Healy Hall, Georgetown University

HoyasForShe

From 2016 to 2020, Georgetown participated as a founding U.N. HeForShe University Impact Champion. Georgetown students, faculty, and staff stand in solidarity with women to create a bold, visible, and united force for gender equality. HeForShe is a United Nations campaign run by U.N. Women, an international organization that advocates for gender equality. 

Commitments

As a founding University Impact Champion, Georgetown University has made three commitments in support of the HeForShe mission:

  • Work with UN Women to advance the role of women globally through the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. The institute seeks to strengthen the implementation of UNSCR 1325 through evidence-based research and analysis. 

  • Strengthen Georgetown’s commitment to a respectful, safe campus for all community members. Georgetown has engaged deeply in these issues for many years - from being one of the nation's first institutions to hire a full-time sexual assault coordinator in 1997 to the establishment of Georgetown's Sexual Assault Working Group more than a decade ago. 

  • Use the Georgetown Women's Alliance to create a culture where women thrive. The alliance is a university-wide platform that serves to collect, disseminate, and work to implement innovative research on women in leadership; share best practices to develop a supportive environment for all community members; and host events that provide inclusive opportunities for open dialogue. 

A Conversation on UN Women’s Global Priorities with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

President DeGioia talks with other panelists at the September 2018 HeForShe Summit.

University Efforts to Address Sexual Misconduct, Gender Equality Presented at U.N. HeForShe Summit

Georgetown President John J. DeGioia joined heads of state, CEOs, and other university presidents from around the world at the HeForShe Summit Sept. 26, 2018 during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, where they explored emerging solutions in the fight for global gender equality.

Georgetown Collaborators

Campus Partners

Former Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton and Ambassador Melanne Verveer

Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

Multiracial hands stacked on one another above the Georgetown seal in the entrance to Healy Hall

Georgetown Women's Alliance

Gender+Justice Initiative logo with protests in background

Gender+ Justice Initiative

Banner with the Georgetown University seal and words "Community in Diversity"

Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Affirmative Action

Students studying on the steps of Healy Hall

Women's and Gender Studies Program

Flowers and Healy Hall

Health Education Services

HoyasForShe Student Fellowship

Grid of students holding up #HoyasForShe pledge signs

Student Fellowship Program

As part of UN Women’s HeForShe campaign on Georgetown’s campus, the HoyasForShe Student Fellowship was a yearlong opportunity for students to support Georgetown offices that promote gender equity. The fellowship was inclusive of all gender identities and part of a wider university effort to make Georgetown a fully inclusive community. From spring 2018 to spring 2020, 16 HoyasForShe Fellows were placed at various university offices and programs that embody Georgetown’s commitment to the principle of gender equity.

Participation

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HoyasForShe Fellows

Meet the fellows.

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Campus Collaborators
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Blogs

Read the posts. 

Fellowship Highlights

Female Georgetown students sit on the grass with the U.S. Capitol Building in the background

HoyasForShe Student Project Highlight

Rebecca Hinkhouse (SFS’19) organized a series of meetings on Capitol Hill for Georgetown students to champion the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act, which promotes the inclusion of women at every stage of international conflict management.

Ongoing Activities

Although Georgetown participation as a founding University Impact Champion ended in 2020, Georgetown continues to bring together students, faculty, and staff to advance gender equality on campus and to foster an inclusive community.

Campus-Wide Ongoing Activities

Participants at the Women's Forum 2019

Georgetown University Women’s Forum

Audience in Riggs Library

Gender+Justice Initiative Annual Colloquium

A group of female students smile in front of Healy Hall

Courses in Women’s and Gender Studies Program

Students sit in desks in a large classroom

Graduate Certificate in Gender, Peace and Security

Books in Library

Women’s History Month in the Archives

Faculty in the library

Georgetown Task Force on Gender Equity