In this digest, we highlight WGSS faculty accomplishments and recap recent WGSS events. In the spirit of upcoming elections, we also share GW events on this topic. Read this issue for full details about recaps of our events.
This news digest is caleld "The Human Rights in the Face of War" edition to bring awareness to data and suggestions from the United Nation (UN) on how war negatively impacts women and girls. More than 600 million women and girls are now affected by war, a 50% increase from a decade ago, and they fear the world has forgotten them amid an escalating backlash against women’s rights and gender equality, top U.N. officials say.