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

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Women for Justice Foundation (WJF) is an Egyptian-Canadian nonprofit organization based in Ottawa, Canada and established in 2019. The foundation works at the intersection of gender justice, peacebuilding, and civic participation by supporting women’s leadership and participation in public life across the Middle East and diaspora communities.

WJF develops programs that strengthen women’s leadership in peace and democratic processes through capacity building, storytelling, and transnational dialogue. Its initiatives include regional training programs on conflict transformation and peacebuilding, dialogue platforms connecting activists and reform-minded actors from Egyptian political and civic movements, and collaborative exchanges on religious feminisms across the MENA region.

The organization also works with diaspora communities to amplify the voices of women human rights defenders and support cross-border advocacy through research, digital storytelling, and policy engagement. WJF joined ICAN’s She Builds Peace campaign in 2020.

Core Areas of Work:

  • Civic participation
  • Gender justice
  • Peace education
  • Peacebuilding
  • Strengthen democratic governance and institutions
  • Women's political participation

Protecting women peacebuilders is a significant step…we have to work together so we can raise our voices loudly.

– Kawther Al Kholy Director, Women for Justice Foundation

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She Builds Peace in Egypt: WJF

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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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