• WPS National Action Plan Academy

    In 2005, the UN Secretary General Special Report called on member states to create Women, Peace and Security (WPS) National Action Plans detailing how they will fulfill the mandate, to ensure that countries follow through with their commitments. The Our Secure Future WPS National Action Plan Academy is focused on engaging countries and key policymakers to create and implement high-impact WPS National Action Plans.

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    WPS National Action Plan Academy

    In 2005, the UN Secretary General Special Report called on member states to create Women, Peace and Security (WPS) National Action Plans detailing how they will fulfill the mandate, to ensure that countries follow through with their commitments. The Our Secure Future WPS National Action Plan Academy is focused on engaging countries and key policymakers to create and implement high-impact WPS National Action Plans.

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  • The Women, Peace and Security Congressional Caucus

    In 2020, Our Secure Future spearheaded the establishment of a bipartisan Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Congressional Caucus. The WPS Caucus seeks to ensure that the WPS goals stated in U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325 and in the Women, Peace and Security Act (Public Law No: 115-68) are actively considered national security and foreign policy priorities for the United States in our bilateral and multilateral relations, discussions, and agreements.

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    The Women, Peace and Security Congressional Caucus

    In 2020, Our Secure Future spearheaded the establishment of a bipartisan Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Congressional Caucus. The WPS Caucus seeks to ensure that the WPS goals stated in U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325 and in the Women, Peace and Security Act (Public Law No: 115-68) are actively considered national security and foreign policy priorities for the United States in our bilateral and multilateral relations, discussions, and agreements.

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  • Mobilizing Men as Partners for Women, Peace and Security

    The full and meaningful leadership, empowerment, and participation of women is essential to resolving deadly conflict and building stable, prosperous, and just post-conflict societies. To help fulfill this vision, Mobilizing Men as Partners for Women, Peace and Security (MAWPS) is bringing global leaders—including prominent men from the defense, diplomacy, development, and business arenas—more fully into the campaign, along with the courageous women leaders who have long driven this advocacy, including grassroots advocates from war-affected countries.

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    Mobilizing Men as Partners for Women, Peace and Security

    The full and meaningful leadership, empowerment, and participation of women is essential to resolving deadly conflict and building stable, prosperous, and just post-conflict societies. To help fulfill this vision, Mobilizing Men as Partners for Women, Peace and Security (MAWPS) is bringing global leaders—including prominent men from the defense, diplomacy, development, and business arenas—more fully into the campaign, along with the courageous women leaders who have long driven this advocacy, including grassroots advocates from war-affected countries.

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  • Project Delphi

    Project Delphi was launched to apply the Women, Peace and Security framework to the emerging digital ecosystem. The project seeks to identify systemic gender problems, analyze implications for peace and security, and develop more inclusive ways to approach technology norms and policies in the coming years.

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    Project Delphi

    Project Delphi was launched to apply the Women, Peace and Security framework to the emerging digital ecosystem. The project seeks to identify systemic gender problems, analyze implications for peace and security, and develop more inclusive ways to approach technology norms and policies in the coming years.

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About Our Secure Future

Our Secure Future (OSF) works to strengthen the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda to build a more peaceful world through ensuring women’s full participation in governance. Our Secure Future’s purpose is to ensure the effective incorporation of gender perspectives into peace and security decision-making at the international and national level because this leads to better security outcomes for everyone.

OSF works to amplify women’s voices and gender perspectives.

We strive to strengthen the global network of Women, Peace, and Security stakeholders.

We promote action by multiple stakeholders to turn policy into practice.

Connect women peacebuilders to the larger policy and practitioner community.

Our Goals

Improve WPS Implementation
41 countries directly engaged on WPS National Action Plan development
Turn Policy into Practice
Spearheaded bi-partisan WPS Congressional Caucus established by OSF
Increase Policymakers' Capacity
55 WPS trainings and technical assistance given to policy decision makers

What is Women, Peace & Security?

Women, Peace and Security recognizes the critical role women play in conflict prevention, resolution, and peacebuilding.

Watch Women, Peace & Security Explained on YouTube.
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The video is part of the materials produced in partnership with the Dallaire Centre of Excellence for Peace and Security and is made possible through a grant from the Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program in the Canadian government.

 

Our Partners

Our Secure Future partners with organizations like the Atlantic Council and the McCain Institute for International Leadership to advance the policy and practice of Women, Peace and Security. 

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Georgetown University, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS)
International Peace Institute
McCain Institute for International Leadership
National Defense University
UN Women - The global champion for gender equality

Let's Talk WPS

Check out our WPS messaging guide, featuring training videos, social media campaigns, polling projects, fact sheets, and more. 

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Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network OSF Event

 

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