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What Are National Action Plans and Why Do They Matter?
For peace to be sustainable, women must be fully engaged in building it. The power of inclusivity in peace processes is undeniable, yet norms about who prevents and resolves conflict or builds stability have been slow to change. Recognizing this, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 in 2000. Resolution 1325 didn’t call on governments […]
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Why the Next US Administration Must Include Women and Civil Society in National Security
On May 20, Ambassador Swanee Hunt, Founder and Chair of Inclusive Security, and Wafa Bughaighis, senior Libyan government representative to the US and a member of Inclusive Security’s Women Waging Peace Network, welcomed participants at the first meeting of a new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) roundtable series on “The Future of Security.” Co-hosted by […]
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Why Are We Settling?
Why do we settle for half of our potential? While political and military leaders often draw on just half of available talent, ISIS and Boko Haram do not make the same mistake. A new edition of PRISM, jointly produced by the National Defense University and The Institute for Inclusive Security, highlights the need for the […]
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5 Questions with Swanee Hunt
This article originally appeared at IOP Now. Swanee Hunt is the Eleanor Roosevelt Lecurer in Public Policy and was the Founding Director of the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School. Ambassador Hunt is also the founder and chair of The Institute for Inclusive Security. From January 8-14, the Institute hosts its 17th […]
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PHOTOS: Collaborative Approaches to Global Security
From October 12-15, 2015—in association with the U.S. State Department—we hosted a series of events designed to foster new ideas about how to make peace inclusive. The week culminated in a multimedia event at the Newseum on October 15 featuring male and female government officials, military personnel, women peacebuilders, and other innovative thinkers from around […]
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Syrian Women Still Fighting for Ceasefire in Zabadani
We recently wrote about 470 brave Syrian women who risked their lives to publicly sign a statement demanding an end to the siege of their city, Zabadani. For the past few months, citizens of Zabadani have been relentlessly attacked with airstrikes and barrel bombs, unable to leave or to receive aid. New York Times columnist […]
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Kenya’s National Action Plan: “To Involve Women is to Sustain Peace”
This article, by Vicky Karimi, was originally posted on the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security’s blog. Kenya is facing several peace and security challenges. Election-related violence has claimed many lives and displaced many more, cross-border clashes hit the country sporadically, and there has been a proliferation of small arms and light weapons. Further, […]
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Harnessing the Power of Women in Peacemaking
This article was originally posted by UNDP. Peace processes that include women are 64 percent less likely to fail. And, when women and women’s groups are included at the negotiation table, peace agreements are more likely to be reached. These striking facts and others like it brought a dynamic set of women – and a few […]
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More Than 35,000 People Rally Behind Nigerian Women to Bring Back Our Girls
It’s been more than a year since 276 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram. While the world has long since looked away, Nigerian women have continued daily demonstrations, calling on the government to intensify the search. We asked our supporters and friends to make sure these activists know they are not forgotten. Over 35,000 people […]
