This article was originally published by Exhale Magazine. During her posting as President Clinton’s Ambassador to Austria, Swanee Hunt found herself an eyewitness to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the neighboring Balkans. Eschewing diplomatic niceties, the Texas-born emissary plunged full forc into efforts to bring the conflicting parties to the negotiating table. Her mission produced […]
This article was originally published by Associated Press. A former U.S. ambassador has announced a multimillion dollar pledge to support a landmark U.N. resolution calling for women to be included in decision-making positions at every level of peacemaking and peacebuilding. Swanee Hunt, a lecturer at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, said Tuesday that the […]
This article was originally published by PR Newswire. Ambassador Swanee Hunt, chair of The Institute for Inclusive Security, announced the Institute’s Commitment to Action in support of women, peace, and security at the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting. ‘Resolution to Act’ bridges the gap between the rhetoric of “national action plans” and the […]
This article, co-authored by Swanee Hunt and Miki Jacevic, was originally published in a supplement to Wiener Zeitung. The nature of violent conflict has shifted in recent decades, from th domain of states to internal struggles embroiling noncombatants in prolonged instability. Civilians–particularly women–aren’t only primary victims, they’re also experts. Yet our model of security still […]
This article was originally published by The Daily Beast. Her phone rang at 9 p.m. “Can you come tonight? He’s home.” The voice was anxious. “My son left those extremists he took up with, but maybe just for the night.” Mossarat Qadeem, a peace activist in Pakistan, considered the dangerous four-hour drive through checkpoints and […]
This article was originally published by Foreign Policy. It was 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan, and Mossarat Qadeem was sitting on the floor of a house with about a dozen young Pakistani men — some of whom had nearly become suicide bombers. Qadeem’s goal: to undo the destructive brainwashing of the al-Qaeda and Taliban teachers who […]
This video originally appeared on PBS NewsHour. Across Pakistan, life is often interrupted by terrorist attacks and sectarian violence. Last year alone, there were more than 600 bomb blasts. The Pakistani government says it’s trying to fight extremism through military means and economic development. The United States is assisting with military aid and drone strikes […]
This article was originally published by Global Post. It was a unique Christmas party. Eight madrassah students in Peshawar, Pakistan took giant homemade cards, cake and flowers over to the US Consulate last year. The students and diplomats sat and talked for four hours, facilitated by teachers who provide English language and computer skills to […]
This article, co-authored by Swanee Hunt and Wesley Clark, was originally published by The New York Times. IN the Bosnian city of Mostar, a beautiful Ottoman-era limestone bridge called the Stari Most arched over the Neretva River for 427 years, surviving earthquakes and two world wars. After a barrage of shelling in 1993, during the […]
This article was originally published by Huffington Post. Sameena Imtiaz, a soft-spoken, educated Pakistani social worker, operates in the midst of U.S. drone strikes and Taliban suicide bombings. She regularly travels to remote parts of her country in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, infamously known for the safe […]
