Posts with Tag: Diversity

Gender equality: Why is it still up for debate?

In a piece for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Senior Research Associate Federica Dall’Arche highlights how the G7 debate over abortion rights is the latest example of a regressive trend on gender equality issues, including in the nuclear field.
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Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme – 3rd Edition Final Meeting

21 May 2024 • 
The VCDNP and IAI convened the final meeting of the third edition of their Mentorship Programme for young women in non-proliferation and disarmament.
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The Scientific Case for Diversity in Nuclear Weapons Policy-Making

VCDNP Research Associate Louis Reitmann uses empirical findings from psychology and behavioural science to demonstrates how demographic diversity contributes to more effective nuclear weapons policy, in a new paper published by the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR).
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VCDNP Experts Explore Gender Perspectives on Nuclear Weapons in New Podcast

VCDNP experts Federica Dall’Arche, Mara Zarka, and Louis Reitmann feature on the Arms Control Poseur podcast in a series of episodes discussing gender perspectives on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.
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VCDNP and NTI Create Next in Nuclear Fellowship

19 December 2023 • 
The VCDNP and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) have partnered up to create a capacity-building programme for early-career women from the Global South working on nuclear safety, security, safeguards, or the peaceful uses of nuclear technologies.
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Russia's War on Ukraine: The Implications for the Global Nuclear Order

VCDNP Senior Fellow Dr. Nikolai Sokov and VCDNP Senior Research Associate Federica Dall’Arche contribute two chapters to the new book “Russia’s War on Ukraine: The Implications for the Global Nuclear Order”, published by Springer.
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Launch of the 2023 Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme

22 September 2023 • 
The VCDNP and IAI, as part of the Young Women and Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI), launched the 3rd edition of the Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (YWNPD) Mentorship Programme.
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Feminist Foreign Policy and Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

9 August 2023 • 
The VCDNP and the Permanent Mission of Germany to the International Organisations in Vienna hosted an NPT PrepCom side event focused on feminist foreign policy and nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.
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Beyond the Echo Chamber: Creating a More Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Nuclear Weapons Policy Field

Research Associate Louis Reitmann co-authored a policy paper on increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the nuclear weapons space, published by BASIC.
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Empowering the Next Generation of Women in the Nuclear Field

12 July 2023 • 
The VCDNP partnered with the European Union and Vienna-based International Gender Champions to organise a career development and networking event for young women in the nuclear field.
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Queering Nuclear Weapons: How LGBTQ+ Inclusion Strengthens Security and Reshapes Disarmament

20 June 2023 • 
This Pride Month, Research Associate Louis Reitmann explains how LGBTQ+ inclusion improves nuclear decision-making and how queer theory can change our perception of nuclear weapons in a co-authored piece in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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Young Women and Next Generation Initiative in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme – 2nd Edition Final Meeting

15 May 2023 • 
The VCDNP and IAI convened the final meeting of the second edition of their Mentorship Programme for young women in non-proliferation and disarmament.
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LGBT+ Identity in the Nuclear Weapons Space

19 December 2022 • 
The VCDNP hosted a panel discussion on participation and visibility of queer people in the nuclear weapons field, featuring Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard Johnson, Ambassador Laura Holgate, Ray Acheson and Anuradha Damale-Day.
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Launch of the 2022 Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme

23 September 2022 • 
On 19 September 2022, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) and the International Affairs Institute (IAI), as part of the Young Women and Next Generation Initiative (YWNGI), launched the 2nd edition of Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (YWNPD) Mentorship Programme.
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Louis Reitmann Chats Youth and Disarmament with High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu

15 July 2022 • 
VCDNP Research Associate Louis Reitmann appeared on an episode of the Disarmament Today podcast by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).
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