Latest News & Events
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Events: ACWPS Senior Fellow Eunice Apio receives US Institute of Peace Award
ACWPS Senior Fellow Eunice Apio receives US Institute of Peace award during visit to Washington, DC in February 2024 for the American premiere of the film The Wound is Where the Light Enters
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Education: Introduction to Women, Peace, and Security
ACWPS President Dr. Susan Yoshihara has recently joined the Institute of World Politics faculty to teach her new course entitled Introduction to Women, Peace, and Security, which will be offered in person this spring.
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ACWPS Presents at the Tenth Annual Texas Symposium on Women Peace and Security
Sponsored by the Program on Women, Peace, and Security at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, this year’s theme is “National Security and Homeland Security: The Contribution of Women, Peace, and Security.”
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Latest @Fortis!: How one country became perilously dependent on USAID – and what has happened since U.S. withdrawal
Fortis! means, “be valiant, steadfast, brave!” and these are qualities we seek to embody and promote here at ACWPS. Read our latest publications here.
Since its founding ACWPS has been a voice for common sense in WPS policy and practice. In our work at the Department of Defense our team created curriculum and conducted research that stayed true to the bipartisan mandate in the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017. We remain steadfast in advocating for WPS policy that supports U.S. national security and eschews gender ideology and other divisive agenda that harm women and girls. We have helped thousands of practitioners understand the original intent and purpose of the U.S. WPS law and integrate a targeted approach to the WPS mandate in their portfolios engaging nations around the world.
Our events and online policy forum, Fortis!, amplify the voices of men and women who otherwise would be excluded from WPS conversations: adult children born of wartime rape who are becoming peacemakers; young conservative men and women interested in protecting women and girls’ fundamental rights and dignity; military personnel whose experience does not fit mainstream narratives but is rich with practicable tools; poor communities seeking modest investments in girls’ and boys’ education who are left behind by U.S. programming, and much more.
Our Impact in Numbers
GIRLS PUT BACK TO SCHOOL WITH NEW ROOF
U.S. MILITARY STUDENTS TAUGHT WITH NEW CURRICULA
STUDENTS STUDYING FOR EXAMS WITH NEW LIGHTING
“It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it.
And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt