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April 9, 2018 by Lauren Mellows Reviewing Amel Grami’s recent book: Women and Terrorism: A Gendered Study Can Gender explain women's involvement in terrorism? A review of Amel Grami's recent book, Women and Terrorism: A Gendered Study by journalist Sawssan Abou-Zahr.

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09 April 2018

April 3, 2018 by Lauren Mellows ICAN participated in a number of CSW events Throughout the two weeks of CSW, ICAN and WASL partners participated and contributed to several panels and events highlighting the work of ICAN and WASL in promoting women’s voices.

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03 April 2018

March 30, 2018 by Lauren Mellows WASL Partner Visaka Dharmadasa’s Efforts to Include More Women in Sri Lanka’s Peacekeeping WASL partner Visaka Dharmadasa, founder of the Association of War Affected Women (AWAW) was featured in an article reporting on Sri Lanka’s efforts to include more women in its...

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30 March 2018

March 29, 2018 by Lauren Mellows ICAN and Partners in CSW Event: Gendered Dimensions of Return, Rehabilitation and Reintegration from Violent Extremism On March 19th, ICAN, the Swedish Mission to the UN, and UNDP hosted “Gendered Dimensions of Return, Rehabilitation and Reintegration from Violent Extremism: The State of Programming and Policy...

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29 March 2018

March 28, 2018 by Lauren Mellows ICAN participated in interactive CSW panel: Shrinking Space for the Feminist Movement On March 19th, ICAN participated in an interactive panel co-hosted with CIVICUS and Women Thrive Alliance titled “Shrinking Space for the Feminist Movement”. The panel included seven speakers from...

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28 March 2018

March 26, 2018 by Lauren Mellows ICAN and Partners in CSW Panel: The Role of Parliamentarians as Partners in Women, Peace and Security On March 14th ICAN, in partnership with UNDP and the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN, hosted “The Role of Parliamentarians as Partners in Women, Peace and Security”....

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26 March 2018

March 14, 2018 by Lauren Mellows On March 8th, ICAN and our partners celebrated International Women’s Day with a series of events ICAN celebrated International Women’s Day with a series of events including a breakfast at the Norwegian Embassy and a panel at USIP highlighting the use of film in capturing...

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14 March 2018

March 14, 2018 by Lauren Mellows ICAN participated in the 2018 World Bank Fragility Forum From March 5th to 7th, ICAN participated in the 2018 World Bank Fragility Forum, which featured a wealth of interesting sessions that our Executive Director, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, and...

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14 March 2018

March 9, 2018 by Lauren Mellows Rodolfo Domínguez Márquez , Fights Femicide with Accountability in Mexico Let’s celebrate the feminist men who fight for women, Rodolfo Domiguez Marquiz courageously fights Femicide with Accountability in Mexico

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09 March 2018

March 7, 2018 by Lauren Mellows CSW side events including on the “Gendered Dimensions of Return, Rehabilitation and Reintegration from Violent Extremism” Please join ICAN and members of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL) at the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. ICAN will co-host...

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07 March 2018

March 5, 2018 by Lauren Mellows Rise of Feminism & the Renewed Battle for Women’s Rights “So 101 years on as March 8th 2018 dawns, how far have we come and how far do we still need to go?” Sanam Naraghi Anderlini writes about the...

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05 March 2018