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10 Ways Syrian Women Are Building Peace and Democracy
This article was originally published by Conflict Perspectives. They move carefully between constantly changing checkpoints, where they’re often harassed. Extremists have been known to target female activists—beating them for not dressing conservatively enough. Or they may be detained. It happens frequently, especially if their activities are known to the government authorities. Even if not directly […]
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Women Leaders in Peace Building
In this Radio Souriali episode, host and producer Honey Al Sayed interviews Ambassador Swanee Hunt, author, Founder and Chair of the Institute for Inclusive Security, and Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, who has brokered women’s advancement in peacebuilding worldwide for two decades.
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Can the World’s Women Save Syria?
This article was written by Danielle Shapiro and originally published by The Daily Beast. She is known only as “Delegate Three” and her remarks to the world were simple. “If your countries are keen on achieving peace in Syria,” she said to the United Nations Security Council during a closed session last month known as an Arria Formula […]
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VIDEO: Why We Need More Women at the Syria Peace Talks
Inclusive Security Action’s Michelle Barsa outlines how Syrian women are involved in the ongoing peace talks and why their participation is so critical.
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Irene Santiago: Women are Vital Peacemakers
This article was originally published by The Christian Science Monitor. As a young woman Irene Santiago came to New York City from The Philippines to study journalism at Columbia University. Today as a world-renowned expert on conflict negotiation and the crucial role women can play in that field she still draws on her reporter’s training. […]
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The Women of the Syria Peace Talks
In the lead-up to the Geneva II negotiations, Syrian activists, local and international organizations, the UN, and various foreign governments made a clear demand: Women must be at the table. During the first round of talks in late January, both the regime and opposition delegations heeded that call, to differing extents. Below, we’ve documented what we know […]
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Why We Need More Women at the Syria Peace Talks
Inclusive Security Action’s Michelle Barsa outlines how Syrian women are involved in the ongoing peace talks and why their participation is so critical.
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Survey Report: Syria Peace Talks Fail to Engage Women
Today the US, Russia, and close to 40 other countries have assembled to discuss an end to three years of bloodshed in Syria. If all goes well, the regime and opposition delegations will begin negotiations on Friday. But who will be at the table? Without inclusion “there will be no space for democracy in this […]
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Can Women Stop War?
It’s not a rhetorical question. Last week, in front of a packed audience at Harvard’s JFK Jr. Forum, five women leaders from Afghanistan, Colombia, the Philippines, Rwanda, and Syria gathered onstage with Inclusive Security’s founder and chair, Ambassador Swanee Hunt, to demonstrate the answer. This was far from merely an intellectual exercise. These women—and the […]
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The Women, Peace, and Security Act and the March Toward Inclusion
From this week’s Geneva II talks on Syria to the ongoing South Sudan peace negotiations, women continue to call on the US and the international community to play a greater role in advocating for their meaningful inclusion and participation in negotiations. While there is progress, much work remains. Last week, US Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) […]
