what the women say Archives

In the Face of Extremism: the SuperHeroines Behind ICAN

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?

Women’s Efforts for Peace in a Divided World

Aya Nader writes from ICAN’s Fifth Annual Forum highlighting the work of extraordinary women fighting for peace, pluralism and preventing violent extremism

“We Will Survive: Women’s Rights and Civic Activism in Yemen’s Endless War.” Yemen (Winter 2016)

Images of women’s mass participation surprised Western observers and revealed the vibrant force of Yemeni women as influential, yet previously unrecognized, change agents.

What the Women Say: Militarism & Extremism in the MENA/Asia Region

“Challenging Extremism and Militarism: Women Standing up for Rights, Peace and Plurality” — What the Women Say in the MENA/Asia Region — March, 2015 2014 was a difficult year in the MENA/Asia region. While international policy and media attention...

Morocco’s Dilemma: Rights and Reform or Closure and Conservatism? (March 2015)

Morocco’s Dilemma: Rights and Reform or Closure and Conservatism? (March 2015) Morocco embodies numerous contradictions and challenges for the national and international human rights community. Since the Moroccan Spring in 2011, women’s rights and civil society...