Melanne Verveer
- Fiona Shukri
- • July 13, 2020
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Six months into her job as the United States ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues, Kelley Currie has done little to demonstrate that she can restore American leadership on women’s rights while reporting to an ideologically driven administration known for…
- Categories: Covid-19, Gender Violence, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • January 9, 2019
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After two years as the American ambassador at the United Nations, Nikki Haley left the job in December 2018 as much an enigma as the day she arrived. Haley, a career politician, came to the UN with little foreign…
- Categories: Nikki Haley Watch, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 11, 2018
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A decision by the United Nations Security Council to add sanctions against perpetrators of sexual violence should have gone smoothly. The proposal, led by the Netherlands and Sweden, was meant to deter such violence in conflict zones and other…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Libya, Security Council
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- Kacie Candela
- • October 31, 2017
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A new women, peace and security index was unveiled at the United Nations recently. At its core, the WPS index, as it is known, provides evidence for what advocates have been saying all along: that the active and equal…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Secretary-General, US Foreign Relations, Women
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- Kacie Candela
- • April 30, 2017
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Two women have been named to highly visible posts at the United Nations: Pramila Patten of Mauritius is the new special envoy on sexual violence in conflict and begins in mid-June; and Virginia Gamba, an Argentine, is special envoy on children…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, Gender Violence, UN Special Envoys, Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 22, 2013
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Melanne Verveer, most recently the United States ambassador at large for global women’s issues, is the new executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, which officially opened Feb. 21. Verveer had been appointed to the…
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