Women in International Relations & Diplomacy

🎙️NEW PODCAST🎙️ In the latest #NatSecPod, @CeciliaJacob_IR and @RNeilsen1 join @IrelandPiper to examine the role of cyber and social media in humanitarianism. 👉Listen here: rb.gy/q6izc

1. In this @iwda brief, with Prof @JacquiTrue, we provide practical policy recommendations for states & non-state actors to cohesively address the Taliban's gender apartheid by meaningfully centring the women & girls of Afghanistan. 📍Full paper🔗iwda.org.au/assets/files/G…

New research published! @femint & I discuss diversity in the intelligence sector: improving understanding of what *is known* & what *can be known* about the history & current make-up of the intelligence sector - "secret institutions" @GIWLANU @NSC_ANU academic.oup.com/isr/article-ab…

💡 How does Australian politics currently stack up when it comes to gender equality & representation? See our compiled data on federal, state & #LocalGovernment in our recently updated Gender Scorecard 2023 #WomenInPolitics @WLIAus ➡️ pathwaystopolitics.org.au/knowledge-hub/…

🚨 NEW PODCAST ALERT 🚨 🎙️ In latest episode @JuliaGillard speaks to @sveto_ishoq @ZahraJoya @paulakweskin & @christinalamb about the plight of women's rights in Afghanistan under the Taliban. 🎧 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: kcl.ac.uk/giwl/podcast

What makes people susceptible to the messaging of #QAnon? In her policy brief, @annaa_kruglova analyses the phenomenon of conspiracy theories and looks at how QAnon mobilises people to violence on social media: buff.ly/44l9yuz

🚨 NEW PODCAST🚨 In this episode, @bec_shrimpton speaks to @JoanneEWallis and @AnnaPowles about their recent report 'Smooth sailing', while @GrewalBaani and @darshanabaruah discuss @CarnegieEndow's 'Indian Ocean Strategic Map' project. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/46KX6pz

ISD's @julie_renbe went undercover among neo-Nazis, QAnon conspiracists, US Capitol rioters, misogynists & anti-LGBTQ+ activists for her latest book. One narrative united them above all of their different views: antisemitism. Her op-ed on findings below. isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-new…

🚨Amazing opportunity!🚨 We're partnering with the @Japanfoundation to bring Indo-Pacific early career professionals to Japan, Australia, and Fiji for study tours and research meetings on disaster resilience. Got what it takes? Apply now! #AIIANextGen 👇 internationalaffairs.org.au/disaster-resil…

Over 130 people, mostly women, were arrested in Myanmar for wearing flowers in their hair to celebrate the birthday of detained leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #FlowerStrike nytimes.com/2023/06/23/wor…

Another one for the books! 📚 A huge thank you to all of our wonderful mentors and mentees who joined us last night for our latest speed mentoring event. It was great to see so many familiar and new faces. We look forward to welcoming you to the next WDSN event soon!

On #WorldRefugeeDay, we are determined to ensure that women’s and girls’ rights and priorities are at the centre of humanitarian responses. 👉 Read @unwomenchief statement: unwo.men/b4rV50OTkMt #WithRefugees

"Gender-responsive security sector reform shows promise in recognising the security threats to women and marginalised individuals, and working towards ending such violence in the Indo-Pacific region" bit.ly/3XguyQd | by @PhyuPhyuOo2

What are some of the trends that the @StimsonCenter @ipinst and @SCRtweets have observed hosting workshops on #peacekeeping mandate renewals? A summary 🧵of observations from a recent lessons learned workshop⬇️ stimson.org/2023/prioritiz…

🏮We are excited to announce our last panel, 'Women in Diplomacy'🏮 This panel will focus on the unique perspectives that women bring to the field of diplomacy, the challenges they face, and strategies for breaking down barriers and achieving greater gender parity in diplomacy.

Pleased to share my article about the systemic underrepresentation of women of colour in 🇦🇺 diplomacy. I provide practical recommendations about how DFAT can better adopt an intersectional lens to its gender equity initiatives. Read more ⬇️ aspistrategist.org.au/australian-dip…

Spread the news: we are hiring a Professor in International Relations. Open to any area of specialisation. jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/912495/…

⚠️New blog post! In this article, Megan A. Armstrong invites us to understand popular culture as an important site of politics. Gender, heteronormativity, and militarism in the zombie apocalypse: Curious to know how all this is connected? Click here: ifjpglobal.org/blog/2023/6/5/…

The assessment “Promoting the role of women in #security and #counterterrorism”published by @WIISBrussels is clear: #women are still a minority in the fight against #terrorism‼️ ➡️Recommendations & instructions for a "#gender-by-design" approach! ➕@EU_FPI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">wiis-brussels.org/wp-content/upl…