For Mideast Peace, Talks Must Be Opened to Women

Posted by on September 8, 2010
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 […]

Afghanistan’s Most Valuable Resource for Peace? Its Women

Posted by on July 16, 2010
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 […]

Separating Sex and War in Congo

Separating Sex and War in Congo

This article was originally published by The Globe and Mail … Women have shown they can help transform post-conflict societies. In Rwanda, for example, they helped bring peace after the 1994 genocide, leading the gacaca court system, a community-based model that dealt with detainees awaiting trial for war crimes. That country’s new constitution requires that […]

Female Troops Take On New Role in Afghanistan

Posted by on April 8, 2010
Female Troops Take On New Role in Afghanistan

This article was originally published by Medill DC. Teams of female Marines are stepping off their bases in Afghanistan and entering villages to build relationships with an often overlooked sector of the Afghan population: women. Contrary to their image in the West, Afghan women can be powerful allies because of their central role in their […]

Forgiveness is Women’s Work

Posted by on April 2, 2010
Forgiveness is Women’s Work

This article was originally published by Gender Across Borders. I forgive you. This is certainly not always my most readily accessible sentiment, but nor are they the hardest words I’ve ever uttered. Apparently I might just think that because I’m a woman. Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to sit in on a taping […]

Waging Peace: Using Women to Fight Extremism

Posted by on April 1, 2010
Waging Peace: Using Women to Fight Extremism

This article was originally published by Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. The Institute for Inclusive Security’s (IIS) annual conference, “Policy Forum 2010: Women Moderating Extremism,” held Jan. 19 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC, included a lunch for nearly 500 professionals involved in peace and security issues. Government representatives from the U.S. […]

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The Key to Winning the War on Terror: Women

Posted by on March 19, 2010
The Key to Winning the War on Terror: Women

This article was originally published by Big Think. With next year marking ten years since the term “War on Terror” was coined, the controversial war has seen its strides and pitfalls, depending on whom you ask. But as the battle against global terrorism enters its second decade, its ultimate outcome could hinge on winning the […]

Where Were the Women at the Health-Care Summit?

Posted by on February 28, 2010
Where Were the Women at the Health-Care Summit?

This article was originally published by The Daily Beast. Much has been made about how little agreement and goodwill emerged from the recent health-care summit. And perhaps that was to be expected. But something struck me before any of the opening statements were read or the debate got under way: Where were all the women? […]

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Dan Rather Reports: A Conversation on Women, Peace, & Politics

Posted by on February 26, 2010
Dan Rather Reports: A Conversation on Women, Peace, & Politics

Former US Ambassador to Austria Swanee Hunt and women from Lebanon, Pakistan, Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina talk with Dan Rather in this very special program. Rather moderates two panel discussions with women leaders — the first with women from countries recovering from genocide, and the second from countries with ongoing conflict. Joining both panels […]

Gender Issues Must Move to Heart of Davos Agenda

Posted by on January 27, 2010
Gender Issues Must Move to Heart of Davos Agenda

This article was originally published by Women’s eNews. Many of the world’s most powerful leaders are now gathering in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual World Economic Forum, which starts today and ends Jan. 31. For years, the gathering was almost exclusively male and its discussions lacked consideration of the gender angle. But change is more […]

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