Melanne Verveer
Melanne Verveer is director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. She was formerly US Ambassador for Global Women's Issues and worked at the center of the work of the US delegation at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995.
When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Natalia Karbowska sprang into action. She has since been working in overdrive to provide funding and humanitarian assistance to thousands of Ukrainian women whose lives have been destroyed by the Russian invasion, even …
- Categories: Human Rights, OPINIONS, Ukraine-Russia War
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twenty-five years ago this month, tens of thousands of women (and some men) gathered in Beijing for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. It was a profound moment in the history of women’s rights, convening …
- Categories: Development, Gender Violence, Human Trafficking, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, Women
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Covid-19 poses major challenges for people and governments around the world and for the United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a global cease-fire on March 23 in recognition of the pandemic’s potentially devastating effects on …
- Categories: Covid-19, UN Peacekeeping
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