Everyday, Bushra Hyder works with youth as the director of a peace school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), the volatile Pakistani region along the border of Afghanistan. In an interview in 2011, she talks about how she has found it advantagous to be a woman working for peace in Pakistan due to the culture of respect […]
In 2011, Inclusive Security interviewed Bushra Hyder about her work with students in Pakistan. After extremism began to effect every aspect of her community, she formed peace clubs for students to help people who had been affected by bomb blasts. This gave her students and their families the ability to help children who were directly […]
In January 2012, at an event hosted by USIP, Mr. Jacevic and Women Waging Peace Network member Mossarat Qadeem, Executive Director of PAIMAN Trust in Pakistan, spoke about the work The Institute for Inclusive Security is doing with a coalition of women of women peacebuilders in Pakistan.
At an event hosted by the United States Institute of Peace in January 2012, Miki Jacevic, Vice Chair for The Institute for Inclusive Security, spoke about significant misunderstandings between citizens of the United States and citizens of Pakistan which threaten the security of two nations filled with largely moderate and tolerant people.
Recognizing their role as critical resources for stability, women leaders from across Pakistan formed Amn-o-Nisa, a diverse coalition dedicated to collectively moderating extremism, in 2011. Drawing on their extensive experiences, 12 Amn-o-Nisa delegates drafted these recommendations for advancing women’s inclusion in US counterterrorism efforts and increasing US engagement with a key ally in Pakistan—women peacebuilders.
At an event at USIP in January 2012, Inclusive Security’s Vice Chair, Miki Jacevic, spoke about how difficult and important it is to define and frame a situation in conflict resolution. This is especially tricky in areas with complicated political situations, such as Pakistan.
Pakistani academic and peace activist Mossarat Qadeem saves not only individual lives; she saves families. Working directly with mothers of radicalized youth, using her skill as a communicator and her detailed knowledge of the Quran, she rescues young men — including potential suicide bombers — who are being exploited by extremists. Afterwards, she ensures they […]
Pakistani academic and peace activist Mossarat Qadeem has used her networks to build a more peaceful society. Her approach to conflict resolution focuses on the idea that no person can do it alone and individual actors must come together with larger institutions, such as the media, military and religious leaders, to transform not only small […]
On a recent trip to Islamabad, Pakistan, the team from Inclusive Security worked with a coalition of women to bring their message of peace to a wider audience. One coalition member, Huma Chughtai, explains why women are capable of playing a particularly key role in peacebuilding and relates her ideas to examples of the Institute’s […]
The policy community in Pakistan must acknowledge and address violent extremism in the country and enhance women’s ongoing efforts to build social cohesion in communities across the nation. Drawing on members’ diverse experiences, Amn-o-Nisa proposes these recommendations for moderating violent extremism and promoting social harmony in Pakistan.
