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9 April 2024
Bridging Positions, Building Trust:  Women Peacebuilders & Security Actors

ICAN, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Norway, Sweden, and Canada, the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (UKFCDO), the Ministry of Gender, Child and Welfare of South Sudan, the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), and the National Transformational Leadership Institute (NTLI), convened a 1.5-day workshop to discuss how to strengthen community security as a localized, transformative approach for sustainable peace.

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25 March 2024
Operational Guidance to Establish and Enhance the Protection of Women Peacebuilders (Arabic)

Stemming from the report, “Protecting Women Peacebuilders: The Front Lines of Sustainable Peace,” this document provides operational guidance for states and multilateral institutions to protect women peacebuilders. This document is also available in English, Farsi, and Turkish.

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5 March 2024
Protecting Women Peacebuilders: The Front Lines of Sustainable Peace (Arabic)

This report distills the range of threats to women peacebuilders, analyzes existing protection mechanisms, and provides guidance to protect women peacebuilders. This report is also available in English, Farsi, French, Spanish, and Turkish. See related operational guidance on how to establish and enhance the protection of women peacebuilders here.

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9 April 2024
Bridging Positions, Building Trust:  Women Peacebuilders & Security Actors

ICAN, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Norway, Sweden, and Canada, the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (UKFCDO), the Ministry of Gender, Child and Welfare of South Sudan, the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), and the National Transformational Leadership Institute (NTLI), convened a 1.5-day workshop to discuss how to strengthen community security as a localized, transformative approach for sustainable peace.

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Prominent Egyptian Lawyer Declared Defendant for Giving Testimony on Killing of Shaima ElSabbagh

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

Update March 31, 2015: Despite a grievance submitted to the court to list Azza Soliman as a witness instead of a defendant, she officially remains a defendant. The first court session will take place on April 4, 2015. 23 March 2015Originally published by Nazra for Feminist Studies Prominent Egyptian Lawyer and Woman Human Rights Defender (WHRD) Azza […]

ICAN and partners at the 59th Commission on the Status of Women

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

What would the UN Peace Operations Panel recommend if it were led by women, civil society organizations and local actors living in conflict? Beijing +20 Action Plan, Section E. Women and Armed Conflict, Parallel Workshop Monday, March 9 10:30am-12pm Guild Hall at the Armenian Convention Center Cosponsored by Nonviolent Peaceforce, Women Graduates-USA, International Federation of […]

Profile: New Woman Foundation, Egypt

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

In Egypt, many of the organizations that address women’s issues, particularly preventing violence against women, were created in 2011 following the Egyptian revolution. Few groups have been working on these issues as long as the New Woman Foundation (NWF). Founded in 1984, NWF was one of the first organizations to produce research in this area. […]