Thursday, March 31, 2022 | 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. ET
Lindner Family Commons (6th Floor)

1957 E Street NW, Washington DC

Join the Institute for African Studies for a conversation with Dr. Vincent Biruta, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda. Minister Biruta will discuss Rwanda’s foreign policy priorities, including regional security issues, economic integration and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, climate change, and global geopolitics. Please Note: Attendance for the event is limited to members of the GW community

Ambassador Liberata Mulamula is Tanzania’s New Minister of Foreign Affairs

IAfS Associate Director Liberata Mulamula was sworn in on April 1 as a Member of Parliament and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tanzania.
Professor Mulumula joined the Elliott School of International Affairs in 2015, as a Visiting Scholar and Acting Director of the Institute for African Studies.  Previously, she had a long career as a diplomat, serving as Tanzanian Ambassador to the United States, Senior Diplomatic Adviser to former Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. She also served as the First Secretary of the Regional Inter-governmental Organization for Peace, Stability, and Development in the Great Lakes Region, and in 2015 received the Order of the United Republic of Tanzania 2015 Award for Distinguished Public Service. Throughout her distinguished career, Minister Mulamula has been a champion of peace-building and conflict prevention, and an outspoken advocate for the empowerment of women and girls
While at GW, she was a frequent speaker on issues of peace, security, gender, and diplomacy. She taught classes on Women and Leadership in Africa and on Multilateral and Conference Diplomacy in Global Politics and served as a mentor to countless GW students.

 

Ambassador Liberata Mulamula 2020-2021 Women PeaceMaker

Amb. Liberata Mulamula headshot
Amb. Liberata Mulamula headshot
Amb. Liberata Mulamula

IAfS Associate Director, Amb. Liberata Mulamula was selected to be one of this year’s Kroc IPJ’s Women PeaceMakers (WPM) fellows with a short-term residency at the University of San Diego’s Kroc School. Along learning from one another, the fellows will apply their knowledge and experience to tackle critical questions related to peacebuilding, guest lecture in the Kroc School’s peace and justice classes, collaborate with local organizations in San Diego, share their peacebuilding stories, and answer questions about their life’s work at the Women PeaceMakers Event, as conditions allow pending global COVID-19 circumstances.

This year’s theme is: How can international peacebuilding organizations better partner with local women peacebuilders to address the closing spaces and increased insecurity women are currently facing when working to end cycles of violence?

Congratulations Ambassador Mulamula!!!

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