The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies in Sri Lanka recently hosted a webinar on feminist diplomacy and its role shaping Sri Lanka’s future. The panel, which included CERL Affiliated Faculty Member Rangita de Silva de Alwis, discussed both Sri Lanka’s strong history of female representation in top leadership positions as well as the models other countries have introduced to center feminist concerns in the conduct of foreign affairs, and the importance of measuring policies not only by their aims but by their results.

Rangita de Silva de Alwis is Senior Adjunct Professor of Global Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and a member of the treaty body to the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). She is also a member of CERL’s Affiliated Faculty. Read her bio here.

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