Mallika Iyer is an Indian American activist and graduate student at Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is the former Director of Asia and the Pacific and Europe Programs and Humanitarian Action at the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. She oversaw Women, Peace, and Security programs designed to implement United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 2250 and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women in conflict-affected communities in South and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and the South Caucasus. As a part of her advocacy, Mallika coordinated the Beijing+25 Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) – Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) Action Coalition, consisting of over 100 women’s rights organizations from across the world. Advocacy led by this coalition resulted in the establishment of the Generation Equality Women, Peace, and Security and Humanitarian Action Compact, a multi-stakeholder platform for the acceleration of the effective implementation of WPS and humanitarian frameworks. Mallika graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in International Relations in 2017. Prior to joining GNWP, Mallika was a business analyst for Cognizant Technology Solutions, providing advisory services to clients to guide them through the optimization and digitization of product delivery.

"I chose MSFS because I believe that this program will help me better understand how to empower women through international frameworks and build sustainable peace in partnership with key stakeholders. This program will help me consolidate the practical knowledge I have amassed working in women’s rights with disciplines of international relations, history, and economics."

Publications

“Local Women’s Full and Equal Participation in Humanitarian Action, Development Work, and Peacebuilding: The Key to The Triple Nexus’ Successful Implementation. Case Studies on the Implementation of the Triple Nexus in Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of Congo”. [Co-Author]. GNWP. 2021. Available here.

“Seeking Accountability and Preventing Reoccurrence: Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Slavery through the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda”. [Lead Author and Overall Project Coordinator]. GNWP. 2020.

“Connecting Women and Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth and Peace and Security (YPS) to Beijing+25 and the Generation Equality Forum”. [Lead Author and Overall Project Coordinator]. GNWP. 2020.

“Young Women & Girls Read, Lead & Build Peaceful Communities”. [Co-Author]. GNWP. 2019.

“Building and Sustaining Peace from the Ground Up: A Global Study of Civil Society and Local Women’s Perception of Sustaining Peace”. [Co-Author and Survey Data Analyst]. GNWP. June 2019.

“Women, Peace, and Security Index. Insights from the Field: Colombia, South Sudan, & Ukraine”. [Co-Author]. Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security. 2018.

“Why Localized Feminist Humanitarian Action is Essential: Learnings from Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh”. [Author]. GNWP. 2021.

“Launching the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao’s Regional Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security: In Search of Intersectionality and Localization”. [Co-Author]. GNWP. 2020.

“Transforming Counter-Terrorism: From Securitization to Women-Led Peace”. [Co-Author]. GNWP. 2020.

“When Warring Parties Abandon Peace Negotiations: Lessons from Peacebuilding Efforts Led by Local Women in Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur, Philippines”. [Author]. GNWP. 2019.

“Young Women & Girls Read, Lead & Build Peaceful Communities”. [Overall Project Coordinator]. 2019.

“Dream”. [Author]. Patridge India. 2013. ISBN: 9781482812770.