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Our Secure Future Participates in IPI's Women, Peace, and Leadership Symposium During UNGA 79

On September 25, 2024, in partnership with Our Secure Future and the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the International Peace Institute (IPI), the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation co-hosted the annual “Women, Peace, and Leadership Symposium on Connecting the International and the Local: WPS on the Ground.”

October 02,2024

Our Secure Future and Women In International Security Co-Host High-Level Breakfast for Women Leaders at the NATO Summit

On July 10, 2024, Our Secure Future (OSF) and Women In International Security (WIIS), co-hosted a private breakfast event discussing the Women, Peace and Security agenda in today's security framework.

July 18,2024

Our Secure Future Launches the WPS National Action Plan Academy

Our Secure Future (OSF) is delighted to announce the inaugural Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan Academy.

June 03,2024

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September 01, 2020

Women, Peace and Security: The Role of Women in Belarus

Virtual panel discussing women’s leadership of recent protests against President Lukashenko in Belarus.

Kelly Case

September 01, 2020

Women, Peace and Security: The Role of Women in Belarus

Women are leading the change in calling for change in Belarus. Panelists from a recent event hosted with the McCain Institute, discuss the recent events.

June 24, 2020

Gender Equality in Peace & Security: The Role of Male Allies

Virtual panel discussion featuring male allies of gender equality focused on strategies for engaging men at all levels of decision-making.

UN female Peacekeepers. Photo by Evan Schneider/ UN Photo

June 11, 2020

US Releases WPS Act Implementation Plans

Our Secure Future (OSF) welcomes today’s release of the WPS implementation plans by the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Agency for International Development as mandated by the Women, Peace and Security Act.

June 04, 2020

SHIFT: Ask a Different Question

Partnering with the International Stability Operations Association (ISOA), Our Secure Future presented SHIFT: Ask a Different Question to improve security outcomes.

May 20, 2020

Raising Women’s Voices: Education Opens Doors

Raising Women’s Voices is a series of blogs and videos highlighting the work of women peacebuilders from around the globe.

April 14, 2020

How Do Americans Feel About A Feminist Foreign Policy?

A new poll from One Earth Future’s Our Secure Future department highlights American attitudes about a feminist foreign policy agenda.

March 20, 2020

Our Secure Future Launches the Women, Peace and Security Congressional Caucus

The WPS Caucus will focus its work on the critical role women have to play in conflict prevention, mitigation, and recovery as outlined in UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) on Women, Peace and Security.

March 04, 2020

OSF Fellow Supports WPS in Ethiopia

Early in February, OSF Fellow Miki Jacevic joined Canada’s Women, Peace and Security Ambassador, Jacqueline O’Neill, and Prime Minister Trudeau at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa.

March 04, 2020

Update on the Women, Peace and Security Congressional Caucus

On Friday, March 4, the Women, Peace and Security Congressional Caucus hosted an off-the-record staffer-level training with civil society organizations.

Women, Peace and Security Congressional Caucus Update

November 22, 2019

OSF Fellow at Build Peace Conference

OSF Fellow Jolynn Shoemaker discussed the project "Global Gender Equality in the Digital Age: Bridging the Gaps between Tech and Women, Peace and Security” with those working on the intersection between peace activism and tech at the 2019 Build Peace Conference.

November 14, 2019

OSF Holds Strategy Round Table for MAWPS

Our Secure Future held a strategy roundtable for Mobilizing Men as Partners for Women, Peace and Security.

November 14, 2019

Operationalizing a Feminist Foreign Policy in the US

OSF, in partnership with Smash Strategies and InterAction, held a convening to discuss the implementation of a Feminist Foreign Policy in the US.

October 30, 2019

OSF Director Presents at Bioneers 2019 Conference

Director Shanana Dharmapuri, and OSF Fellow Jolynn Shoemaker, presented at the 2019 Bioneers conference, Seeding the Field - Growing Transformative Solutions.

October 04, 2019

OSF Partner Presents at PeaceCon 2019

On Wednesday, October 2, 2019, OSF Partner, Alex Arriaga, presented at the 2019 PeaceCon. The conference, hosted annually by the Alliance for Peacebuilding and held at the United States Institute of Peace, convenes members of the peacebuilding community to discuss today’s changing conflict dynamics ...

September 09, 2019

Act Now to Celebrate WPS in 2020

In an article published in Just Security, Ambassador Donald Steinberg outlines an "agenda for action" for the US and other actors.

Erin Cooper

September 05, 2019

Feminist Friday: Ambassador Steven McGann

"To me that meant promoting human rights, and we all know that women’s rights are human rights, seeking gender equality and protecting vulnerable populations... those are pretty good bases for a national security framework."

September 04, 2019

Film Night at the Dairy Arts Center

On August 27th, Our Secure Future hosted the screening of two documentaries, Women, Peace & Power and Naila and the Uprising at the Dairy Arts theater in Boulder, Colorado.

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