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Institute hosts October 2024 panel, “From the U.S. to Brazil: Tides of Setbacks and Progress, Abortion Access, and the Law” at CUNY School of Law. BY MOLLY BANGS, PROGRAM MANAGER […]
The Nobel Peace Laureate moderated a powerful conversation on Israeli-Palestinian women’s partnership and peace efforts in the Middle East. BY INSTITUTE STAFF The 2024 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting focused […]
Indigenous and gender justice activists were crucial in mobilizing to protect democracy in the 2023 Guatemalan elections. The Institute met with these activists in June 2024 as part of a […]
Last fall, the Institute brought together experts on peace and gender justice for a workshop to strategize around cross-mobilization and movement solidarity. The group recently reconvened to discuss lessons learned […]
Of the 276 Nigerian school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from Chibok Girls Secondary School in 2014, 91 remain in captivity today. BY MOLLY BANGS, PROGRAM OFFICER “The Nigerian […]
The Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace hosted a regional, cross-national dialogue with grassroots women activist-scholars in Latin America and the Caribbean BY MARIANA PRANDINI ASSIS AND MIKAELA […]
The Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace, MADRE, International Criminal Court, and Universidad de los Andes co-hosted an August 2023 multi-day workshop for 160 Colombian advocates and lawyers for […]
The Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace, International Criminal Court, and the Rockefeller Foundation host a summit on gender persecution for experts. BY INSTITUTE STAFF In May 2023, […]
Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, Executive Director of the Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace, spoke on peace and security during the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women to inform accelerated policy action on global gender equality.
The Institute brought together movement leaders, policymakers, and advocates at the UN Commission on the Status of Women to discuss strategies and struggles for organizers globally.
CUNY Law and Brooklyn College’s Institute convened regional experts, movement leaders, and policymakers at a November 2024 Global Forum in Ghana, documented by CUNY student fellows. BY IGLTP STAFF Around […]
The Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace hosted a November 2024 multinational forum in Ghana with leading experts, movement leaders, and policymakers on cross-mobilization strategies. During heightened electoral cycles, […]
Law School Clinic and CUNY Institute Lead New Era with Data Hub Amid Landmark ICC Developments
Gbowee’s grassroots movement organizing places her among 12 global thought leaders elevating women’s power and rights On May 28, 2024, Melinda French Gates announced that as the first step […]
Davis to develop policy position on gender persecution communications@law.cuny.edu 718-349-4010 (NEW YORK, NY) Lisa Davis, a professor at the City University of New York School of Law, has been seconded to […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C — On February 13, 2024, Nobel Peace Laureate and Executive Director of the Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace Leymah Gbowee delivered the Oliver […]
Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee serves as Executive Director of international hub for cross-movement and transnational organizing, research, and scholarship Read the Press Release communications@law.cuny.edu NEW YORK, NY – The […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C — On February 13, 2024, Nobel Peace Laureate and Executive Director of the Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace Leymah Gbowee delivered the Oliver […]
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