The Global Women's Institute

03/08/2026

Happy International Women’s Day! 🌍✨

What Works II is the UK’s flagship global initiative to end VAWG, contributing directly to the empowerment of women and girls worldwide.

We know VAWG prevention is possible. Through evidence, investment and collective action, we can scale what works and help end violence within our lifetime.

Our evidence shows that violence against women and girls in homes, schools and communities can be reduced by 50% in under three years. Together we must:

🔎 Invest in evidence
📣 Amplify solutions
💟 Support survivors

Discover more on our Evidence Hub: https://bit.ly/4ssjFcv

Share to amplify our evidence and impact this International Women’s Day 💥➡️

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

03/08/2026

02/18/2026

✍ A groundbreaking new report shows that women human rights defenders ( ) and women political activists face targeted acts of gender-based violence ( ) as part of a systematic approach used by the Nicaraguan government to silence them.

🗣️ We are honored to co-host a virtual panel to mark the launch of this powerful report, alongside G37 Centre and . Join us on February 25, 2026, at 10AM EST. Registration is required.

🎟️ RSVP now to reserve your spot: https://lnkd.in/eKWGuZiT

The panel will be moderated by The Global Women’s Institute (GWI) Director Mary Ellsberg, Gema Gutiérrez Hernández, María Martín and Diana Silva, with expert commentary provided by Lisa Davis, the ICC Special Adviser on Gender and Other Discriminatory Crimes, and Tamara Dávila, a Nicaraguan feminist leader and ex-political prisoner.

11/05/2025

📣✅Applications for GenderPro’s February 2026 Cohort are now open!

What is GenderPro, and is it right for you?

The 15-week, fully online program is designed for mid- to senior-level international development professionals like you – from public health to humanitarian aid – who are looking to:

Gain essential skills and practical tools to mainstream gender across programming

Build expertise in evidence-based approaches that challenge inequality and improve the lives of women and girls around the world

Accelerate your career with a premier training and certification prep program

Submit your application now: getinfo.genderpro.gwu.edu

GenderPro is a capacity-building and credentialing program, led by the Global Women’s Institute at the George Washington University and created in partnership with UNICEF.

Join us. 🤝🤝🤝

06/09/2025

Supporting survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) is a shared responsibility — especially during a humanitarian emergency. But, not every organization is prepared to step in.

Join us for a webinar, Supporting Survivors of GBV: Lessons for Non-specialist Organizations, on Thursday, June 19 at 9:00am EDT | 3:00pm CEST (registration link below) to learn how non-specialist organizations can better support survivors who spontaneously disclose experiences of gender-based violence.

Emergency disruptions to survivor-centered response services mean that women and girls often end up sharing their experiences of violence with organizations that aren’t necessarily equipped to respond.

The Putting Survivors at the Center (PSC) approach, piloted in the DRC, Iraq and South Sudan, centered this issue and informed a suite of activities and tools for non-specialists.

During this webinar, we’ll share more about these tools and activities, including advice on how organizations can enhance their referral systems and support the psychosocial resilience of GBV survivors within their communities.

Register now: https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_adqc4yLvQECT4DIDGES3Jw

Putting Survivors at the Center is a joint project led by the Global Women’s Institute at the George Washington University and Women for Women International. You can learn more about PSC on our website: https://survivorsprogram.gwu.edu/

06/02/2025

❗ Women and girls know what makes humanitarian aid unsafe–and how to fix it.

👉 Join us and World Vision International on Friday, June 6 at 10:00am EDT | 4:00pm CEST (webinar registration link below) to learn how to reduce the risk of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in aid distributions around the world.

The Empowered Aid program has fundamentally shifted the way aid is delivered in Uganda, Lebanon, and Jordan. The program’s approach to centering refugee women and girls has led to new, context-specific tactics like: increasing the presence of female aid workers and transitioning to household-level aid distribution. And it’s worked—after partnering in the research process and seeing their solutions come to life, women and girls have consistently reported feeling safer when they receive aid.

Curious about Empowered Aid and how to adapt these tools to your context? Join our webinar to:

🔹 Learn how ’sInstitute, World Vision International and other local and international partners deepen our accountability to local populations in how we evaluate, monitor, and deliver humanitarian assistance.

🔹 Learn about Empowered Aid: We’ll share the model, tools and lessons learned–and offer a roadmap for integrating lived experience and implementation science to build safer, more inclusive systems.

🔹 Learn about our work with refugee women and girls in places like Lebanon, Jordan and Uganda to document sexual exploitation and abuse and test the solutions they proposed to address these risks.

Join World Vision DME Specialist Nigusu Zelelke( MPH, MSC, MDICHA), GWI Research Scientist Alina Potts, MPH, and World Vision Syria Child Protection and Safeguarding Officer to explore how humanitarian aid can become safer by listening to women and girls and putting their words into action.

This webinar is part of ’s Global Evaluation Week, a global knowledge-sharing event to advance monitoring and
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Register now: https://lnkd.in/gUG2RB3Y

Empowered Aid is led by the Global Women’s Institute at the George Washington University (GWI), in partnership with local and international aid actors, as well as affected communities in refugee-hosting countries around the world.

Can’t attend? Learn more about Empowered Aid on our website: https://lnkd.in/gH6fjtKQ

05/15/2025

GenderPro Fall Cohort Applications are now open! Submit yours today.

What is GenderPro, and is it right for you?

📣The 15-week, 6-module course is designed for mid- to senior-level development and humanitarian professionals who are looking to:

✅Gain essential skills and practical tools to mainstream gender across programming

✅Build expertise in evidence-based approaches that advance women's and girls' rights and opportunities globally

✅Accelerate career opportunities with this premier training and certification prep program

Submit your application now: getinfo.genderpro.gwu.edu

GenderPro is a capacity-building and credentialing program, hosted by George Washington University, led by The Global Women’s Institute in partnership with UNICEF, and designed for working professionals like you.

Join us. Apply now.

03/17/2025

Join us in Washington, DC, for an afternoon of discussions and learning. The event will begin with a docent-led tour of Intrinsic Beauty, followed by a reception, a panel discussion, and a screening of A Poem for Bilkis Dadi.
Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Location: 701 21st St NW, Washington, DC
🔗RSVP for the in-person event at GW Textile Museum: http://bit.ly/3FoI6UX


The Equality Institute

03/17/2025

March 18 | Virtual Panel and Film Screening
This virtual event will feature a panel discussion with feminist researchers and activists from Australia, India, South Africa, and Nicaragua, followed by a documentary screening.

Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET

🔗RSVP for the virtual panel: https://bit.ly/3XMlm7B

The Equality Institute

12/23/2024

🌐 Meet Alina Potts, one of our 2025 Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity!

Alina is a Research Scientist with The Global Women's Institute at George Washington University where she uses participatory, feminist methods to address gender-based violence in humanitarian settings.

She leads the “Empowered Aid” initiative to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse in aid settings and works with women-led organizations to advance mental health and psychosocial support for GBV survivors.

🔗 Learn more about Alina and her work https://healthequity.atlanticfellows.org/fellows/alina-potts/

07/22/2024

Upcoming Webinar: Monitoring SEA Risks in Organizational Processes to Create a Safer
Workplace
Join the Global Women's Institute’s Empowered Aid team for a webinar series exploring policies
and practices that support mitigating the risk of sexual exploitation and abuse ( ) as a way
to make delivery safer and more accountable. In the final installment, we invite you to a
moderated panel discussion on monitoring SEA risks in organizational processes to create a
safer workplace. We will hear from safeguarding, protection, and experts on how they
have incorporated SEA risk reduction strategies into recruitment, training, and other
institutional processes.
Over the past five years, the Empowered Aid initiative has demonstrated how
methods can be used to understand and address risks of sexual exploitation and abuse in aid
distributions. Visit empoweredaid.gwu.edu to access findings and resources including case
studies, a helpdesk, and a free online course in 5 languages.

The webinar will take place on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 8 am EDT/ 1 pm BST/ 2 pm CEST
with panelists:
◽ Rima Karim, Head of Safeguarding and Organizational Culture, BRAC International
◽ Emily Galloway, Senior Advisor, Global Protection, Global Communities
◽ Gry Tina Tinde, PSEA Advisor and Inter-Agency PSEA Coordinator, International Federation of
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC
This webinar will be moderated by Hope Harriet, Empowered Aid Consultant at The Global
Women's Institute (GWI). Register for the webinar at: https://bit.ly/3WhMnQe