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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
Research
Improving Liberia’s Transitional Justice Process by Engaging Women
When women contribute, transitional justice efforts are more likely to address crimes of war. Women have knowledge of the distinct, complex violations of rights women suffer that can significantly inform truth commission mandates, judicial opinions, reparations schemes, and proposals for policy reform. In Liberia, following the 2003 resolution of two decades of violent conflict, the […]
Big Idea, Press
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 […]
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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
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 […]
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Dan Rather Reports: ‘Can Women Stop War?’
This article was originally published by Enough Project. The Institute for Inclusive Security recently wrapped up its annual conference that brings some of the women in the organization’s impressive global network together face-to-face to discuss the challenges and victories they’ve had as prominent leaders in their own countries. This year’s participants came from Rwanda, Pakistan, […]
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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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An Effective Weapon in the War on Terror: Women
This article was originally published by Global Post. A 16-year-old boy from a small village in the Khyber Agency near Peshawar answered the Taliban’s call and the militants set about grooming him to be a suicide bomber. He underwent a rigorous indoctrination and was trained to “accept martyrdom,” to borrow the language used by the […]
