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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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About the Organization

The Women’s Centre for Development and Culture Association (WCDCA) is an organization based in Albania that promotes women’s and human rights in an effort to support socio-economic, education, and health development. WCDCA mobilizes and strengthens the capacity of women and youth networks. Its work has included creating 11 municipal committees that promote peace and gender equality, as well as build resilience to radicalization and extremisms. WCDCA also convenes national and international stakeholders to advance the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.

ICAN’s Innovative Peace Fund has supported WCDCA since 2022.

Core Areas of Work:

  • Peacemaking
  • PVE
  • Gender Equality
  • Development

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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She Builds Peace in Albania: WDCA

She Builds Peace launched in Albania with three events led by the Women Center for Development and Culture (WCDC).

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August 1, 2020
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We help to bring change for our people in society and to bring a better future for new generations. We are proud to strengthen the resilience of communities, to change the lives of women facing difficulties, and to promote the role of women as peacebuilders at the national and international level.

– Rudina Collaku Executive Director, WCDCA, Albania

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Women Relief Aid (WRA) South Sudan

Women Relief Aid (WRA) is a women-led, non-governmental, nonprofit, non-political, and non-religious organization based in South Sudan.

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Madaniya Sudan

Madaniya is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that was established in 2018 by a group of women activists in Sudan.

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Kareemat Center Syria

Kareemat Center is an organization that supports conflict-affected Syrian women and children who sought refuge in Turkey.

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Mobaderoon Syria

Mobaderoon is a Syrian organization that works to promote active citizenship and build trust to support and sustain peaceful coexistence.

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