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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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— Peer Organization via Merits Partnership, Independent Evaluation (December 2022)

June 7, 2021 by Lauren Mellows CoACT: Engaging Youth to Build Peace and Prevent Election Violence in Uganda On June 2, 2021, the Coalition for Action on 1325 (CoACT) and the Embassy of Sweden in Kampala hosted a ‘Democracy Talks’ event to discuss youth participation in democratic processes in Uganda. The...
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March 12, 2021 by Lauren Mellows Boko Haram and Banditry: Northeast Nigeria’s Deteriorating Security Situation “We need a special intervention, we need our country back, it’s becoming lawless”, warns women’s rights and peace activist, Hamsatu Allamin, WASL member and Founder of Allamin Foundation. The...
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November 13, 2020 by Lauren Mellows Abductees’ Mothers Association: On the Front Lines of Yemen’s Prisoner Swap On the morning of Friday 16th October, the Abductees’ Mothers Association celebrated a major victory when Yemen’s warring parties completed the largest prisoner exchange in the history of the five-and-a-half-year...
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November 10, 2020 by Lauren Mellows Despite Tragedy, Peacebuilder Khedija Arfaoui Remains Resilient On September 7, 2020, a Turkish court sentenced a man to life in prison for carrying out the Istanbul nightclub attack on New Years Day in 2017. 39 people lost...
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March 18, 2019 by Lauren Mellows Peace Heroes: Muna Luqman and the Role of Women in War-Stricken Yemen We spoke to Yemeni peace activist Muna Luqman, co-founder of the Women Solidarity Network and member of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL), about the war in Yemen,...
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