The DC Student Consortium on Women, Peace and Security (WPS)

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The DC Student Consortium on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) is a student-led organization that aims to — in collaboration with the US Civil Society Working Group on WPS (U.S. CSWG) — promote awareness of the implications of women and gender in security and foreign policy. We strive to ensure that policymakers around the globe are aware of the importance of gender issues in these disciplines and the need to institutionalize a feminist approach when solving critical issues surrounding peace and security.

WPS STUDENT CONSORTIUM GOALS

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Encourage intergenerational and innovative thinking regarding the WPS Agenda within the civil society space as it advocates for new research and policy.

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Connect students working on WPS issues across the DC consortium while establishing meaningful coalitions between professionals and DC students.

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Increase awareness of the WPS agenda across a wider DC educational audience and publicly promote appreciation for a gendered approach to security and a feminist approach to foreign policy.

PROGRAMMING & POLICY FOCUS

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Conflict Prevention

Peacebuilding, Peacemaking, & Peacekeeping
Disarmament
Engaging Men & Boys
Development, Public Health, & Education
LGBT Awareness & Combating Heteronormativity
Racism, Religious & Ethnic Discrimination,
Xenophobia, & Related Intolerances

Conflict Management

Militaries & Military Organizations
Humanitarian Aid & Assistance
Counterterrorism & Countering Violent Extremism
Survivor-Centered Responses to CRSV
COVID-19

Post-conflict Reconstruction

Historical Analysis of Gender & Security
Intergenerational Gendered Trauma
Environmental Security
Population Movements
Human Rights & Governance

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

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Join Us

Be a part of the shift towards the U.S. becoming a gender superpower under the incoming Biden administration.

Consortium Launch Event

In honor of the 2021 International Women’s Day, the D.C. Student Consortium on WPS held its virtual launch event to promote awareness and education about the importance of integrating analysis of women and gender into security and foreign policy.

Watch the recordings:

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