Julie B. Leftwich

Julie B. Leftwich, JD, MA
 
Julie Leftwich is Professor of Practice in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and Director of International Peace and Security Initiatives at the College of Law.
 
Professor Leftwich is an international human rights and gender expert with extensive experience in implementing rights-based approaches to support global peacebuilding and security efforts. Areas of expertise include women, peace and security, rule of law, access to justice, combating sexual and gender-based violence, refugee and asylum law, women’s political and security sector participation, democracy and governance and security sector reform.
 
An experienced nonprofit and thought leader, she has created and led nonprofit organizations and developed and managed programs related to gender justice, women’s rights and the rule of law in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. She has advised, trained and published extensively on gender, peace and security, women’s rights, international human rights law, gender-based violence, refugee and asylum law and human trafficking.
 
Professor Leftwich provides gender and women, peace and security expertise to international peacebuilding, human rights, rule of law, democracy and security programs. She has worked with many organizations including the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), Freedom House, U.S. Institute of Peace, Women in International Security (WIIS), One Earth Future Foundation/Our Secure Future, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), National Defense University, International Association of Women Judges, American Association of People with Disabilities, Internews and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. She is the Founder and former Executive Director of the Immigrant and Refugee Law Center.

She has held adjunct faculty appointments at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Korbel School of International Affairs at the University of Denver.

 

Other Publications

Brenda Oppermann, JD, MA and Julie B. Leftwich, JD, MA (2024. ) Gender, Law, and Security: The Unseen Foundation of Global Stability .JSOU Press,

Gender, Law, and Security: The Unseen Foundation of Global Stability

(2016. ) Gender, Migration and Security: Migration policies must empower women and men Gender, Migration and Security: Migration policies must empower women and men .perConcordiam, Journal of European Security and Defense Issues, 7 (1 ) ,

Gender, Migration and Security: Migration policies must empower women and men

(2017. ) What About the Women: The Importance of Gender Perspectives in Countering Violent Extremism What About the Women: The Importance of Gender Perspectives in Countering Violent Extremism .perConcordiam, Journal of European Security and Defense Issues, 8 (3 ) ,

What About the Women: The Importance of Gender Perspectives in Countering Violent Extremism

(2015. ) Gender and the Security Sector: Towards a More Secure Future .Connections, The Quarterly Journal of the Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes, XIV (3 ) ,

Gender and the Security Sector: Towards a More Secure Future

(2014. ) Women of Iraq and Syria: Continuing the Flow of Arms is Not the Way to Stop the Violence .War Profiteers’ News, Special Gender Issue, (43 ) ,

Women of Iraq and Syria: Continuing the Flow of Arms is Not the Way to Stop the Violence

(2014. ) Women, Peace and Security: Practical Guidance on Using Law to Empower Women in Post-Conflict Systems .

Women, Peace and Security: Practical Guidance on Using Law to Empower Women in Post-Conflict Systems

Gender, conflict, and peace-building: how conflict can catalyse positive change for women .Oxford Journal of Gender and Development,

Gender, conflict, and peace-building: how conflict can catalyse positive change for women

Gender, conflict, and peace-building: how conflict can catalyse positive change for women . Freedom House

Economic Social and Cultural Rights - A Knowledge Product for Zambian Policy Makers

(2023. ) The abuse of children, no matter where they come from, is unacceptable .Cincinnati Enquirer,

The abuse of children, no matter where they come from, is unacceptable

(2023. ) We must remember requesting asylum is a legal right .Cincinnati Enquirer,

(2023. ) Opinion: ICE officer's indictment highlights challenges migrant women face .Cincinnati Enquirer,

Opinion: ICE officer's indictment highlights challenges migrant women face

(2013. ) We've Come a Long Way, Baby, but There's Much More to Do to Stretch International Women's Day to Every Day .Huffington Post,

We've Come a Long Way, Baby, but There's Much More to Do to Stretch International Women's Day to Every Day

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