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• In South Sudan, Are Celebrations Over Recent Peace Too Soon?

  August 20, 2018 in Leadership and Participation by Tara Dillon

  

  As South Sudan celebrates its newest peace agreement, will women be included for the sake of sustained piece?

• Women Peacekeepers

  August 14, 2018 in Peace and Security

• For Women, Peace and Security to Work, Women Need to Be Engaged on the Ground

  August 13, 2018 in Leadership and Participation

  

  Behind the Women, Peace and Security movement are the women that started it all. Kelsey Coolidge and Catie Fowler delve into the indispensable role of women's civil society groups in this transformative agenda.

• Women as Humanitarian Agents of Change

  August 07, 2018

• Can Women in Parliament Reduce Global Levels of Corruption?

  August 03, 2018 in Leadership and Participation

  

  Can women in politics reduce state corruption?  Data seems to indicate that they can!

• Women Wednesday: Michelle Bachelete

  August 01, 2018 in Leadership and Participation, Women's Rights and Empowerment

  

  Michelle Bachelet, First woman President of Chile

• On World Day of Trafficking in Persons, What Can Women, Peace and Security Do for the Human Trafficking Agenda?

  July 30, 2018 in Peace and Security

  

  On World Day of Trafficking in Persons, how can the Women, Peace and Security and human trafficking agendas work together for better human rights and international security?

• Women Wednesday: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  July 25, 2018

  

  “I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be.”

  - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

• Notes from the Field: Experts Weigh in on Women, Peace and Security

  July 23, 2018 in Leadership and Participation, Women's Rights and Empowerment

  

  An interview with woman peacebuilder, Halima Farah Godane, gives insight into what it takes to create space for women to create change in her native Somalia.

• Seeking Gender Parity at the International Criminal Court

  July 18, 2018 in Leadership and Participation

  

  In light of the World Day for International Justice, it is significant to note that the International Criminal Court (ICC)—a global instrument for justice—still has far to go toward achieving gender parity.  The court is comprised of eighteen justices serving for a period of nine years each. Currently twelve are men and only six are women. 

• The Evidence for Women, Peace and Security

  July 16, 2018 in Leadership and Participation

  

  OSF is excited to be publishing our Annotated Bibliography on Women, Peace and Security (out soon)!  Read more here for evidence as to why this movement really works!

• World Malala Day

  July 11, 2018 in Peace and Security

  

  On July 12^th 2013, Malala Yousafzai spent her sixteenth birthday at the United Nations, giving her famous speech calling for worldwide access to education.  Five years later, Our Secure Future is happy to celebrate this young woman peacebuilder and all the work she has done to create a more secure world.

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