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1 September 2026
Security Reimagined: ICAN’s 2026 Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Forum

ICAN's WPS Forum 2026: Security Reimagined

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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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Security Reimagined: ICAN’s 2026 Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Forum

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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 26, 2017 by Lauren Mellows Sureya Roble is Bringing Women to the Table to Fight Extremism in Kenya Originally published as part of the Peace Heroes series on Ms Magazine Photos of dark skinned men, sometimes even boys, in military uniform holding big guns repeatedly emerge in...
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 26 September 2017
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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 11 August 2017
July 25, 2017 by Lauren Mellows Wonder Women, Peace Heroes and Human Security By Devin Cowick Despite being left out of formal negotiation processes, women have been at the front lines of peace and security efforts from the beginning.
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 25 July 2017
July 10, 2017 by Lauren Mellows Ghada Rifai on Building a Better Future for Syria In the midst of war, an ever-expanding network of dedicated Syrians have been working to heal the torn society. At the center is Ghada Rifai, a trained architect who...
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 10 July 2017
June 14, 2017 by Lauren Mellows UN Peacekeepers’ Sexual Assault Problem By Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini Sexual abuse by peacekeeping forces demands the international community’s attention. Sanam discusses how to end it once and for all.
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 14 June 2017