Inspired by some of my Fletcher peers and realizing that I write the same details in emails to different people on a regular basis, I have decided to start a blog to record my (brief) time in the Dominican Republic. I'm here for two months doing an internship with the UN International Research and Training Institute on the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW). I'm working in the gender, peace security department, mainly looking at the implementation of UN Resolution 1325.