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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

Zenobia Association for Syrian Women is a civil society organization that works to strengthen the capacities of Syrian women to be active participants in creating a better quality of life across many areas, including political, health, psychological, economic, environmental, and social.

Zenobia seeks to promote the participation of women in building sustainable peace and development, including through raising awareness of political concepts, such as the constitution, elections, transitional justice, governance systems, and citizenship.

Zenobia also works with men as positive and active partners when addressing women’s issues in their communities, as well as promoting the values of volunteer work and environmental awareness.

Zenobia’s work includes providing protection to women against various forms of violence including raising awareness about gender-based violence, as well as providing emergency relief and assistance in crises.

ICAN’s Innovative Peace Fund has supported Zenobia since 2019.

Core Areas of Work:

  • Peacemaking
  • Crises and Climate
  • CRSV and GBV
  • Sustainable development
  • Democratic engagement

Stories & Features

Women Peacebuilders Share Priorities for the UN’s New Agenda for Peace

On Wednesday 15 February guests from the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (UNDPPA), UN Office of Counterterrorism (UNOCT) and UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) joined the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) and women peacebuilders in the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL) for a special consultation on the UN Secretary-General’s “New Agenda for Peace”.

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March 7, 2023
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She Builds Peace in Syria: Zenobia

Based in Turkey, Zenobia Association organized two home sessions for Syrian women in the Turkish states of Gaziantep and Shanley Urfa to enable women peacebuilders to understand the Syrian context and the causes of conflict.

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June 21, 2022
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We must draw attention to the interconnection between the Sustainable Development Goals. Climate change affects deprived groups more than others and women suffer the impacts more than anyone else.

– Ahlam Almilaji Director, Zenobia, Syria

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