Maryruth BELSEY PRIEBE is the Director for Women, Peace & Security (WPS) Programs and a Senior Fellow at Pacific Forum International where she researches at the intersection of gender and climate security. Maryruth holds a Harvard International Relations graduate degree where she also received a Climate Leaders Fellowship, and recently completed her thesis, "Gender All the Way Down: Proposing a Feminist Framework for Analyzing Gendered Climate Security Risks" which was nominated for the Dean's Award. Maryruth is a member of the Research Network on Women, Peace & Security in Canada and a Teaching Fellow at Harvard Extension School.