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For Mideast Peace, Talks Must Be Opened to Women
This article, co-authored by Carla Koppell and Rebecca Miller, was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation. As the US relaunches Israeli-Palestinian talks, it sorely needs to reassess the negotiation process. Previous talks have suffered from lack of both transparency and inclusiveness. For most of the past 20 years, an extremely small group of high-level political […]
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Afghanistan’s Most Valuable Resource for Peace? Its Women
This article was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation. As attention turns to the July 20 donor conference in Kabul, the international community must recognise that lithium and cobalt aren’t the most important resources to be tapped in returning peace and prosperity to Afghanistan. Women are the key. Too often dismissed as victims, Afghanistan’s women […]
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Simple Mathematics
As a filmmaker and peace activist from Kashmir, Ashima Kaul has seen her fair share of resistance to women’s involvement in peace and security. Here she provides an elemental reason for including all stakeholders in the peace process. As a member of the Institute for Inclusive Security’s Women Waging Peace Network, Ms. Kaul’s insights and […]
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Carla Koppell on the UN’s Efforts with Women and Peacebuilding
In February 2009, the director of the Institute for Inclusive Security, Carla Koppell, spoke with United States Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson about the role of women in peace building throughout the world. Rep. Johnson posed the questions, “Does The Institute work with the UN and other international organizations?” and “Is the UN doing all that […]
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Liberian Women in Government
In February of 2009 the director of the Institute for Inclusive Security, Carla Koppell, sat down with United States Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson to talk about women’s leadership around the world. This conversation began when Rep. Johnson mentioned that Women Waging Peace Network member Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was now the head of her country.
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Continuing the Struggle
In 2003, prior to her election as the first female head of state in Africa as well as her Nobel Peace Prize, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was interviewed in Cambridge, Massachusetts about her work for women and democratization in Liberia, and more generally Africa.
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VIDEO: Sudanese Women Speak
Four Sudanese women from various backgrounds discuss with members of the Inclusive Security team their feelings on the situation in the region. Lona James Lowilla, Muna Khugali, Awut Deng Acuil, and Amna Elagim Adam, give their perspectives on women getting involved in peace processes in Sudan.
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Women Do Policies Differently
As a leader in the British House of Lords, Valerie Amos spoke to members of the Institute for Inclusive Security’s team about getting women involved in leadership roles.
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A Vision is Only a Dream Without Action
Baroness May Blood, interviewed in Cambridge, Massachusetts by the Institute for Inclusive Security, discusses the differences in approaches to leadership between men and women. She advocates for more women to join politics and mentor others.
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Listening to the Vision
Former Minister Vjosa Dobruna of Kosovo discusses the value of partnerships that must be developed to create good policy. She presents a strong argument for making sure women are involved in post-conflict reconstruction.
