steps Towards Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality
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Maternal Health
Six Steps Towards Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality
A Snapshot of the Status of Women in Brazil: 2019
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Gender
A Snapshot of the Status of Women in Brazil: 2019
The Juggling Act of Caregiving Balancing Career, Health, and Gender Roles
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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
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Accessing Justice: Femicide and the Rule of Law in Latin America

The Wilson Center's project Accessing Justice: Femicide and the Rule of Law in Latin America, examines gender-based violence in Latin America with a focus on its most extreme form, femicide—the killing of a woman due to her gender—through a rule of law perspective. When and why are laws insufficient to protect women, and how can we reduce and eliminate barriers to implementation?

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

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

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Insight & Analysis

Belo Horizonte/Minas Gerais/Brazil
Blog post
Gender
Brazil in “Shecession”​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ as Women Feel Larger Burden of Job Crisis
The Brazilian Report
By The Brazilian Report on November 25, 2020
Article
Gender
Wilson Center Announces 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
By Anya Prusa on November 20, 2020
New Security Beat
Gender
A Dangerous Dichotomy: Women’s Paid and Unpaid Work During COVID-19
New Security Beat
Gender
Integrate Gender When Designing Climate Policy
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Experts

Sarah B. Barnes

Project Director, Maternal Health Initiative

Sarah Barnes
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Merissa Khurma

Program Manager, Middle East Program

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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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Christina Ewig

Fellow

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Sarah Barnes
Sarah B. Barnes

Project Director, Maternal Health Initiative

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Merissa Khurma

Program Manager, Middle East Program

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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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Woman with a baby in transit refugee/migrant camp at the Greek-North Macedonian border.
Event
Gender
WEBCAST | Gender-Based Violence in Conflict and Humanitarian Settings
On Friday, December 4, 2020 at 9:00 – 10:30 ET
Image - Violence against Women protest
Event
Gender
Countering Domestic Violence: A Talk with Leslie Morgan Steiner
On Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 9:00 – 10:00 ET
Group of people walking together – sign reads “Women’s Rights are Civil Rights” in Midtown Manhattan during the NYC Women’s March – New York, NY, USA January 1/19/2019 Women’s March.
Event
Gender
The First Political Order: How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide (Book Launch)
On Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 9:30 – 11:00 ET
Feminist protest in St. Petersburg, March 2017
Event
Gender
Feminism in Russia: From Soviet Samizdat to Online Activism
On Monday, November 2, 2020 at 11:00 – 12:30 ET
Event
Gender
Understanding the Problem of Domestic Violence in Russia
On Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 10:00 – 11:30 ET
Image - Violence Women Latam
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Gender
Combating Gender-Based Violence in Latin America: Lessons from COVID-19 and the Work Ahead
On Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 2:00 – 3:30 ET
Gender Based Violence Project no logo
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Gender
WEBCAST | Accessing Justice: Femicide and the Rule of Law in Latin America
On Monday, June 22, 2020 at 10:00 – 11:30 ET
Gender Based Violence Project no logo
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Gender
Ground Truth Briefing | A Pandemic of Violence: A Global Discussion of COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence
On Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 2:00 – 3:00 ET
Multicultural people portraits are over world map with masks for corona virus.
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Coronavirus
COVID-19: Magnifying the World’s Inequities
On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 9:00 – 10:30 ET
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 Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 10:00 – 11:30 ET
Sia Sandi, Student midwife from The School of Midwifery in Masuba, Makeni on placement at Makeni Regional Hospital, Bombali District, Sierra Leone.
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Maternal Health
The Importance of Midwives in Achieving Universal Health Coverage
On Friday, March 6, 2020 at 9:30 – 11:00 ET
Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life
Event
History
Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life
On Monday, March 2, 2020 at 4:00 – 5:30 ET