Seeking Peace
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Seeking Peace
Peace is not something constructed in a room only by men. It takes a range of voices, perspectives and diverse practices. Seeking Peace is a podcast that explores the role of women around the world in bringing lasting peace to their communities. Women are too often seen as victims of conflict....
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28 þættirLeaders and Allies
In the final episode of the season, we bring you a fascinating conversation between Major General Maureen O’Brien, the Deputy Military Adviser in the...
Defying Gender Norms in Peacekeeping
The United Nations is the largest peacekeeping body in the world. In this episode, we explore the dynamic and interconnected world of peacekeeping. Yo...
Transforming Politics
Around the world, women face countless barriers to political participation. In this episode, you will hear from women in the Democratic Republic of th...
Women Negotiating Peace
Peace agreements are a formal means to pave the way for lasting peace. Women must play a critical role in shaping these agreements. In this episode, y...
The Daily Work of Building Peace
You might think of peacebuilding as peace talks that take place in big rooms, between country officials. But peacebuilding takes many forms, including...
Season Three Trailer
Welcome to Season Three of Seeking Peace from Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security. This season, we are collaborating with...
Justice for Black Mothers
In this episode, we hear about how women like Kenithia Alston are fighting for peace and security for Black lives in America. Ms. Alston’s son, Marque...
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Opal Tometi on the Fight for Racial Justice in the US
Opal Tometi co-founded Black Lives Matter alongside activists Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors. Time Magazine named her as one of 2020’s 100 most inf...
Actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan on Diversity and Gender Equality
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is a Tamil-Canadian actor known for her leading role in the Netflix comedy series Never Have I Ever, written by Mindy Kaling. Th...
La lucha por la paz en Colombia
This is a Spanish language version of our field story about the struggle for peace in Colombia.
Although a peace deal was signed in Colombia in...
Amplifying the Forgotten Voices of Yemeni Women
Yemen is one of the hardest places in the world to be a woman. Far too frequently, women die in bombings and disappear without a trace. It can be diff...
Celebrating women’s rights with Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright
December 10 is International Human Rights Day, an annual commemoration of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To celebrate how...
Nobel Laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege on Justice for Survivors of Sexual Violence
A surgeon and gynecologist, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Muwkege has spent over twenty years treating women survivors of rape in the Democratic Repu...
Supermodel Aweng Ade-Chuol Advocates for Refugees’ Mental Health
Aweng Ade-Chuol was born in a refugee camp in Kenya and has become a world famous model, recently appearing in the cast of Beyonce’s film, Black is Ki...
In Taliban Strongholds, a Woman Stands for Peace
In Afghanistan, one the most unequal and dangerous countries in the world for women, activist Muqadasa Ahmadzai tells us about how she went from hidin...
Malala Yousafzai’s Dad on the Importance of Girls’ Education
Ziauddin Yousafzai is known around the world for being the father of Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai. He’s a Pakistani educator and has been advoc...
The struggle for peace in Colombia
Although a peace deal was signed in Colombia in 2016, peace still seems out of reach, especially for human rights defenders. Almost 50 have been kille...
Jineth Bedoya Reaches Milestone for Women Journalists
Award-winning journalist Jineth Bedoya has survived multiple violent attacks during her efforts to get at the truth. In 2009 Jineth broke her silence...
The Superwomen of Libya
Protesting has its limits. At least that’s 23-year-old activist Rawan Khalfallah’s experience in Libya. Now, nine years after the fall of Muammar Gadd...
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nadia Murad on Taking ISIS to Court
2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad was 21 years old when ISIS militants carried out a genocide against her Yazidi community in Northern Iraq....
Season Two Trailer
Welcome to season two of Seeking Peace from Georgetown University's Institute for Women, Peace and Security. This season we go from Afghanistan to the...
Building Peace w/ Monica McWilliams
Monica McWilliams was one of only two women at the peace talks that ended the war in Northern Ireland. She explains why you have to be willing to “wav...
Combating Climate Change w/ fmr President Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland and climate justice activist Mary Robinson explains how climate change is a man-made problem with a feminist solution. And...
Peacekeeping w/ Maj. Gen. Kristen Lund
Major General Kristin Lund, the first and only woman to command a UN peacekeeping mission, tells us how the bond between women makes her job easier. A...
Sustaining Peace w/ Nobel Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
The first woman to be elected president of any African country, former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, explains how she kept the peace in Liberia. We...
Combating Sexual Violence w/ Ashley Judd
Actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd tells us how sexual violence affects women in war zones. Also on this episode: twenty years after the w...
Women’s Rights are Human Rights w/ Sec. Hillary Clinton
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tells us why women’s rights have to be a central part of American foreign policy. Also: meet the wome...
Why Women w/ Kristen Bell
Kristen Bell, actress and advocate for the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, explains the meaning of “goodness” and why women are the key to lastin...