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The Odd Couple: Women Peacebuilders and Security Actors Bridging Positions, Building Trust

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The War Against Ourselves: Afghan Women Peacebuilders’ Response to the Mental Health Crisis in Afghanistan

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About the Organization

The Libyan Women’s Forum (LWF) is an organization that promotes women’s empowerment, promotes capacity building, raises awareness, and implements advocacy projects to help Libyan women to voice their views and fulfill their aspirations.

The LWF has increased awareness of violence against women that results from the rise in radical extremism and has successfully created sustainable partnerships for peace in different areas across the country. Moreover, LWF developed an Islamic Peace Manual that has contributed to peacebuilding and supported the development of local civil society organizations.

ICAN’s Innovative Peace Fund has supported LWF since 2018.

Core Areas of Work:

  • CRSV and GBV
  • Peacebuilding and Religion
  • Peacemaking
  • PVE, Deradicalization, and Reintegration

We are changing mindsets, adapting to change, and facing risks. Yet, we are not recognized. Peacebuilders need to be visible and represented on national and international levels.

– Shahrazad Magrabi Founder, LWF, Libya

Stories & Features

Widespread Violence Across Libya Threatens Women Peacebuilders

The Libyan Women’s Forum (LWF), member of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL), invited their colleague and Libyan parliamentarian, Ibtesam Al Rubai, to join the WASL weekly community call on July 20, 2022 to discuss the situation in Libya.

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August 8, 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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Libyan Women at the Frontline of War, but with No Seat at the Peacetable

“Families would call us [CSOs] and we inform paramedics” From the frontlines of a conflict that has long been forgotten by global powers, Libyan women continue to provide support and promote peace, and remain excluded from peace talks.

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