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To Address Extremisms In The New Decade, Do What The Women Say

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Lauren Mellows

ICAN’s Senior Program Officer, Rosalie Fransen provides a gendered analysis of emerging trends and threats in the CT and P/CVE landscape.

Invisible Women Videos: Gendered Dimensions of Return, Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Lauren Mellows

Case study interview videos from the joint ICAN and UNDP publication, Invisible Women: Gendered Dimensions of Return, Reintegration and Rehabilitation.

Boko Haram and Banditry: Northeast Nigeria’s Deteriorating Security Situation

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Lauren Mellows

“We need a special intervention, we need our country back, it’s becoming lawless”, warns women’s rights and peace activist, Hamsatu Allamin, WASL member and Founder of Allamin Foundation. The situation in northeast and northwest Nigeria demands urgent international attention, not only as a matter of humanitarian urgency but also for its impact on international peace and security.

How Women Peacebuilders are Balancing Work on COVID-19 and Violent Extremism

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Lauren Mellows

During the COVID-19 pandemic, women peacebuilders witnessed an increase in xenophobia and extremist messaging. Weakness in state infrastructure and response has left a vacuum which extremist actors have exploited for their own interests. Women peacebuilders are meeting this challenge by building a counter-narrative that is also grounded in the local culture, religion, and traditions.
“We need to be connected with you and establish new working methods for inclusive, sustainable peace,” remarked State Secretary Marianne Hagen from Norway who joined the 9th weekly call with the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL).

Read the full summary of the call.

Policies for Prevention: Exploring the Role of Economics and Gender in Extreme Violence and Violent Extremism

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Melinda Holmes

July 25th 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Alliance for Peacebuilding: 1800 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20036 Call in available online: https://zoom.us/j/234664955 Or via Telephone: 1 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 234 664 955 This roundtable event will discuss a gendered analysis of the socioeconomic dimensions of extreme violence and violent extremism. Women peace practitioners […]

Caux Forum training and interview on gendered peacebuilding approaches to transform violent extremism

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Lauren Mellows

Last week, ICAN’s Senior Adviser and Program Manager for the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership, Melinda Holmes, was at the Caux Forum in Switzerland to facilitate a training on gendered peacebuilding approaches to transform violent extremism.

How Khedija Arfaoui’s Tragedy Strengthened her Peace Activism in Tunisia

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Lauren Mellows

Long-time Tunisian peace activist and academic Khedija Arfaoui speaks about her work, peace in the Middle East, and women’s pivotal role in change.

In the Face of Extremism: the SuperHeroines Behind ICAN

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Lauren Mellows

On a daily basis, women come face to face with violence and extremism, and bear the efforts to change an ever-conflicted world. Who are these women, and what do they do?

Announcing the Establishment of a Global Civil Society Platform Dedicated to Preventing Violent Extremism

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Lauren Mellows

We are pleased to announce the expansion of the GSX and the formation of a steering group, which will be co-led by the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership and the Prevention Project

Keeping America Safe: From the Vulnerable

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Lauren Mellows

By Rana Allam
It is the civil and human rights advocates who will be kept out of the US. It is the children, the elderly, and the vulnerable refugees who will not be able to infiltrate the mighty US.

Press Release: Launch of the Global Solutions Exchange

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Lauren Mellows

Join us. September 20, 2016 from 1:30 p.m. — 2:45 p.m. ET. Live streamed online at http://webtv.un.org/. On September 20th, during the opening of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka of UN Women, and Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL) will co-host the launch […]