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 […]
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.
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
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
This article, by Vicky Karimi, was originally posted on the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security’s blog. Kenya is facing several peace and security challenges. Election-related violence has claimed many lives and displaced many more, cross-border clashes hit the country sporadically, and there has been a proliferation of small arms and light weapons. Further, […]
No corner of Syria has been untouched by the violence that has consumed the country for the past four years. The city of Zabadani is no exception. Located close to the border with Lebanon, Zabadani is geographically strategic due to its position on the highway connecting Damascus and Beirut. Since July 2015, the Syrian army […]
This article was originally posted by UNDP. Peace processes that include women are 64 percent less likely to fail. And, when women and women’s groups are included at the negotiation table, peace agreements are more likely to be reached. These striking facts and others like it brought a dynamic set of women – and a few […]
