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The Coming of Age of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: 21 in 2021
Watch this snapshot video of the 21 in 2021 series, honoring pioneering women peacebuilders.
Nearly every month through 2021, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE, founder of the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) and director of LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security, hosted conversations with pioneering women peacebuilders from around the world and their allies working internationally on issues of peace and security.
From Syria to Myanmar they shared their extraordinary experiences and perspectives of where their personal lives and activism intersected with some of the world’s most complex political and security challenges.
She Builds Peace: New Campaign Tools and Materials
ICAN and the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL) would like to share the She Builds Peace campaign kit, updated for 2022, which describes the background and overview of the campaign, ways that you can get involved, and links to key resources including a digital kit and the Frameworks for Action.
The updated campaign kit includes new tools and materials to help you implement the She Builds Peace campaign. The Participation, Protection and Funding Frameworks now each consist of an analytical brief, operational guidance, pledge, and action tool.
ICAN Key Reports
ICAN in the News
‘We have new hope’: Six months after the fall of Kabul, Afghans seek a fresh start in exile (Independent)
Holly Bancroft; 15 February 2022
Feminist Foreign Policies Increase in Number. Do They Matter? (Pass Blue)
Mikaela Conley; February, 14 2022
The Heat: Women in Afghanistan (CGNT America)
Asieh Namdar with Mahbouba Seraj, Shaharzad Akbar, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Soraya Lennie; February, 12 2022
Taliban, Western officials meet in Norway but women activists feel betrayed by Oslo talks (ABC RN Breakfast)
Patricia Karvelas with Sanam Naraghi Anderlini; January, 26 2022
Our Mission
ICAN promotes inclusive and sustainable peace in countries affected by violent conflict, extremism, militarism, and closing political space. Recognizing the gendered impact of conflict and the critical role of women peacebuilders, we fulfill our mission through a dual strategy of:
- Shaping and influencing the peace and security policies of governments, multilateral organizations, and the wider international community by providing thought leadership, strategic advice, and gender-responsive analysis and operational guidance; and
- Sustaining and strengthening a global movement of innovative locally rooted women peacebuilders to have voice and influence wherever matters of peace, violent conflict, rights, and human security are determined.
We bring the word and spirit of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and the global women, peace and security agenda to life.
