Women, Peace and Security Advisor

Julie Leftwich, JD, MA

Director of International Peace and Security Initiatives, College of Law
Professor of Practice, School of Public and International Affairs

University of Cincinnati

Julie Leftwich is an international human rights and women, peace and security expert with extensive experience in implementing rights-based approaches to support peacebuilding efforts. She is a proven thought leader who has worked in, created and led organizations globally and advised, trained and published on many aspects of human rights and women, peace and security.  Julie provides expertise to international peacebuilding, human rights, justice, and security organizations, bringing her experience to offer hands-on learning to students and opportunities for community engagement. 

About Julie

Professional Experience

Julie has worked with women and organizations around the world advancing human rights, rule of law, and peace and provided expertise across sectors including the civil society, government, justice, security, private, and academic sectors.  

Thought Leadership

Julie’s work uplifts the voices of women and organizations working to build peace and advances better/rights-based solutions to today’s global challenges. She provides thought leadership through publications, podcasts, and media.

International Peace and Security Initiative

Julie is the creator and director of the International Peace and Security Initiative at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, a multidisciplinary center that offers student experiences, thought leadership, and community engagement.

In the News

Julie and the International Peace and Security initiative are featured in news stories, interviews, and events.

Lasting Peace

Lasting Peace

Local, national, regional and global peace is attainable and is inextricably linked with the advancement of women, who are a fundamental force for leadership, conflict resolution and the promotion of lasting peace at all levels.

– Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 1995

Rewrite the Rules

Rewrite the Rules

Around the world, women have been reshaping societies and rewriting the rules, resulting in changes in laws and policies, increased participation in public life, and changes in the perception of gender roles.

Courage

Courage

International Human Rights Law is enforced not just by nation-states, not just government officials, not just by world historical figures, but by people like us, people with the courage and commitment to bring international human rights law home.

-Harold Koh

Human Rights

Human Rights

The question of human rights is so fundamentally important that there should be no difference of views about it. We all have common human needs and concerns.

-The Dalai Lama