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September 1, 2025: Together with Karen Smith, LSE, she is a recipient of the inaugural LSE-NYU Research Seed Funding Grant for their project “The Remaking of the Multilateral Order: Women Diplomats at the UN.”
This research project investigates how the major shifts in multilateralism, combined with a populist and anti-gender backlash and the current prevalence of hypermasculine politics, impact the agency and diplomatic roles of women in multilateral organizations, specifically within the United Nations. We will compile a comprehensive dataset of all appointments of women as permanent representatives and deputy permanent representatives to the UN in New York, Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna between 1995 (the year of the final World Conference on Women) and 2025, including sociodemographic and government information. We will then conduct expert interviews with a number of women currently serving in those positions in all four UN sites to explore how they view their appointment amidst a rapidly changing world order.
July 19, 2025: Roundtable — From Bread to Bullets: Is Multilateralism in Trouble? A Roundtable Discussion with Women Leaders
Amid rising global tensions and declining support for international institutions, the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy is hosting a roundtable with women leaders in the UAE to explore the challenges facing multilateralism and discuss possible solutions.
Venue: Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, Abu Dhabi
Moderator: Dr. Sara J. Chehab, Senior Research Fellow, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, Abu Dhabi
Speakers
- Berangere Boell, United Nations Resident Coordinator for the UAE
- Sajeda Shawa, Head of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in UAE
- Iva Hamel, World Bank Resident Representative for the UAE and Bahrain
- Hana Al Hashimi, Senior Country Manager, OPEC Fund for International Development
- Dr. Henriette Müller, Assistant Professor of Gender, Governance, and Society at NYUAD
- Dr. Victoria Stewart, Senior Research Fellow, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, Abu Dhabi
July 16, 2024: Interview for the WDR (German Radio Station): Ursula von der Leyen - Wie weiblich ist Europa?
- Ursula von der Leyen - How feminine is Europe?
Ursula von der Leyen is used to standing up to men. Only once did her features slip after an affront. Sabrina Fritz with a quasi-feminist assessment of von der Leyen's European policy.
WDR 3 Mosaik 16.07.2024 04:07 Min.
August 3, 2023: Henriette Müller (Assistant Professor of Gender, Governance & Society) has recently interviewed the first female Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Her Excellency Dr. Fatou Bensouda, as part of a new initiative entitled ‘Women in Diplomacy’ introduced by LSE IDEAS, Foreign Policy Think Tank. The initiative’s mission is to address women’s continued underrepresentation in diplomacy and foreign affairs. As part of it, LSE IDEAS has launched a podcast series that brings together researchers, practitioners, and women leaders of diplomacy and international organizations, to explore how policy-making processes can produce more gender-sensitive policy outcomes. The podcast featuring the interview with Dr. Bensouda, as well as other episodes of this series, are available here.
