Why I’m (Reluctantly) Sitting Out ‘Wonder Woman’
As a Palestinian, I can’t set aside my identity for two hours and root for an actor who spoke up for violence against people like me.
Queen Resistance
An event highlighting black women resisting patriarchy, sexism, and capitalism in our path to collective liberation, part of the Institute for Policy Studies’s Liberation in Action 2017 Black History Month series!
Grassroots Feminist Internationalism
The Institute for Policy Studies’ Climate Policy Program joins with Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ) and Grassroots International to invite you to join us for a special evening in celebration.
Why Women Must End the Korean War
The road to peace in Korea runs through Washington, but women must steward it along the way.
Feminism as Counterterrorism?
Is feminism being used as a prop for imperial foreign policies?
Rush Limbaugh and the Live Volcano
American women are fed up.
Public Scholar Series: Today’s Black Feminist Expression
This discussion will explore the history of black feminist expression and ideological development in the United States.
Conference: Women and the Changing Global Outlook
Join the British Embassy and National Geographic Society for the Second Women’s Empowerment Conference on May 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. The conference will explore key issues related to Women in Africa as identified by the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal 3 to promote gender equality and empower women. This year’s theme is "Women and the Changing Global Outlook."
The event has a powerful line up of speakers, including:
Baroness Valerie Amos of Great Britain
Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai
CARE Ambassador and philanthropist Sheila Johnson
Ambassador Amina Salum Ali of the African Union
Emmy Award Winner Tracey Neale
FPIF Co-Director Emira Woods
And many more. This FREE conference promises to be an enlightening and inspiring event that will help to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in Africa.
Register at www.wec.eventbrite.com or call (202) 518-7523.