Across Syria, communities are finding ways to reconnect after years of war through dialogue, storytelling, art, and collective action. Mobaderoon’s Local Peace Committees demonstrate why lasting peace begins within communities themselves.

En 2000, les femmes artisanes de la paix ont été l’inspiration et le moteur de la résolution 1325 du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies qui, pour la première fois dans l’histoire, a appelé à l’inclusion des femmes dans les questions de prévention de la guerre et de rétablissement de la paix. Les preuves prouvent que l’inclusion des femmes améliore la qualité et la durabilité des processus de paix. Mais elles sont encore largement absentes des négociations en première phase.
Reconnaître l’existence, les compétences, l’influence, les valeurs et les approches des femmes artisanes de la paix est une étape préliminaire nécessaire pour assurer leur place légitime et systématique aux tables de négociations et aux prises de décision qui mettent fin aux guerres et favorisent la paix future dans le monde.
En s’appuyant sur deux décennies de recherches documentaires et primaires et d’entretiens, d’élaboration de politiques et d’expérience dans le domaine du plaidoyer et de la pratique de la médiation en première phase, « Reconnaître les femmes artisanes de la paix : Des acteurs essentiels pour le rétablissement effectif de la paix » se penche sur les motivations et les facteurs qui poussent les femmes à devenir des artisanes de la paix face à la violence et aux conflits ; les activités auxquelles elles participent qui relient les arènes locale et mondiale ; et comment à travers le temps et la géographie elles exploitent, recadrent et déploient volontairement et stratégiquement les traditions, les pratiques culturelles, les enseignements religieux et les structures de parenté existants, aux côtés des lois nationales et internationales, dans leur quête de paix, de justice et de pouvoir d’influencer les adversaires et forces belligérantes.
Le mémoire explore comment le lexique et les étiquettes dans l’arène politique entravent ou facilitent une plus grande inclusion des femmes dans les processus de paix, et les facteurs qui capturent la complexité et la similitude des expériences des artisanes de la paix par rapport aux autres formes d’activisme sociopolitique.
Développé dans le cadre de la campagne She Builds Peace menée par International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) et des membres de Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL), le mémoire fournit également une directive opérationnelle en dix points et des exemples de précédents qui garantissent la participation des femmes artisanes de la paix aux processus de paix en première phase.
It is with immense grief and shock that we share the tragic news that our dear sister, friend and colleague, Sureya Roble Hersi passed away on Friday October 25, 2024, in Mombasa, Kenya.
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ICAN, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Norway, Sweden, and Canada, the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (UKFCDO), the Ministry of Gender, Child and Welfare of South Sudan, the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), and the National Transformational Leadership Institute (NTLI), convened a 1.5-day workshop to discuss how to strengthen community security as a localized, transformative approach for sustainable peace.
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Recognizing Women Peacebuilders: Critical Actors in Effective Peacemaking / الاعتراف ببانيات السلام: عناصر فاعلة حاسمة في صنع السلام الفعال
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Funding Women Peacebuilders: Dismantling Barriers to Peace / تمويل عمل بانيات السلام: تفكيك الحواجز التي تعرقل السلام
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Protecting Women Peacebuilders: The Front Lines of Sustainable Peace / حماية بانيات السلام: الخطوط الأمامية للسلام المستدام
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On Sunday, February 4, 2024, our dear friend, partner, and colleague, Enass Muzamel, Co-Founder of the Sudanese peacebuilding organization Madaniya, passed away due to a sudden illness. We express our deepest sympathies to Enass’ family, friends, and colleagues in Sudan and around the world. Together with them, we are in deep shock and mourning for […]
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With support from the Rapid Response Window of the United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund in partnership with the International Civil Society Action Network, Women Relief Aid, a South Sudanese women-led NGO and member of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership, is making remarkable strides to improve realities for women in the country.
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On November 22, 2023, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)—in partnership with Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Legal Action Worldwide (LAW), and Karama hosted a high-level dialogue to reimagine partnerships and coordination between women peacebuilders, international mediation, humanitarian, and development actors in crises and conflict settings.
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ICAN was invited to attend the Shaping Feminist Foreign Policy Conference at the World Forum in The Hague from November 1-2, 2023. Organized by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the conference welcomed more than 750 participants from over 40 countries. On the first day of the conference, ICAN hosted a side event titled: No Feminist Foreign Policy Without Feminist Funding, in partnership with GPPAC.
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Today, over 1 billion people still lack access to clean water and electricity. Environmental and climate change exacerbates this problem and exposes fragile and conflict-affected communities to further risk and insecurity. While the link between resource scarcity and conflict is well understood, the potential for natural resource governance to facilitate peacebuilding is less well researched. On Thursday, October 5, 2023, ICAN welcomed Bas Berends, Co-founder and Chief Partnership Officer at OffGridBox, to join our WASL community call.
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Members of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL)—peacebuilders, mediators, human rights activists, and community leaders living and working at the frontlines of many of today’s devastating wars—released a statement calling upon global political leaders to demand an immediate ceasefire in Israel and Palestine. The statement outlines a comprehensive set of actions that enable a pathway to a more just and peaceful future.
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We are excited to announce the launch of the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Mellon Liaison Fellowship at ICAN. Organized by the UMass-Amherst World Studies Interdisciplinary Project (WSIP), and funded by the Mellon Foundation and the UMass-Amherst Provost’s Office, ICAN will host two distinguished UMass PhD Mellon Liaison Fellows in 2023. The Fellowship is linked to the WSIP Graduate Certificate in Decolonial Global Studies (DGS), though UMass PhD students from all departments, colleges, and schools were invited to apply. We are thrilled to introduce the two 2023 UMass Mellon Liaison Fellows: Mariam Parvez Sheikh and Meenakshi Nair.
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