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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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Recommendations for Action from Syrian Civil Society

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

As the international community and the United Nations contemplate the latest developments in Syria, and in the aftermath of the Geneva 2 negotiations efforts and Lakhdar Brahimi’s resignation, ICAN and a delegation of Syrian women peace and human rights activists– living inside and outside the country and representing a range of Syrian networks and organizations, […]

Syria: Call for immediate release of human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

Over one and a half years after the disappearance of renowned Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq, the undersigned organizations are reiterating their call on the Syrian authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally. Khalil Ma’touq, the director of the Syrian Centre for Legal Studies and Research, disappeared on 2 October 2012, along with his colleague Mohammed […]

On International Women Day, Iraqi Women are in mourning

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

The Council of Ministries to Parliament in Iraqi recently passed a draft law on Jaafari Personal Status that has been widely rejected by women’s organizations and other CSOs because it is sectarian and humiliates women’s and children’s rights. In response, the Iraqi Women Network have turned their celebration for International Women Day into a protest […]

Syrian Civil Society Expresses Concerns Regarding Homs Evacuation

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

Dear Friends, As you may know, the United Nations recently brokered a deal to allow the evacuation of women and children from Homs, Syria. We all hope this is good news and the beginning of a sustainable process towards peace. Please find below the link to a statement which includes 3 specific demands issued by Syrian […]

Options for Action in Syria: A Nonpartisan Statement of Concern by Conflict Resolution Professionals

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

President Obama’s proposed course of limited military airstrikes is intended to “punish” Syrian President Assad for allegedly using chemical weapons. (The UN inspectors’ report verifying whether chemical weapons were used is not yet out.)  This is to send a signal that the United States will not tolerate a flagrant disregard of the ban on chemical […]