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VIDEO: 20 Years Toward Inclusion
Together, let’s celebrate 20 years of progress toward inclusive security—and commit to making women’s inclusion the norm, not the exception. This video premiered at Collaborative Approaches to Global Security on October 15. Find out more: Watch the full event video View photos Read the event recap
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As A Child, She Fled War in South Sudan—Now Rabecca Mathew Fights For Peace
Rabecca Mathew was born into war. Her family fled violence in South Sudan when she was just two years old, to a refugee camp in Uganda. “I didn’t get to know what peace meant,” she says. “I didn’t get to live in my own country or have the normal development process that a child should […]
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Collaborative Approaches to Global Security: Closing
Real change requires shifting how we think about security. We want the world to look different in 20 years. The need is real, the time is now. Featuring Kholoud Waleed (pseudonym), underground Syrian journalist, and Esther Ibanga, Nigerian pastor.
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General John Allen’s Remarks at Collaborative Approaches to Global Security, October 15, 2015
Remarks John Allen Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition To Counter ISIL Newseum Washington, DC October 15, 2015 Learn more about the event Read the transcript
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‘Once and For All’: Women Are Essential to Global Stability
This article was originally published by Global Post. Fall 1995. First Lady Hillary Clinton shrugged off objections from United Nations-bashers, congressional Republicans, and State Department officials nervous about relations with China. As honorary chair of the US delegation, she insisted on addressing the UN’s Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. As backdrop to the […]
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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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A More Inclusive Future for South Sudan
What happens when women leaders work with each other and a range of policymakers to address threats to peace and security? In South Sudan, this collaboration changes lives.
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In Bosnia, Who Picked Up The Pieces?
The world said “never again,” but watched as Bosnia fell apart. A policy failure, rooted in disconnect between those at the table and those living at the heart of the violence. This video premiered at Collaborative Approaches to Global Security on October 15. Find out more: Watch the full event video View photos Read the event […]
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Women Are On Front Lines Of Every Battle Zone, But Not In The Way You Think
This article was originally published by Defense One. In April 2011, a crowd of 2,000 women and children blocked a highway in northwestern Syria to demand that government officials release hundreds of men who had been rounded up in neighboring villages. The protest succeeded and the men came home. Through four years of horrendous civil […]
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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 […]
