The U.S. Civil Society Working Group for Women, Peace and Security (WPS) convened legislators, practitioners and peacebuilding organizations to discuss how the pandemic has affected peacebuilding efforts, how we can institute the principles of WPS within the U.S. context, and what we can learn from peacebuilders past and present to help solve the unique challenges of this era.
Author: Corey Greer
Corey Greer is the Communications Director at Women's Action for New Directions, a nonprofit organization devoted to building women's political power to advocate for security and peace with justice. She was previously on the Gender Equality team at the United Nations Development Program in Istanbul and the Gender, Women and Democracy team at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.
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