Opinions & Insights

The Iraq National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security has been a leading example for other states in the MENA region, but it expires at the end of this year. We highlight five ways civil society can help improve the NAP moving forward.

A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers gives insight into the lives of an all-woman peacekeeping unit during their training and deployment to post-earthquake Haiti.

Australia has a consistently high ranking when it comes to measuring Women, Peace and Security. A closer look at the country’s NAP on WPS reveals the biggest secret to its success has been a strong relationship with civil society actors.

Find out what women do for peacekeeping.

To celebrate the first anniversary of the US Women, Peace, and Security Act, Our Secure Future is highlighting the origins and history of the act.

Bi-partisan support in both the House and in the Senate is what made the Women, Peace and Security Act possible.

Tips for Educators of Women, Peace and Security include building a curriculum with these minimum core competencies.

On International Day of Peace, Our Secure Future urges the international community to consider the value of engaging women in building peace.

Tips from Sweden's Feminist Foreign Policy Handbook on gender equality analysis in reporting.

Gender mainstreaming is a necessary tool for ensuring that the needs of women, men, boys, and girls are met and for implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy Handbook is full of tips and best practices to operationalize a feminist foreign policy

Women’s literacy is not only critical to greater gender equality and more successful communities, it is a cornerstone of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, as women’s education creates more pathways for women to take on roles as global leaders.

Tips from Sweden's Feminist Foreign Policy Handbook on effective gender budgeting!

While civil society engagement is critical to the success of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, Catie Fowler argues that funding is also vital to implementation.

August 26 is National Women’s Equality Day. OSF recognizes and celebrates the work of women activists.