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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 October 2025
Open Statement to the United Nations Security Council on behalf of Women Peacebuilders Marking 25 Years of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda

On October 6, 2025, the U.N. Security Council holds its annual open debate on Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. Today, we are not issuing a new statement. Instead, we are honoring our community of women peacebuilders—who appeared before the Security Council throughout these 25 years, speaking for the millions they represent—by echoing their messages.

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About the Organization

Madaniya is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that was established in 2018 by a group of women activists in Sudan. Madaniya aims to empower women and youth, promote their active participation in their communities, and promote their engagement with policymaking in Sudan.

Since its establishment, Madaniya has implemented projects and activities that promote equal rights for women and youth and ensure they play an active role in the Sudanese community by enhancing their social, political, economic, and cultural capacities.

Its programs have included creating a democratic platform for youth projects, empowering female activists, addressing gender discrimination in the legal system, raising awareness of transitional justice, and supporting women human rights defenders.

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

Core Areas of Work:

  • Peacemaking
  • CRSV and GBV
  • Empowering women and youth
  • Judicial support and awareness raising
  • Strengthening democracy
  • Civic and community engagement

Stories & Features

She Builds Peace in Sudan: Madaniya

In Sudan, the Women, Peace and Security Initiative (WPSI) launched the She Builds Peace campaign in April 2020.

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What gives me hope is the millions of young people in Sudan, who believe in themselves and in their abilities to make the right change. We are strong, we are resilient, but we cannot do it alone.

– Enass Muzamel Co-Founder, Madaniya

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