Shirley Graham

Director of the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA) and Associate Professor of Practice in International Affairs at GWU

Dr. Shirley Graham is the Director of the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA) and Associate Professor of Practice in International Affairs at George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs. She teaches two graduate courses: Global Gender Policy and Gender, War & Peace; and an undergraduate course: Women in Global Politics. Shirley’s research includes gender discourses on peacekeeping amongst officers in the Irish Defence Forces, and military gender advisors in U.S. security cooperation missions. Shirley is the founder and faculty mentor for the Student Consortium on Women, Peace & Security which raises awareness about the necessity of women’s equal participation in all aspects of peace and security, the protection of women and girls human rights, and the prevention of violent conflict. Shirley is currently writing a book about gender-based violence and trauma, and their wider effects, not only on women and girls but on all of society. For more information about Shirley click here: https://geia.elliott.gwu.edu/geia-director/.

Watch her TEDX talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d_m77WhwEw