WIIS Words

Published on a quarterly basis, WIIS Words keeps members apprised of WIIS news and events.  WIIS Words highlights the expertise of WIIS members on timely topical issues.  It also relays advice from professional development workshops, features interviews with mid-career and senior-level women professionals, spotlights the work of younger women, and announces WIIS members' recent publications and achievements.

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Summer 2007 Table of Contents - Gender, Conflict, and Security

• Exploring Diverse Challenges to Global Peace and Security
• Security and Conflict: Has Violence against Women been Effectively Addressed? by Frances T. Pilch
• A Development Fund Takes On Police Work by Natalie Florea Hudson
• The Female Side of Militant Islam by Joyce M. Davis
• Eroding National Security: Gendered Challenges to Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration by Laura Taylor and Dee Aker
• Women and Human Security: The Case of Post-Conflict Afghanistan by Dr. Cheryl Bernard, Kristen Cordell, and Olga Oliker
• Veiled Threats: Modifications in Hijab Laws as Indicators of Perceived Imperialism in Iran by Suzanne Levi-Sanchez and Sophie Clavier
• Justice and Reconciliation for Women in Sierra Leone - Reparations Remain Elusive by Lyn S. Graybill