"as Hall pieced the information together she began to find women warriors everywhere, not only resisting their enslavers but planning and leading slave revolts" #slavery #resistance #women #femalerebels theguardian.com/world/2021/may…

#Responsibility to protect and #Women, Peace and Security agendas where are you when we need you? When Afghan people need you? 🇦🇫 So profoundly disappointed in our governments.

Signed. This country not only has the ability, but a responsibility to protect those under threat by the Taliban... Without action, a commitment to the WPS and R2P doctrine are just empty words.

Congratulations Susanne Kozak on the publication of your first scholarly article 👏🏻👏🏻. Fantastic analysis🔥 - open access cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgov… Monash GPS Dr Betty Barkha Alexandra Phelan Dr Samanthi Gunawardana WICID Warwick Monash Sustainable Development Institute

Today we had Nicholas Rasmussen from Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) visit Monash GPS where we shared views and ideas about how to better integrate gender and online/offline dimensions into policy responses towards violent extremism Jacqui True

What if genocide, not war, was considered the central problem of International Relations? How would the study of international relations be different? I ask that question of my Intro to IR students. Here's what we discussed. [THREAD]

But was the "Cold War" actually "Cold"? Not really.

Excited to share my new article in Eur Jnl Int Sec where I investigate why states choose (not) to repatriate ISIS foreign fighters and their children detained in Syria and Iraq. Monash Politics & IR Monash GPS Cambridge University Press - Academic Cambridge Core

Thought provoking close to Day AVERT Research Network Symposium- Gender and CVE interventions Dr Helen Stenger Alexandra Phelan Prof. Debra Smith Caitlin Clemmow

The next Insight in our gender series by Alexandra Phelan and Irine H गायत्री examines how gender-sensitive P/CVE policies could respond to and mitigate the impacts of COVID on women impacted by violent extremism in the ASEAN region gnet-research.org/2022/11/30/gen…

Really excited to announce that I passed my PhD confirmation today! 🙌 Massive thanks to my supervisors Alexandra Phelan Jacqui True for their support so far, and to Pete and Kirsten for their amazing feedback. Really excited to get stuck into data collection next year.

So proud of my RA and PhD student, James Paterson’s, article in SCT on the adaptability and continuity of Al Qaeda’s threat narratives, check it out below 👇🏼 ⁦Monash Politics & IR⁩ ⁦Remy Davison⁩ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The 2023 Young Women to Watch in International Affairs list HAS ARRIVED! 🌏YAIA recognises, celebrates and promotes this selection of outstanding women and share in their successes within the international affairs space! #Congratulations to our finalists 👏bit.ly/YWTW23

Many researchers believe women are the answer to ending wars & building long-lasting peace. To mark #IWD2023, we've asked experts around the 🌍 about the unique role of women in peacebuilding & conflict prevention. Read their insights: bit.ly/3ZrHaUR #WPS #gender

Excited to contribute to 360info.global's Special Report for #InternationalWomensDay with my supervisor Alexandra Phelan. We wrote about why understanding women's agency in conflict is key to effective repatriation and peace building initiatives 👇 360info.org/repatriating-i…

Over the past 1.5+ yrs, I've been working on a mapping project related to the Islamic State. On March 21st there will be a launch event for the mapping tool, which will be free & open access to anyone. Thanks to Gina Ligon & Thomas Hegghammer for joining me virtually to help launch it.

Was an absolute privilege to attend the Australian Institute of International Affairs Conference on behalf of Monash GPS . Heard from some brilliant minds on the future of Australian foreign policy in an increasingly complex geo political landscape.

In my GNET insight, I argue that the internet is enabling terrorist groups to more effectively exploit gender dynamics including gender ideologies, policies, practices and participation.