Opinions & Insights

Carol Angir, Senior Program Manager for Women’s Rights in Emergencies with ActionAid Australia, speaks with Devex at the Asian Pacific Humanitarian Leadership Conference. Women’s leadership is critical not only in conflict-related emergencies, but in all humanitarian crises.

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

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?

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.

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!

Resistance to extremism is often most successful in places where women actively participate when their rights are threatened and in communities that have strong civil society networks. This is currently the situation in Idlib, Syria. 

Why are democracies better for women’s representation? Our Secure Future explains the link.

A transformative approach to gender mainstreaming, in which data is collected, analyzed, and used in a way that fits the new social structures can better help the displaced population rebuild their lives.

Is the common narrative on women as victims helpful or harmful? OSF argues that women’s equality is more likely to improve if women are viewed as change agents instead.

At the 55th Anniversary of the US Equal Pay Act, are women in the US actually receiving equal pay for equal work?

On World Environment Day, find out what women activists are doing to preserve communities and the planet.

Evidence shows that the presence of women in peacekeeping operations has a positive effect. Yet, the number of female peacekeepers sent to the field remains low.

Why do we need more women police? A look at India, Liberia, and Ukraine provides evidence.

For early female anti-war activists, the original Mother’s Peace Day came in response to the horrors of the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War in Europe.

At the G7 Summit in Ottawa this year, women set a new precedent with the first ever W7, a feminist summit organized by Nobel Peace Laureates.

A former UN general shares their thoughts on peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo and why women need to be engaged in peacekeeping efforts.