Conflict, Security & Development: The U.S. and Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism

Event Description
Conflict, Security & Development:
The U.S. and Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism

Lama, Fakih, gender, human rights, and counterterrorism fellow, NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice

The Obama Administration's 2010 National Security Strategy stresses that alongside defensive measures, diplomacy and development are cornerstones of U.S. national security policy. This reflects a global shift from the use of hard to soft counter-terrorism measures and has resulted in the use of development operations to counter terrorism. Alongside this, in an effort to both promote gender equality and advance counter-terrorism efforts, the Obama Administration is considering the role gender can play in development initiatives to counter extremism. Fakih focuses on the role of gender in program design, implementation, and assessment and considers the impact that development securitization has on gender equality.

Please note location: NYU Wagner

Location Information:
Washington Square - Puck (View Map)
295 Lafayette, 2nd floor
New York, NY
Room: 2nd Floor

Contact Information:
Phone: 212-992-8380
Email: scps.global.affairs@nyu.edu