Supporting women-led organizations and peacebuilders through information generation, sharing and exchange
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She Builds Peace Frameworks for Action
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The Better Peace Tool explores the history and evolution of peacemaking in modern times. It considers six common barriers to inclusion and how to overcome them. And it presents a four-part framework for the inclusion of women peacebuilders, offering proactive steps to broaden participation.
Practical guidance documents intended to inform governments, international organizations, and civil society
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Case Study: Recruitment of Girls into Militant Groups
Respect the Dignity and Autonomy of Girls: Stop Recruitment of Girls into Militant Groups This case study is part of the Dignity Campaign, an initiative of the Working Group on Preventing & Addressing Structural Violence Against Women. Background and Context...
Extremism in the Mainstream: Implications for and Actions by Women (Winter 2015)
This paper provides a brief overview and analysis of the causes, manifestations and consequences of rising conservatism and extremism, particularly religious extremism and its implications for women. It reflects on how and why women may be drawn to the ideologies and...
Think Peace: Conflict Analysis of Al-Anbar Iraq: Security, Religion & Gender
Security, Religion and Gender in Al-Anbar Province, Iraq: A focus group-based conflict analysis By Ala Ali Almost eleven years have passed since the US toppled Saddam Hussain’s regime, and Iraq still continues to struggle. In December 2013, Iraq national security...
Extremism as Mainstream: Implications for Women, Development & Security in the MENA/Asia Region. (Spring 2014)
In 2013, ICAN, in partnership with the MIT Center for International Studies and the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), hosted a two-day roundtable to better understand rising religious extremism from a gendered and grounds-up perspective,...
Reclaiming the Progressive Past: Pakistani women’s struggle against violence & extremism. (Winter 2014)
2013 was another year of contradictions for Pakistan. On May 11, 2013 the General Elections were held successfully. Despite fears of violence, low voter turnout, and lack of transport, millions of people --including women -- came to the polls across the country. This...
From Subjects to Citizens: Women in Post-Revolutionary Libya. (Fall 2013)
In February of 2011, a group of Libyan women, inspired by the wave of peaceful uprisings across Egypt and Tunisia, protested the arrests of their male relatives outside a prison in Benghazi. Their actions inspired a swathe of Libyan society – particularly the...