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INSTITUTE ON GENDER, LAW, AND TRANSFORMATIVE PEACE INITIATIVE 2023 GLOBAL FORUM EVENT Invitaiton with green background and graphic shape elements and a globe

INSTITUTE ON GENDER, LAW, AND TRANSFORMATIVE PEACE HOSTS

2023 GLOBAL FORUM EVENT
November 16-17, 2023

For more information visit the Global Forum site

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Analyzing Recent Setbacks and Progress for Abortion Access in the U.S. and Brazil

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Leymah Gbowee Talks Women’s Peacebuilding at Clinton Global Initiative

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Supporting Indigenous Women’s Activism: Women, Peace, and Democracy Delegation Visits Guatemala in June 2024

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Inaugural Global Forum Convenes Activist-Scholars to Shape Institute’s Documentation Practices

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Photo caption: Dr. Gbemisola Abiola (left) speaks during the panel while Professor Okome (right) looks on. Photo credit: Molly Bangs

A Decade Later, Scholar-Activists Share Messages of Hope and Resilience for Abducted Chibok Girls

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Banners and slogans in the March 8M 2023 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Photo Credit: Mtenaespinoza, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Institute Hosts Regional Workshop for Grassroots Activist-Scholars

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The Institute Co-Hosts Transitional Justice Advocates Workshop on Gender Persecution in Colombia

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The Institute Hosts May 2023 Summit on Gender Persecution in Bellagio, Italy

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CUNY Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace Hosts Multinational Forum in Ghana: “Election Campaigns as Collective Care”

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CUNY Law Launches World’s First Resource Documenting Gender-based Crimes in Conflict

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Caption: Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee Photo Credit: Milik Robinson

Institute Congratulates Executive Director Leymah Gbowee for Her Recognition from Melinda French Gates

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International Women's Day Conference attendees at Brooklyn College

Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace Featured in Gender Justice Conference on International Women’s Day

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Professor Lisa Davis Heads to U.S. Department of State

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IGLTP Executive Director Leymah Gbowee receives an honorary degree at Georgetown University. Photo Credit: Phil Humnicky/Georgetown University

Institute Executive Director Leymah Gbowee Receives Georgetown Honorary Degree, Delivers Oliver Tambo Lecture

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Institute Executive Director Leymah Gbowee in conversation with some Global Forum attendees at CUNY School of Law.

Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace Hosts Global Forum at CUNY School of Law

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The Institute’s team meets with Jurisdicción para la Paz de Colombia (JEP) in 2022

CUNY Law announces new Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace

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Portrait of Jamila from the Faces of Resilience photo exhibit of Afghan women human rights defenders. Photo credit: Prof. Maureen Drennan, LaGuardia College

Exhibition: Faces of Resilience: Portraits of Afghan Women Human Rights Defenders

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In the press

Below is a collection of the Institute in the press, written for news publications, as well as news articles covering the Institute’s work.

Analyzing Recent Setbacks and Progress for Abortion Access in the U.S. and Brazil

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 […]

Leymah Gbowee Talks Women’s Peacebuilding at Clinton Global Initiative

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 […]

Supporting Indigenous Women’s Activism: Women, Peace, and Democracy Delegation Visits Guatemala in June 2024

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 […]

Inaugural Global Forum Convenes Activist-Scholars to Shape Institute’s Documentation Practices

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 […]

A Decade Later, Scholar-Activists Share Messages of Hope and Resilience for Abducted Chibok Girls

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 Hosts Regional Workshop for Grassroots Activist-Scholars

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 Co-Hosts Transitional Justice Advocates Workshop on Gender Persecution in Colombia

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 Hosts May 2023 Summit on Gender Persecution in Bellagio, Italy

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 Prize Laureates Spotlight The Brave, Visionary Women Of Ukraine

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ICC Prosecutor Khan Issues Statement on Gender Persecution Roundtable

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Press Releases

IGLTP Executive Director Leymah Gbowee receives an honorary degree at Georgetown University. Photo Credit: Phil Humnicky/Georgetown University

Institute Executive Director Leymah Gbowee Receives Georgetown Honorary Degree, Delivers Oliver Tambo Lecture

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Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee serves as Executive Director of international hub for cross-movement and transnational organizing, research, and scholarship

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