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Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights

Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights

The Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights is an organization devoted to bringing knowledge about gender and security to bear on the quest to end armed conflicts and build sustainable peace. The Consortium is housed at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. The Consortium has been shaping the agenda in gender and security research since its establishment in 2002. As it approaches its sixth anniversary, the Boston Consortium continues with its traditional agenda and looks forward to exciting new initiatives.

The Consortium is made up of scholars and researchers from academic institutions from the Boston area, and linked with researchers internationally. Throughout its history, the Consortium has worked to:

  • Build Knowledge about Gender, Armed Conflict and Security through holding lectures, discussions, knowledge-building workshops and conferences
  • Bridge the Gap Between Research and Practice through creative, effective collaborations across some of the stubborn divides between scholars on the one hand, and policy-makers, policy-shapers, and practitioners on the other

The Consortium’s sixth anniversary brings new projects to enrich our work towards these ends. The Consortium has moved to the University of Massachusetts, Boston. This year, the Consortium plans three major areas of expansion. First, the Consortium will start partnering working with the Social Science Research Council to develop its International Interactive Gender and Armed Conflict Research Agenda, aimed at enabling researchers, policy makers, and women “on the ground” to articulate their own most pressing knowledge needs; to find out what research may answer their questions; and to identify areas where new research and deeper interrogation is urgently needed. The Interactive Research Agenda will feature an online database of academic researchers’ current research projects, as well as links to published research and working papers.

Contact: Carol Cohn, Director & Sandra M. McEvoy, Associate Director

Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights
University of Massachusetts, Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125-3393

Phone: (617) 287-6412
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Website: http://www.genderandsecurity.umb.edu