International Affiliates and Groups
Afghanistan
**Affiliate in the works - If you are interested in contacting our membership in Afghanistan, please let us know and we will put you in touch with them.
Belgium
WIIS-Brussels
Website: http://www.wiis-brussels.org/
Contact: Rachel Winks and Theo Adekunle; wiisbrussels@gmail.com
Background: November 2005 saw the resumption of WIIS activity in Brussels. As in the past, the group is holding monthly speaker meetings in private homes, bringing women together from a wide range of institutional settings in order to discuss issues of common concern. Being based in Brussels – the heart of the European Union and NATO – the groups mainly focuses on security issues linked to these two institutions, including response to disaster and crisis management, civil-military cooperation, and gender and conflict issues.
Estonia
WIIS-EST
Contact: Ms. Merle Krigul, mkrigul@hot.ee
Background: Following the WIIS conference titled Baltic Regional Security Challenges held in Riga, Latvia in May 2003, a WIIS organization was started in Tallinn, Estonia. The group's first meeting featured The Honorable Elisabet Bonnier, Swedish Ambassador to Estonia.
Germany
WIIS.de
Website: http://www.wiis.de
Contact: Ms. May-Britt Ulrike Stumbaum, Research Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations; stumbaum@dgap.org
Background: WIIS.de was officially launched on October 21, 2003, at a reception hosted by The Honorable Riina Kionka, then Estonian Ambassador to Germany. Since that time, its membership has increased to more than 100 members. WIIS.de welcomes members from politics, business, academia, military, and media. Although founded in Berlin, the organization also includes members from other German cities. Regional groups exist in Hamburg and Cologne.
Greece
WIIS-Greece
Website: http://gaaec.org/index_en.php
Contact: Dr. Aliki Mitsakos-Georgiou, Chairperson of the Education and Science Committee, Greek Association for Atlantic and European Cooperation; women@gaaec.org.
India
Women In Security Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP)
Website: http://www.wiscomp.org/index.htm
Contact: wiscomp@vsnl.com; furhhdl@vsnl.com
Background: WISCOMP, established in 1999, is a project of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama. It sees its role as creating a space to engender an inclusive, conceptual vocabulary in the areas of peace, security and conflict transformation. To this end, it seeks to empower new voices and promote a more people-oriented and gender sensitive discourse on matters relating to peace and security. WISCOMP has several ongoing projects including the Conflict Transformation Workshop; Scholar of Peace Fellowships; WISCOMP Kashmir Initiative; Transcending Conflict: Gender and Non-traditional Security in South Asia program; and WISCOMP Diplomacy Initiative.
Italy
**Affiliate in the works - If you are interested in contacting our membership in Italy, please let us know and we will put you in touch with them.
Poland
**Affiliate in the works - If you are interested in contacting our membership in Warsaw, please let us know and we will put you in touch with them.
Romania
**Affiliate in the works - If you are interested in contacting our membership in Romania, please let us know and we will put you in touch with them.
Serbia
**Affiliate in the works - If you are interested in contacting our membership in Serbia, please let us know and we will put you in touch with them.
Switzerland
**Affiliate in the works - If you are interested in contacting our membership in Switzerland, please let us know and we will put you in touch with them.
Turkey
**Affiliate in the works - If you are interested in contacting our membership in Turkey, please let us know and we will put you in touch with them.
Ukraine
**Affiliate in the works - If you are interested in contacting our membership in Ukraine, please let us know and we will put you in touch with them.
United Kingdom
British WIIS (B-WIIS)
Contact: Dr. Rachel Kerr, Lecturer, War Studies, King's College London;
b-wiis@kcl.ac.uk
Background: B-WIIS consists of approximately 160 women from academia, journalism, government, and NGOs in at least 5 countries. They encourage WIIS members who will be visiting London to contact them.