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* Course includes two-day study trip (optional) to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York City during SAIS spring break in March 2018 as part of the SAIS Women Lead Initiative. Course and study trip are open to SAIS women and men. Only students who apply during the fall semester will be accepted to the UN CSW Study Trip. Please Contact Starr Lee for online application. This course explores the relationship between women’s status and participation and the political and economic security of the nations and the international system. Students will develop a theoretical and historical understanding of the mechanisms by which women have been excluded from political and economic power structures and the contributions they have made to the transformation of the international order despite this exclusion. Students will be trained in Gender Based Analysis (GBA) and apply this methodology to topics relevant to their SAIS concentrations and professional areas of expertise. They will examine international relations theory and re-evaluate outcomes based on gendered language and bias. Finally, students will analyze the impact and efficacy of the United Nations Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda. Guest speakers in the security sector, case studies, and analyses of the historical and cultural framework of the global women’s movement will give students the tools to articulate to policy-makers best practices for creating more peaceful, secure societies and nations. <a href="http://bit.ly/1bebp5s" target="_blank">Click here to see evaluations, syllabi, and faculty bios</a>