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🚨New Project Alert🚨 The #ElsieFund is delighted to announce funding for a two-year pilot with @unmissmedia! 🎯Aim: to improve working & living conditions for #uniformedwomen peacekeepers in remote areas of 🇸🇸 South Sudan. #WPS @UNPeacekeeping 🔗elsiefund.org/2025/09/29/the…
📅The EIF will launch its 4th Programming Round and Call for Proposals on 9 Oct. 📢Join us at UN Women HQ & online to learn more and see how gender equality improves effectiveness in peace ops. RSVP: unwomen.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #InclusivePeacekeeping #WomenLeadPeace #WPSat25
🚨 Big news from 🇹🇿Tanzania! #ElsieFund is pleased to announce funding for the Tanzania People’s Defence Force & @unwomentanzania to initiate a groundbreaking #MOWIP assessment to advance gender equality in @UNPeacekeeping. Learn more:🔗 elsiefund.org/wp-content/upl…
Funded by the EIF & implemented by @NBS_Tanzania & @udsm_tz, the project will identify good practices & barriers to #uniformedwomen's meaningful participation in @UNPeacekeeping in🇹🇿using the @DCAF_Geneva @GSSLab MOWIP methodology — a key step towards advancing #genderequality.
The #ElsieFund-supported project in Tanzania w/- @TPDF_Tanzania & @unwomentanzania will identify obstacles & best practices that will help pave the way for the full, equal, and meaningful participation of uniformed women in @UNPeacekeeping- a milestone in gender equality & #WPS.
It's time for a 🌟 Staff Spotlight 🌟 Dr. Radwa Saad is one of our exceptional Research Affiliates. After successfully defending her PhD thesis this summer 🎊 , she has started as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Peace Studies and Black Studies at @Mizzou. We are SO proud! Read ⤵️
We are very excited about the launch of The @ElsieFund's 4th Programming Round! As a key developer of the #MOWIP methodology, we are looking forward to contributing to this high level event and the future of the #WPS agenda. See ⤵️for registration details! @GAC_Corporate
We are very excited about the launch of The @ElsieFund's 4th Programming Round! As a key developer of the #MOWIP methodology, we are looking forward to contributing to this high level event and the future of the #WPS agenda. See ⤵️for registration details! @GAC_Corporate
🚨 New from Physicians for Human Rights: On the Brink of Catastrophe: U.S. Foreign Aid Disruption to HIV Services in Tanzania and Uganda Our latest research brief reveals how abrupt U.S. cuts to PEPFAR have severely disrupted many HIV services in Tanzania and Uganda.
📣 Publication alert 📣 GSS Lab Director Dr. Sabrina Karim (@sabrinamkarim) and GSS Lab Fellow Dr. Cameron Mailhot have a new paper out on civilian preferences for international state building, utilizing survey evidence from Liberia. Congratulations! 🎊 cambridge.org/core/journals/…
It's 🌟Staff Spotlight🌟 time! Dr. Angie Torres-Beltran (@angietorresbel) is an incredible faculty consultant for the lab. She is starting as an assistant professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at @uarizona this fall and we could not be more proud!! Read ⤵️
Check out this article in The Diplomat co-authored by GSS Lab affiliate member @tanzimrahman! Congratulations to Dr. Rahman on this insightful work, highlighting important issues within the Bangladesh Air Force.
Check out this article in The Diplomat co-authored by GSS Lab affiliate member @tanzimrahman! Congratulations to Dr. Rahman on this insightful work, highlighting important issues within the Bangladesh Air Force.

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