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Apekshya Prasai receives 2021 Jeanne Guillemin Prize
Michelle English | Center for International Studies
July 30, 2021
The award, supporting women pursuing doctorates in security studies, will help the PhD candidate investigate the dynamics of women’s participation in conflict.
Photo courtesy of Apekshya Prasai.
Apekshya Prasai is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science. Drawing on original data collected through fieldwork in Nepal and secondary data from across South Asia, her dissertation analyzes the processes that trigger women’s inclusion in rebel organizations and examines how women themselves influence these processes.