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VIDEO: In Kenya, Only Women Saw the Fire Coming
Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan grew up in volatile northern Kenya, the daughter of parents from two warring tribes. In 2005, sixty people, including dozens of children, were massacred in her hometown of Marsabit. In this video, she relates how government leaders ignored women’s warnings about impending violence.
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VIDEO: How Women Transformed the Peace Talks in Northern Ireland
During the Northern Ireland peace process, Monica McWilliams Williams co-founded the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition and was elected as a delegate to the Multi-Party Peace Negotiations. In this video, she reflects on how women transformed the peace talks by reaching out to marginalized groups and raising issues critical for long-term reconciliation.
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VIDEO: Muslim and Christian Women Band Together to End Killings in Nigeria
In response to a massacre of more than 500 women and children three miles from her home in central Nigeria, Pastor Esther Ibanga organized a march of Christian women for peace. The killing continued. So she reached out to a female Muslim leader, knowing that joint activity would be more powerful. In this video, she […]
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VIDEO: When Her Son Went Missing in Action, She Reached Out to the Enemy
After her second son—a Sri Lankan military officer—went missing in action, Visaka Dharmadasa founded the Association of War Affected Women and Parents of Servicemen Missing in Action. As she puts it: “The war was at my doorstep.” In this video, she tells the story of how she and other women went to rebel territory for […]
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VIDEO: Deradicalizing Extremists With the Help of Their Mothers
Mossarat Qadeem saves not only individual lives; she saves families. Working directly with mothers of radicalized youths, and using her detailed knowledge of the Quran, she rescues young men—including potential suicide bombers—who are being exploited by extremists. In this video, she discusses her innovative approach.
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Can Cellphones Stop Violence?
After Kenya’s contested presidential election erupted into ethnic violence in 2008, Alice Nderitu created the Uwiano Platform for Peace, a conflict prevention agency that encourages citizens to report warning signs of violence via their mobile phones. “In 2008, people had seen the violence coming,” she says, “but they didn’t know who to tell.” Uwiano focused […]
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VIDEO: The Role of Women in Global Stability
This interview, by Vago Muradian, originally appeared on Defense & Aerospace Report. Inclusive Security’s Director, Jacqueline O’Neill, discusses the role of women in global stability with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the “2016 Halifax International Security Forum” in Canada.
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US House Passes Bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security Act
The US House of Representatives took a giant bipartisan step toward involving women in peace and security by passing legislation to make inclusive security a core component of US foreign policy. The chamber today adopted the Women, Peace, and Security Act on a voice vote. The measure now moves to the Senate. During a Foreign […]
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Inclusive Peace Needs All of Us
That was a common sentiment among speakers at the Fourth Annual Sheikha Fatima Lecture at the United States Institute of Peace on Nov. 15 in Washington, on “The Role of Women in Promoting Peaceful and Inclusive Societies.” Sharing the stage with Swanee Hunt were former Ambassador Melanne Verveer and Lana Nusseibeh, the United Arab Emirates’ […]
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In Deeply Divided Israel, Jewish and Arab Women Build Case for Peace
This article, by Naomi Darom, was originally published by The Christian Science Monitor. The 4,000 women gathered at the Qasr el Yahud baptism site in the Jordan River Valley to press for peace were a motley crew: old and young, Palestinian and Israeli, some raising their phones to film the crowd, others holding babies. Many […]
