Giovanna Marques Kuele is a research assistant with Instituto Igarapé, a think tank in Rio de Janeiro that deals with international security and development issues. Adriana Erthal Abdenur is an ...

Just days before the COP26 environment summit in Glasgow, Scotland, three of the United Nations’ lead agencies on climate and development each published alarming reports. The World Meteorological ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres received an honorary degree from the New School university in New York City on Feb. 17. He spoke at length on “women and power,” blaming patriarchy for the ...

Susan Hutchinson is a specialist in the women, peace and security agenda with professional experience in the military, government and NGO sectors. She is currently a Ph.D. scholar at the Australian ...

Melanne Verveer is director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. She was formerly US Ambassador for Global Women's Issues and worked at the center of the work of the US ...

Stéphanie Fillion is a New York-based reporter specializing in foreign affairs and human rights who has been writing for PassBlue regularly for a year, including co-producing UN-Scripted, a new ...

Abdellatif El Hamamouchi is a Moroccan researcher of political science and an investigative journalist. He was given the Freedom of Expression and Media Award in North Africa for 2023 from the Article ...

WINNIPEG, Canada — Every new immigrant to Canada has to live through the three stages of acculturation, which for most people is not easy. First comes the thrill and joy of exploring a new land, then ...

Christine Lagarde is the first female managing director of the International Monetary Fund, a post she assumed in 2011. Previously, after an international law career she became French minister for ...

David J. Scheffer is visiting senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, focusing on international law and international criminal justice. Scheffer is also the Tom A. Bernstein Genocide ...

Sophie Huvé is the legal expert at the United Nations University Center for Policy Research, focusing on the interplay between UN sanctions and humanitarian action. She previously worked on the use of ...

The decision at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to establish a fund to assist developing countries address loss and damage from the adverse impacts of climate change was a momentous signal of hope ...