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Gender

Georgetown hosts a broad range of programs that engage issues of gender in a global context.

Leading efforts include the Institute for Women, Peace and Security (Walsh School of Foreign Service); the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic (Law Center); and the Women’s Leadership Institute (McDonough School of Business). Since 2016, Georgetown has participated in U.N. Women's HeForShe campaign as a founding University IMPACT Champion.

In the classroom, programs such as the major in Women’s and Gender Studies give students the opportunity to explore gender dynamics across disciplines. Outside the classroom, Georgetown Women in International Affairs (GWIA) provides networks of resources for leadership development. Georgetown’s Jesuit identity and commitment to the global common good shape this engagement around gender issues and human rights more broadly. The Georgetown Women's Alliance brings together Georgetown staff, faculty, students, and alumni for dialogue, networking, professional training, and collaboration around women and leadership.

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Major in Women's and Gender Studies

The Women's and Gender Studies Program in the Georgetown College offers a major for undergraduate students in the College. Participants are offered an interdisciplinary, critical, feminist, and cross-cultural understanding of women, gender, and power in a global context, with focus on the interactions/intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality.

Hillary Rodham Clinton Fellowship Program

Established in 2014, the Hillary Clinton Fellowship provides funding for three young professionals who have completed their master's degrees to spend a year working at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security. Two recent graduates of Georgetown University and the Clinton School of Public Service conduct research in the field of women, peace, and security; one recent graduate of Georgetown Law Center conducts research and analysis on international law, human rights, and actions…

Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa Fellowship Program

This fellowship program trains women's human rights lawyers from Africa who are committed to returning to their home countries in order to advance the status of women and girls. This fellowship program is sponsored by the Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program at the Law Center.

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and Research Programs

Gender Justice InitiativeGeorgetown Unit

The Gender⁺ Justice Initiative is a cross-campus initiative that seeks to make Georgetown a dynamic hub of knowledge production, community engagement, and policy development on intersectional issues of gender, racial, and economic justice.

Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and SecurityGeorgetown Unit

Established in 2011, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security is an institute for research, scholarship, and outreach at the School of Foreign Service that seeks to deepen and extend the university's engagement with the critical issues…

Georgetown University Women’s Leadership InstituteGeorgetown Unit

The Georgetown University Women’s Leadership Institute in the McDonough School of Business convenes faculty researchers, company executives, policymakers, and students to build a foundation of evidence-based, data-driven knowledge about the attitudes…