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28 April 2026
Ukrainian peacebuilder Nina Potarska sails to challenge illegal blockade of Gaza

Nina Potarska, a member of the ICAN-spearheaded Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership, is currently at sea with the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian-led mission organized with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, en route to Gaza. 

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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 - Cameroon

Core Areas of Work:

CRSV and GBV, Economic Development and Livelihood Support, Gender Equality, Peacemaking, Women's Healthcare and Rights

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About the Organization

The Center for Advocacy in Gender Equality and Action for Development (CAGEAD) is a women-led, nonprofit, grassroots organization founded in 2007 and based in Cameroon. Led by Clotilda Andiensa, CAGEAD’s mission is to empower women and youth by developing skills to promote community development, economic security, and health and wellbeing. CAGEAD works to localize UNSCR 1325 by creating networks of community peace clubs.

ICAN’s Innovative Peace Fund has supported CAGEAD since 2019 and has provided project development, financial management, and security trainings.

Core Areas of Work:

  • Peacemaking
  • CRSV and GBV
  • Gender Equality
  • Economic Development and Financial Freedom
  • Women’s Healthcare and Rights

Stories & Features

She Builds Peace: A Global Movement Growing Stronger Six Years On

In March 2020, ICAN and its global network of women-led peacebuilding organizations, WASL, launched the She Builds Peace (SBP) campaign.

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March 11, 2026
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Our Strategies, Our Peace: ICAN’s Writers’ Workshop  

ICAN convened 20 members of WASL in Lisbon for the “Our Strategies, Our Peace” Writers’ Workshop. This unique gathering provided a secure and creative space for women peacebuilders to share their strategies, experience, expertise, and stories from conflict and crisis contexts.

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October 29, 2025
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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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Cameroon’s First Women’s National Peace Convention: “We Build Peace, Piece by Piece”

In a historic moment on 29th July 2021, the date of Africa Women’s Day, Cameroon’s first ever Women’s National Convention for Peace got underway in the country’s capital, Yaoundé. For three days over 1000 women from all corners of the country came together at the Palais des Congrès, Yaoundé to raise their voices in unison, demanding an end to violence and calling for peace. “We have come together as mothers and grandmothers, wives and companions, sisters and daughters – together, we build an alliance of good will that is stronger, louder and in greater numbers than those people who profit from war and conflicts.” – Women’s Call for Peace

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August 12, 2021
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She Builds Peace in Cameroon: CAGEAD

CAGEAD launched the She Builds Peace campaign in the Northwest region of Cameroon with a conference that brought together over 150 participants.

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July 10, 2020
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Being a member/beneficiary of the IPF has strengthened our organization at different levels. It is a special fund because it doesn’t only give you the money, it accompanies you in the development of the project proposal and accompanies you in the execution.

– Clotilda Andiensa Waah Founder and CEO, CAGEAD, Cameroon

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