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A Gender Lens is Essential to Sustaining Peace: Evidence from Mozambique
A new report reveals the importance of a broad understanding of “peace and security” to account for the challenges Mozambican women and girls face every day.
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Apply Now for the Peace and Social Change Fellowship
The fellowship supports women grassroots activists working to promote peace and security. The deadline for applications is October 23.
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A Day Without Ghost Towns and Guns: How African Women Leaders Reimagine Peace
At a recent panel, African women leaders shared powerful stories about the peace and security challenges they face, and how they’re carving strategic paths forward.
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‘What’s the Point of the Revolution if You Can’t Dance?’
Nobel laureates and young feminist visionaries come together at a historic ‘Claiming our Space’ summit in Liberia.
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Filmmakers Gather to Preview and Discuss ‘Women, War and Peace II’ Series
The March 12 event, which is open to the public, will focus on four never-before-told stories of women who risked their lives for peace, changing history in the process.
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Leymah Gbowee Addresses United Nations General Assembly
At U.N. events in September, the Nobel Peace laureate called for a broader understanding of peace and security, and better inclusion of women in decision-making.
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Lessons From This Year’s G7: Gender Inequality, Policy and Participation
Beyond trade, tariffs, and Donald Trump, this year’s G7 made addressing gender inequality a priority. What comes next may be even more important.
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Reimagining Peace and Security: The Women, Peace and Security Inaugural Workshop
Last week, a diverse group of activists, practitioners, and academics from across the U.S. came together to discuss building collective action for peace and social change.
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Leymah Gbowee to Serve on G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council
Gbowee, who heads Columbia University’s Women, Peace, and Security program, will help to ensure women’s empowerment in economic, security, and energy policy.

AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More
