GEIA is excited to announce a new ‘Gender in International Affairs’ concentration for undergraduate students. This is the first time the Elliott School has offered this concentration. We have created this concentration to equip our next generation of international affairs leaders with gender expertise, which a rapidly expanding field of knowledge required by a growing number of government departments, think tanks, multilateral institutions, and INGOs.
This concentration will provide students with an opportunity to deepen their knowledge of international affairs analyzed through a feminist intersectional lens. For example, we now have overwhelming empirical evidence correlating women’s status in a country with its security, stability, and prosperity, the more gender equal a nation-state is, the less likely it is to use violence to resolve conflicts, which in turn has a positive impact on international security. To complete this concentration you will have to take two core courses [choosing from Masculinities in International Affairs; Women’s Rights and Gender Equality; Women in Global Politics] and take three additional courses, a full list is on our website. You can also add gender-related courses offered by other departments and programs at the George Washington University.
For more information and a complete list of courses send an email to baia@gwu.edu
