Dr. Goetz served at the United Nations between 2005 and 2014 as a Policy Director of Governance, Peace and Security, at UNIFEM and UN Women. From 1991 – 2005 she was a Professorial Fellow in Political Science at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. She also served the United Nations Development Program in Chad and Guinea in the mid-1980s. While at the UN, Dr. Goetz spearheaded initiatives to build women’s participation in representative politics, to promote women’s empowerment in the UN’s peace building work in post-conflict situations, and to support the participation of women leaders and rights organizations in peace talks and post-conflict decision-making. She worked with the UN Security Council to improve responses to sexual violence in conflict, and to build peacekeepers’ capacities to prevent these abuses. Dr. Goetz is the author of seven books on the subjects of gender, politics and policy in developing countries, and on accountability reforms – including the 2009 volume: Governing Women: Women in Politics and Governance in Developing Countries, and the UNIFEM flagship report: Who Answers to Women? Gender and Accountability. 

Publications

• Options for a Peace Settlement for Ukraine: Option Paper X â¿¿ Addressing Sexual Violence in the Ukraine Conflictâ¿¿ By Opinio Juris (Jul 22 2022)
• â¿¿The New Competition in Multilateral Norm-Setting: Transnational Feminists & the Illiberal Backlashâ¿¿ By Daedelus, Boston (Dec 29 2020)
• The politics of preserving gender inequality: de-institutionalisation and re-privatisationâ¿¿ By Oxford Development Studies 47/4 (Aug 15 2019)
• Feminist Activism and the Politics of Reform: When and Why Do States Respond to Demands for Gender Equality Policies?â¿¿ By Development and Change 49/3 (Jun 30 2019)
• , â¿¿Addressing Sexual Violence in Internationally Mediated Peace Negotiationsâ¿¿ By Journal of International Peacekeeping, 17/2 (Jun 30 2018)
• Governing Women: Women in Politics and Governance in Developing Countries By Routledge, London (Aug 15 2009)
• Who Answers to Women? Gender and Accountability By UNIFEM, New York (Sep 22 2008)
• Reinventing Accountability: Making Democracy Work for Human Development, By Palgrave, London (Jul 22 2004)
• No Shortcuts to Power: African Women in Politics and Policy-Making, By Zed Press. London (Mar 15 2003)