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Women Want to be Heard
A s a member of the Institute for Inclusive Security’s Women Waging Peace Network, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela makes a strong connection between the greater women’s movements of South Africa and the international demand for women’s involvement in peace processes.
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What is Peace?
Before she was elected President of Liberia and received the Nobel Peace Prize, long-time Women Waging Peace Network member Ellen Johnson Sirleaf spoke with The Institute for Inclusive Security about how she envisions peace not just for her country but for the world.
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She is the Key
At the Institute for Inclusive Security’s 2010 Policy Forum roundtable discussions, Humira Shahid urges diplomats and security forces to engage women in her country of Pakistan to bring about deeper change within the region.
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Strike a Woman, Strike a Rock
Pumla Gobodo- Madikizela describes how the women’s movement grew across racial divides during the early years of the Anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa.
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Make Sure Women Can Lead in the Middle East
This article, co-authored by Carla Koppell and Haleh Esfandiari, was originally published by Common Ground News Service. In Libya, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Tunisia and elsewhere, women have stood with men pushing for change. In Libya, Iman and Salwa Bagaighif are helping lead, shape and support protesters. And in Egypt, the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, […]
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Strengthening Colombia’s Transitional Justice Process by Engaging Women
The Colombian National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation (CNRR) is a transitional justice mechanism effectively structured for involving women and addressing their priorities and needs. Mainstreaming gender has involved advocating for particular women to serve as commissioners, support for the creation of a gender unit within the commission, close collaboration with women’s civil society organizations, […]
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Across Conflict Lines: Women Mediating for Peace
Women remain largely absent from high-level international peace negotiations around the globe, particularly as mediators and facilitators of formal processes. This document summarizes findings from The Institute for Inclusive Security’s 12th Annual Colloquium, which brought together 21 female mediation experts from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. It outlines the unique contributions […]
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Women in the World
This article was originally published by Solutions Journal. In 2010, the world’s women face daunting challenges, yet they are also the most promising and untapped agents of change. Who can forget the ink-stained fingers of the 2,000 Iraqi women who ran for parliament in that war-torn country’s 2010 elections; or the mothers of the Plaza […]
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Middle East Turmoil Shows Risks of Ignoring Civil Society
This article was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation. For too long, the vast majority of foreign policy analyses have focused myopically on the positions and actions of government leaders. But as the popular call for change continues in the Middle East, the international community must recognise how centrally important non-governmental actors can be in […]
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Exploiting Women for Peace
This article was originally published by Aslan Media. As the tragic history of human civilization shows, there are a number of ways in which women can be manipulated and exploited. She may be a commodity, an indicator of a man’s wealth and status, or an illicit good that must be sold on the black market. […]
