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Collaborative on Global Children's Issues Releases Briefing on Children on the Move Across the Americas
The three-part Innovating Protection for Children on the Move Across the Americas series brought a child-focused and solutions-oriented lens to the topic of migration, and included blog contributions from community leaders, policy analysts…
Georgetown’s Representative in Rome Releases Book on Pope Francis’ Encyclical Fratelli Tutti
Debora Tonelli, Georgetown University representative in Rome and lecturer at Gregorian University and Pontifical Atheneum S. Anselmo, recently released a new edited volume in Italian titled Fratelli tutti? Credenti e non credenti in dialogo con Papa…
Georgetown Applauds U.S. Appeals Court Decision To Allow International Students To Work in U.S.
A U.S. appeals court has affirmed a federal program that allows international students to live and work in the United States after they graduate—a decision that Georgetown and 150 other universities advocated for in a 2021 amicus brief.
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security and Rockefeller Foundation Convene Global Women Leaders on Climate, Democracy, and Gender Equity Issues
GIWPS and the Rockefeller Foundation co-convened global women leaders in Bellagio, Italy, to address the urgent need for action to advance gender equity.
Landmark Guidelines Aim to Protect Children Uprooted by Climate Change
The global policy framework launched by UNICEF and Georgetown University aims to protect and empower children migrant in the context of climate change.
Policymakers Called for Sound Assessment on Reality of North Korean Nuclear Test
Victor Cha, professor at the School of Foreign Service, addressed the status of North Korean nuclear capabilities at the Asian Leadership Conference hosted by Chosun Ilbo Media.
Georgetown Delegation Tours Southeast Asia
During the last week of June 2022, Vice President for Global Engagement Thomas Banchoff accompanied Dean Joel Hellman of the Walsh School of Foreign Service on a trip to Singapore and Indonesia.
Scorched Earth: Climate and Conflict in the Middle East
For Foreign Affairs, Marwa Daoudy, associate professor at the School of Foreign Service, writes of the grave implication climate change will add to the already serious situation in the Middle East.
The Global Lessons of COVID-19: How Can America Prepare for the Next Pandemic?
For Foreign Affairs, Rebecca Katz, director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security, cowrites a piece summarizing the lessons drawn from COVID-19.