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12 May 2025
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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June 14, 2018 by Lauren Mellows Action Alert: Urgent Humanitarian Appeal for Hodeidah, Yemen As the military advances towards Yemen's Hodeidah, the Women's Solidarity Network issued an urgent humanitarian appeal including a five-point initiative that sets out the minimum standards to protect civilians.
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 14 June 2018
May 21, 2018 by Lauren Mellows Can Preventive Diplomacy Avert Military Conflicts? In the paradoxical battle against military conflicts, is preventive diplomacy one of the political remedies that can help deter wars before they break out? Thalif Deen writes for IPS,...
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 21 May 2018
May 17, 2018 by Lauren Mellows Anderlini challenges conventional wisdom on countering/preventing violent extremism "Challenging Conventional Wisdom, Transforming Current Practices: A Gendered Lens" Sanam Anderlini's contribution to the newly published "Transformative Approaches to Violent Extremism", Berghof Handbook Dialogue Series 13 on Preventing Violent...
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 17 May 2018
May 16, 2018 by Lauren Mellows ICAN launches Gendered Devolution Video in French We are happy to announce the launch of our French language version of the third thematic animation in our Better Peace Initiative (BPI) series, Gendered Devolution: Why It matters, how...
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 16 May 2018
April 25, 2018 by Lauren Mellows Women Peace Activists Offering Governments a Helping Hand From our WASL partners, the success stories of two women, one from Uganda and one from Syria, prove that with persistence and resilience, obstacles can be removed.
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 25 April 2018
April 11, 2018 by Lauren Mellows WASL partner, Hamsatu Allamin wins IDB prize ICAN and WASL are proud to call Hamsatu a partner in the quest for peace and human security. "We are proving that when you invest in trusting women, the...
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 11 April 2018