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Are Women the Key to Peace in Colombia?
This article was originally published by Foreign Policy. After 50-plus years, 222,000 deaths, $9 billion in U.S. aid, and 34 rounds of negotiations, one of the world’s longest civil wars might finally be nearing its end. The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (known by its Spanish acronym FARC) have agreed to […]
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Why This Photo Is So Significant
This press photo from the recent draft ceasefire agreement in Myanmar is striking. It looks familiar: two men in suits, shaking hands. Yet standing right behind them is a less familiar sight: two women, watching over the historic deal they helped make possible. What a world we’d live in if more photos looked like this. […]
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PHOTOS: South Sudanese and Sudanese Women Convene for Peacebuilding Training and Advocacy
The Institute for Inclusive Security has been supporting the Taskforce on the Engagement of Women, a cross-border group of 20 leading civil society activists and government officials from Sudan and South Sudan. The Taskforce pushes for women’s meaningful participation in bilateral and national peace processes. It acts as a conduit between women in civil society […]
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VIDEO – What Matters Most: Measuring Plans for Inclusive Security
On April 2, the Network for Peacebuilding Evaluation and Peacebuilding Evaluation Consortium hosted a Thursday Talk with Zsuzsanna Lippai, Inclusive Security Monitoring and Evaluation Manager. She discussed the monitoring and evaluation guide, “What Matters Most: Measuring Plans for Inclusive Security.” 2015-04-02 10.30 Thursday Talk on the Network for Peacebuilding Evaluation on DME for Peace from DME for Peace […]
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Creating an Enabling Environment for Inclusion: The Role of Traditional Leadership
National action plans (NAPs) are policy documents that articulate a government’s commitment to promote women’s inclusion in national security and peace processes. They outline a strategy to coordinate ministries, civil society organizations, and other relevant actors to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1325. We convened experts from Afghanistan, Bosnia, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, […]
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Women, Peace, and Security in the New Congress: Strategies for Action (WEBINAR)
The US National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security, passed by executive order in 2011, commits our government—from the president to his cabinet to missions around the world—to advancing women’s meaningful participation in peace and security processes. Progress in certain areas has been slow, but Congress can speed up implementation by supporting the Women, […]
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Fear and Hope in Peshawar
This article, by Network member Bushra Hyder, originally appeared in The Weekly Wonk. Peshawar is my city. If you try to imagine what it’s like there, peace is probably the last thing you’d think of. Peshawar, Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan, is one of the most dangerous and unstable regions in the world. It’s where, late […]
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Where Airstrikes Fall Short, the West Can Still Act to End Violence Against Women
This article was originally published by Solutions Journal. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) atrocities against women have provoked worldwide outrage, generating increased support for U.S. action in the region and hundreds of airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since August. Yet for all this indignation, similar abuses against women, including child marriages, legalized […]
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Being Hillary: Hero Abroad, Punching Bag at Home
This article was originally published by Newsweek. It’s been 20 years since first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton took the podium in Beijing and gave a historic speech defining women’s rights as human rights. She said rape, female genital mutilation, domestic violence and infant gender-selection practices were human rights violations that could no longer be considered […]
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Infographic: The Inaugural National Action Plan Academy
In December 2014, we hosted a National Action Plan (NAP) Academy to strengthen the NAP community and facilitate shared learning between government and civil society representatives around the globe. Check out this infographic for an overview of the NAP Academy, including highlights about the commitments each country made. View the National Action Plan Academy Infographic.
