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The Odd Couple: Women Peacebuilders and Security Actors Bridging Positions, Building Trust

The WPS agenda has proven a vital entry point for women peacebuilders to engage with the security sector and build trust within affected communities. These efforts—often invisible—are contributing to the reform of the sector, reshaping local security environments and mitigating violence.

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21 April 2025
The War Against Ourselves: Afghan Women Peacebuilders’ Response to the Mental Health Crisis in Afghanistan

This case study describes the drivers of the mental health crisis in Afghanistan, its gendered and cultural dimensions, and the strategies used by Afghan women-led peacebuilding organizations to provide solutions. The authors conducted interviews with representatives of Afghan women-led peacebuilding organizations and thematic experts, which were complemented by a desk review of project documentation and […]

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October 20, 2017 by Lauren Mellows Increasing Women in UN Peacekeeping Event ICAN cordially invites you to the "Increasing Women in UN Peacekeeping" side event on the occasion of the 17th anniversary of UNSCR 1325
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 20 October 2017
October 11, 2017 by Lauren Mellows Bringing Peace to Yemen by Having Women at the Table This brief examines and reflects on existing efforts to enable the participation of civil society voices, notably women, in Yemen’s formal negotiations. And it provides practical recommendations to the...
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September 27, 2017 by Lauren Mellows Pakistani peacebuilder, Bushra Hyder, fighting off call for jihad for Rohingya As news and images of the Burmese military’s attacks on the minority Muslim Rohingya community spread around the world, partner, Bushra Qadeem Hyder, a school principal and long time educationalist...
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 27 September 2017
September 19, 2017 by Lauren Mellows GSX event: “PVE through civil society innovation” Join us on 21 September 2017 in New York to mark the first anniversary of the GSX launch with an all day Global Solutions Exchange event on “Preventing Violent Extremism through Civil Society Innovation”.  WASL members...
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August 28, 2017 by Lauren Mellows Gendered Transitional Justice – Urdu The animation explores the various components of transitional justice and offers five practical steps to ensure a gender sensitive and inclusive process.
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August 11, 2017 by Lauren Mellows Iran: The Change that Matters Is Happening Already By Sanam Naraghi Anderlini and Sina Azodi The change in the Iranian political sphere is prompted by the dynamic transformation of its social and cultural space since 1979. One of...
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