How to navigate structural barriers to postgraduate opportunities

How to navigate structural barriers to postgraduate opportunities

Gayathri Nagasubramaniam writes about her experience as a young professional in Geneva and the importance of diversity in leadership roles. Gayathri is currently a communications associate at the ICRC. She holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs from IHEID, Geneva. She is also one of Women in Foreign Policy’s Newsletter Coordinators.

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How mountaineering is helping build Afghanistan’s newest leaders

How mountaineering is helping build Afghanistan’s newest leaders

Marina LeGree, founding director of Ascend, has been working in Afghanistan and other post-conflict environments for two decades. She creates development strategies and manages programs in remote and insecure settings for international organizations and governments. In this newsletter she writes about how Ascend employs athletics, with a focus on mountaineering, to build the leadership skills of Afghan women and girls...

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Our contributors on #FreePalestine

Our contributors on #FreePalestine

This newsletter, our intro guest writer is Diala Ghneim, a US based WiFP contributor. She is a Middle Eastern Affairs researcher and a communications professional specialising in bridging the gap between multilateral institutions and civil society organisations operating in crisis-affected countries. In June 2021, Diala co-founded 'Arabs in International Affairs (aia)', the only Instagram platform dedicated to connecting, supporting and highlighting the professional journeys of Arabs working in the international affairs sector.

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Bridging private and public sector careers

Bridging private and public sector careers

This newsletter, Laxmi Aeshwarya Kumar writes about her personal experiences in bridging private and public sector careers. She has a professional and academic background in banking as well as law and has worked in a variety of non-governmental, private and public sector capacities. She is presently working in the field of sustainable finance, focusing on respective legal frameworks.

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Starting your career while the world crumbles around you

Starting your career while the world crumbles around you

This newsletter, Vaishnavi Pallapothu discusses the challenges she has faced whilst job hunting during the Pandemic and the need to dismantle structural barriers to allow bright graduates to enter the workforce. Vaishnavi now works with the Gender Security Project, an independent feminist think-tank based in Chennai and her writing and research work centres around the themes of feminist foreign policy, the Women, Peace and Security agenda, as well as critical international relations.

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Empowering young women to become inspiring leaders

Empowering young women to become inspiring leaders

This newsletter, WiFP Newsletter Coordinator Felicity Challinor writes about inspiring leadership and the importance of compassion, respect and courage. Felicity is currently completing a MSc in Global Politics at Durham University and is developing her leadership through student roles and the Durham Leadership Academy. The impetus for this piece comes from the book Inspiring Leadership by Jonathan Perks...

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