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ICAN is hiring a Staff Accountant to provide financial and administrative support to ICAN’s Finance Director and broader team.

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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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March 28, 2016 by Lauren Mellows Sanam Anderlini on MNN’s Feminist Global Advocacy Panel https://vimeo.com/160376672 In honor of Women’s History Month, the Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) celebrated powerful women with a special panel discussion featuring four female activists: Radhika Balakrishnan of Center for Women’s Global Leadership,...
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 28 March 2016
March 23, 2016 by Lauren Mellows Announcing Publication of First WASL Brief in Series Uncomfortable Truths, Unconventional Wisdoms: Women’s Perspectives on Violent  Extremism and Security Interventions A Brief on Policy and Practice for Mitigating Extremism and Advancing Sustainable Development March 2016, No. 1 The Women’s...
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 23 March 2016
February 29, 2016 by Lauren Mellows About the Better Peace Tool The inclusion of women in the Syria peace talks and ICAN's Better Peace Tool
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 29 February 2016
February 16, 2016 by Lauren Mellows Realizing Real Peace in Syria Amidst the violence, thousands of Syrians are working for peace in their communities but the voices of Syrian civil society and peace actors are missing from the negotiating table.
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 16 February 2016
January 26, 2016 by Lauren Mellows New “What the Women Say” Policy Brief – Yemen “We Will Survive: Women’s Rights and Civic Activism in Yemen’s Endless War” ICAN proudly presents our most recent What the Women Say policy brief, “We Will Survive: Women’s Rights...
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 26 January 2016
January 22, 2016 by Lauren Mellows Breaking the Silence on SGBV in Syria December 9, 2015: The Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) and InterAction held an event on sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in the Syrian conflict.Speakers included ICAN Co-Founder and MENA Programming Director, Sussan...
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 22 January 2016
October 27, 2015 by Lauren Mellows Launching the Better Peace Tool! We launch the ICAN Better Peace Tool TODAY at the International Peace Institute (IPI) at 5:45 pm! Tune in to the live webcast If you’re tweeting please use #better peace
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 27 October 2015
October 7, 2015 by Lauren Mellows Spread the Word The Inter Press Service News Agency recently featured the new Global Alliance of Women Countering Extremism and Promoting Peace, Rights, and Pluralism. “Responding to the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call...
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 07 October 2015
August 7, 2015 by Lauren Mellows Forgiveness: Unveiling an Asset for Peacebuilding “Forgiveness: Unveiling an Asset for Peacebuilding,” was produced by The Center for Civil and Human Rights and the Refugee Law Project in collaboration with support from the Fetzer Institute.  The report...
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 07 August 2015