“Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights,” Hillary Clinton said at the 1995 UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Her words were reaffirmed at... Read more
By Isabella Stratta December 31, 2021
Georgetown virtually held Beijing +25: Commemorating a Watershed Moment for Women’s Rights on Sept. 10. Ambassador Melanne Verveer, the current executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and... Read more
By Sophie Tafazzoli September 13, 2020
The Iranian government generated international headlines this month – not because of its nuclear program or a contentious international agreement – but because it allowed several hundred women to attend... Read more
By Melanne Verveer December 4, 2018