Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership
The Odd Couple: Women Peacebuilders and Security Actors Bridging Positions, Building Trust
Trust between communities and the security sector is critical for effective governance and peace. So is a vibrant civil society. When women peacebuilders are recognized and engaged as independent,...
- Allamin Foundation
- AWAPSA
- AWAW
- Better Peace Initiative
- CIASE
- CoACT
- GEN Myanmar
- Gender and Extremisms
- ICAN Featured
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- PAIMAN
- PCID
- WASL Updates
- Women's Alliance for Security Leadership
From Crisis to Action: Strengthening Women’s Leadership in Myanmar
Since gaining independence in 1948, Myanmar has been shaped by relentless conflict, political upheaval, and deep-seated resistance. Ethnic divisions, decades of military rule, and systemic gender inequality have compounded...
- GEN Myanmar
- ICAN Featured
- Innovative Peace Fund
- Our Stories
- Stories
- Women's Alliance for Security Leadership
The War Against Ourselves: Afghan Women Peacebuilders’ Response to the Mental Health Crisis in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is facing a complex mental health crisis inextricably linked with and compounding the dire state of physical, political, and economic insecurity in the country. Afghan women-led peacebuilding organizations...
- ICAN Featured
- ICAN Latest
- ICAN Updates
- WASL Updates
- Women's Alliance for Security Leadership
- WPSO
Bridging Communities: How Women Peacebuilders Promote Peace and Resilience to Prevent Violent Extremism
ICAN facilitated a four-day peer-to-peer learning exchange in Indonesia between WASL members Empatiku and Odessa Organization for Women’s Development, from Mosul, Iraq.
- Gender and Extremisms
- ICAN Updates
- Odessa
- Our Stories
- Stories
- Women's Alliance for Security Leadership
ICAN and WASL in Manila: Forging Collaboration and Convergence for Advancing Women, Peace, and Security
Representatives from ICAN and the WASL network attended the International Conference on Women, Peace, and Security (ICWPS) in Manila from October 28-30, 2024.
- AMAN Indonesia
- Gender and Extremisms
- ICAN Updates
- Mobaderoon
- Our Stories
- PAIMAN
- PCID
- Stories
- Wi'am
- Women's Alliance for Security Leadership
How to Win the Peace in Syria: Statement from the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL)
As members of the global Women's Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL), we join our Syrian partners as they celebrate this extraordinary and historic moment of liberation from the 50...
- ICAN Featured
- ICAN Updates
- Women's Alliance for Security Leadership
24 Years After UNSCR 1325: Women, War, and Insecurity
As members of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL), we commemorate the 24th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) with a...
- ICAN Featured
- ICAN Updates
- Women's Alliance for Security Leadership
Feminist Strategies in Colombia’s Total Peace Plan: Women Leaders Convene in Bogotá
From July 25–31, 40 Colombian women representing 22 regions convened in Bogotá to reaffirm their commitment to the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda and its application in the...
- CIASE
- ICAN Featured
- ICAN Updates
- Our Stories
- Stories
- WASL Updates
- Women's Alliance for Security Leadership
Sports for Peace: Meaningful Catalyst or Mere Distraction?
As the world moves on from the Paris 2024 Olympics, we are left to ponder once again the potential impact of the convergence of sports and politics. The events...
- ICAN Featured
- ICAN Updates
- WASL Updates
- Women's Alliance for Security Leadership
August 15, 2024: ICAN marks three years since the U.S. and NATO withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban seized power
On August 15, 2021, the withdrawal of the U.S. and NATO from Afghanistan and the immediate takeover by the Taliban marked a foreboding turning point. Today, three years on,...
- ICAN Featured
- ICAN Updates
- Women's Alliance for Security Leadership
Peacebuilding in a Time of Pessimism – ICAN’s 10th Annual Forum
At a time when the world is witnessing the greatest number of conflicts since WWII, women peacebuilders convened for ICAN’s 10th Forum in Tirana, Albania from June 2-5, 2024....
- ICAN Featured
- ICAN Updates
- Women's Alliance for Security Leadership