Women’s Participation and The Fate Of Nonviolent Campaigns | Policy Brief

On September 4, 2019, The Hill published a piece co-authored by OSF Director Sahana Dharmapuri and OSF Fellow Hans Hogrefe.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of the Republic of Liberia addressing the media during her State visit to South Africa. “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”

Let me take you through my beautiful country, Cameroon where our women have an age-long tradition of advocating for peace and security. The English regions of Cameroon have a group of post-menopausal women known as Takembeng. Takembeng is a female social movement in the Northwest Region of Cameroon....

But I was a small voice amidst a multitude of human rights defenders and political activists including many women who protested the overthrow of democracy. They faced far more serious intimidation and violence. There were riots and looting. A political deadlock resulted in a second coup on September...

Security to me is not just a word, it’s a goal in life. That can be financial, social and most importantly personal. Often people misunderstand security for wars and guns, but they forget that at the end of the day the only one who or what can make you feel secure is yourself and the people around y...

Our Secure Future presented at the 6th annual conference on Women, Peace and Security hosted by the US Naval War College.

Our Secure Future attended an event concluding a major research project “Innovations in Peacebuilding,” at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies.