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10/27/2025

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, in collaboration with the Peace Research Institute Oslo and supported by Government of Norway today released the new Women, Peace and Security Index. You can find the ranking here:

Women, Peace and Security Index Loading Map… About the WPS Index The 2023 edition of the global Women Peace and Security Index (WPS Index) scores and ranks 177 countries in terms of women’s inclusion, justice, and security. No country performs perfectly on the WPS Index and the results reveal wi...

03/07/2025

The Co-Chairs of the Congressional Women, Peace and Security Caucus, Representative (R-VA) and Representative .house.gov (D-FL), today released this joint statement ahead of International Women's Day: https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3791

Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Caucus, reaffirmed their commitment to advancing the WPS agenda ahead of International Women’s Day.

02/20/2025

Professor Rian Thum,​ Senior Lecturer in East Asian History at the University of Manchester, authored the latest Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide's report on the current state of mass atrocities ​committed by the Chinese government that target​ the Uyghur community and other Turkic minorities. https://vault.ushmm.org/adaptivemedia/rendition/id_f36afdaa9fbc0c6c7443b2a5c71025f8b51f459d

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01/22/2025

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide released a new policy brief on Sudan. On January 7, 2025, the US State Department declared the situation in Darfur a genocide, recognizing the horrific crimes endured by communities that experienced genocide 20 years ago. You can find the new policy brief "HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF IN DARFUR IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY” here: https://vault.ushmm.org/adaptivemedia/rendition/id_86a8a31473ef21ec079f79cab5c008e3163a2a35

01/07/2025

The US today followed up its December 2023 determination regarding that SAF and RSF committed war crimes and the RSF had committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, with a determination that the RSF has committed genocide (https://www.state.gov/genocide-determination-in-sudan-and-imposing-accountability-measures/). In response, the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide released this statement: https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/museum-statement-on-us-state-departments-determination-of-genocide-in-darfur

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12/19/2024

The Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, in collaboration with the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, has just released its 2024-25 Statistical Risk Assessment Report. The report assesses the risk that an intrastate mass killing may take place in a country. The report defines an intrastate mass killing as the deliberate killing of 1,000 or more civilians within a country by armed forces in the same country (whether government or nonstate), over a period of a year or less, because of their membership in a particular group.

The Early Warning Project’s Statistical Risk Assessment uses publicly available data and statistical modeling to produce a list of countries ranked by their estimated risk of experiencing a new...

12/09/2024

Excellent analysis by of the mass atrocities risk in Sudan. Since the armed conflict escalated in Sudan again in April 2023, over half a million refugees have fled to South Sudan, where local tensions increased, and the humanitarian situation worsened further. You can find Danica's report here:

11/20/2024

Today's 2024 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission's report to Congress highlights urgent economic and security threats from China, emphasizing the need to close 'de minimis' loopholes in U.S. laws, particularly re. fashion and fentanyl.

11/19/2024

As the U.S. undergoes a significant government transition, malign actors can't be allowed to take advantage. We must remain vigilant to prevent atrocities around the world, including in Uganda:

This 2024 report explains the factors behind three high-risk scenarios and identifies potential triggering events that could lead to large-scale, systematic violence against civilians in Uganda, in th...

07/11/2024

This important book by Scott Straus (https://lnkd.in/gWFEsvQ3) is a tremendous (and free!!) resource on atrocity prevention principles and tools published by the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide. This textbook and the Center's annual Statistical Risk Assessment (https://lnkd.in/eQp4_yyW) and AP tools analysis (https://lnkd.in/ehZnGMPs) should be required reading for every government professional and Hill staffer concerned with foreign affairs and national security matters. I know you have very little time on the Hill to read longer books or research publications, BUT THESE TOOLS YOU HAVE TO KNOW TO BE EFFECTIVE IN YOUR JOBS. The Center is here to help you!

05/21/2024

The video recording of the Uyghur-focused program by the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum "We Don’t Even Know If They’re Alive”: China’s Mass Atrocities against the Uyghurs is now here: https://ow.ly/NKPA50RPjxs

05/16/2024

Our Secure Future has just released a messaging guide that explores the need for a Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) perspective in the rapidly evolving field of technology, including AI. The guide sheds light on the importance of incorporating this perspective in the design, development, and deployment of technology to ensure inclusivity and gender equality.

The guide is available here: https://lnkd.in/e3EHRVxT.

This guide is an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning more about how WPS perspectives can be integrated into the tech field.