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In Afghanistan, Hell is Freezing Over
Where I am in DC the days are mild and nights are crisp. But in Afghanistan, hell is freezing over. Some starving families are resorting to selling their daughters. This tragedy is a legacy of the chronic exclusion of women in decision making. That’s the subject of the most recent piece I co-authored with my […]
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In Conversation with Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee
Online Tuesday, July 28, 2020 12pm (EDT), 4pm (Liberia), 9pm (Pakistan Standard Time) Hosted by: Ambassador Swanee Hunt, Founder, Harvard’s Women and Public Policy Program, and Chair, Inclusive Security Farhat Asif, Founder and President, Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies
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An Anniversary in Bosnia, and How Women Found Justice
By Miki Jacevic On July 11, 1995, the horrors of the only European genocide since World War II reached their nadir with the massacre of an estimated 8,000 men and boys at the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. While UN “protectors” watched passively, Serb forces separated these unarmed husbands, fathers, sons and brothers from their female […]
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Marie Yovanovitch Launches an Insurrection
On October 11 the world watched as the former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch strode boldly into the Capitol. In a basement room away from cameras, she addressed the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees. Her deposition lasted more than nine hours. A foreign service officer for 33 years, Yovanovitch was directed this […]
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Jacqueline O’Neill Appointed Canada’s First Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security
By Miki Jacevic, Vice Chair of Inclusive Security I’m thrilled to share with you that Inclusive Security’s former president, Jacqui O’Neill, is Canada’s first-ever Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security! Click here to sign a card congratulating her. I met Jacqui in 2006 when she began her work at Inclusive Security. She originated our focus […]
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Women Lead Rwanda’s Renaissance
A quarter-century after the genocide in which ethnic Hutu extremists killed as many as a million minority Tutsis in approximately 100 days, Rwanda is a country reborn. How that happened is a story of resilience — and of the unexpected benefits that can come from unimaginable tragedy. It is also, as a panel at the […]
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Event: How Women Saved Rwanda
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 – 6:00pm The John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Twenty-five years ago, the African nation of Rwanda was ripped apart by a genocide that left nearly a million dead. The untold story is that when the bloodshed ended, women not only buried the dead and cared for orphaned children, they drove a […]
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In the Aftermath of Genocide, Rwanda’s Women Have Transformed the Country
For the past 25 years, former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and I have listened with awe to the stories of Rwandan women who came together to rebuild their country after a savage genocide. This afternoon, The Boston Globe published our piece about this privilege of a lifetime, and I want you to be […]
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What Makes For an Effective WPS National Action Plan?
By Miki Jacevic This article was originally published here on The Strategist. For the past 20 years, I’ve worked on turning the promise of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security (WPS) into reality. In my experience, developing WPS national action plans (NAPs) is one way in which we can translate policy […]
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My Career: From Bumbling Neophyte to Pioneering Diplomat
History can be told only in stories. Here are a few of mine. The purpose of sharing these accounts — particularly during Women’s History Month — is to show that women, like men, can grow from bumbling neophytes to competent leaders. For me, that has meant losing my balance and losing my way. Occasionally, I’ve […]
