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8 June 2026
“We Canceled Silence”: How Local Peace Committees Rebuild Trust in Syria

Across Syria, communities are finding ways to reconnect after years of war through dialogue, storytelling, art, and collective action. Mobaderoon’s Local Peace Committees demonstrate why lasting peace begins within communities themselves.

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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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6 March 2026
Staff Accountant (Remote, US Based)

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

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Country - Indonesia

Core Areas of Work:

CRSV and GBV, Gender Equality and Religion, Peacemaking

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About the Organization

Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) is an organization based in Indonesia that works to create a religious culture that is non-violent and that promotes gender equality. AMAN works towards these objectives through peace education for grassroots women, community organizing with women’s groups, and national and international advocacy related to the Women, Peace, and Security agenda.

The organization works to facilitate progressive Islamic discourse and to connect organizations on women’s issues and peacebuilding from an Islamic perspective; to facilitate capacity building for communities and organizations and promote women’s leadership for peace; and to address gender-based violence and conflict over religion and natural resources through advocacy.

Core Areas of Work:

  • Peacemaking
  • CRSV and GBV
  • Gender Equality and Religion

Stories & Features

Women Peacebuilders and Religious Leaders: A Complex Partnership with Transformative Potential 

In a world increasingly divided by polarization, fear, and misinformation, building trust at the community level has never been more urgent. Religious and faith leaders—often seen as voices of moral authority and guidance—wield significant influence over the social and political attitudes of their communities. As locally rooted, trusted community leaders themselves, the women peacebuilders who make up the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL) recognize the value of engaging with religious actors to advance inclusive peace and gender equality

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June 3, 2025
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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.

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December 19, 2024
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Upcoming Event: International Conference of the 2nd Indonesian Women Ulama Congress (KUPI-2)

The 2nd Indonesian Women’s Ulama Congress or Kongres Ulama Perempuan Indonesia (KUPI) will be held in Semarang and Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia from November 23 – 26, 2022, co-organized by the Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN Indonesia), a member of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL).

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November 20, 2022
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Case Studies on the Role of Gender and Identity in Shaping Positive Alternatives to Extremisms

ICAN, with the support of Global Affairs Canada, has developed a set of “Case Studies on the Role of Gender and Identity in Shaping Positive Alternatives to Extremisms,” in Cameroon, Indonesia, Jordan, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Sweden, and the United States. The case studies demonstrate how conducting a Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) improves understanding of the drivers, narratives and roles that engender extremisms and violent extremist activity. By profiling examples of peacebuilding, deradicalization, reintegration and counternarrative work in these contexts, the case studies emphasize how attention to gender and intersectional identities can improve the effectiveness of interventions to transform extremisms – not only by preventing or countering it, but by providing positive alternatives that enable people to realize a peaceful, pluralistic future.

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October 21, 2021
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She Builds Peace in Indonesia: AMAN

The She Builds Peace campaign was launched in Indonesia in March 2020 by the Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN).

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March 24, 2021
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If you engage all women’s groups, they’ll show you the correct path. They understand the communities. When governments engage women, it will also open lots of doors to engage marginalized groups.

– Ruby Kholifah Indonesia Country Director, AMAN Indonesia

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