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3 August 2026
We’re Hiring a Program Assistant

ICAN is hiring a Program Assistant.

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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 - Mexico

Core Areas of Work:

CRSV and GBV

About the Organization

The Justice, Human Rights and Gender Civil Association (JHRGCA) is an organization based in Mexico that contributes to the eradication of violence against women by monitoring public policy, conducting advocacy, and providing accompaniment to victims and survivors of violence and their relatives.

JHRGCA works with partner organizations to develop analysis and research on violence against women in different Mexican states. JHRGCA raises awareness of femicide and gendered violence to inform criminal investigation protocols and protection orders.

ICAN’s Innovative Peace Fund has supported JHRGCA since 2020.

Core Areas of Work:

  • CRSV and GBV

Stories & Features

She Builds Peace in Mexico: JHRGCA

Justice, Human Rights and Gender Civil Association (JHRGCA)   The Justice, Human Rights and Gender Civil Association (JHRGCA), together with SIWA: Artesanas de Paz y Justicia, launched the She Builds Peace campaign with a three-day virtual forum in January 2021 titled “From Victims to Activists for Justice and Peace: A Transnational Forum on Generating Justice in Transition.”  The forum brought […]

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February 11, 2021
Read Post She Builds Peace in Mexico: JHRGCA

The leadership of women seems fundamental to me to be able to reverse the context of extreme violence that we live in the world. Our societies are patriarchal societies, which historically have relegated women to the background. Inequality, discrimination and violence against women, and the construction of a world dominated by men, has led us to a critical situation as humanity.

– Rodolfo Dominguez Coordinator General, JHRGCA, Mexico

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