Opinions & Insights

Watch our series interviewing men as partners for Women, Peace and Security encouraging women’s engagement in global processes of peace and security.

Check out OEF’s new series, Perspectives on Peace, kicking off with some of the team from Our Secure Future!

How many people does it take to change the world?

This blog is the second of a three-part series which examines the crisis in Yemen through the lens of Women, Peace and Security.

Activist Cecile Richards recounts the progress women have made in politics, but highlights how much more work is to be done in gender equality.

How can WPS impact the Biden administration’s new orientation of foreign policy for the American middle class?

Our Secure Future celebrates this Black History Month to celebrate the leadership of Black American women peacebuilders.

This blog is the first of a three-part series which examines the crisis in Yemen through the lens of Women, Peace and Security.

“So we know that women, when they use their skills in leadership positions, they enhance the entire population they are in charge of. And imagine what would happen if women were at parity with men all over the world."

“I think that they thought that it was a soft issue. The bottom line that I decided was, actually, women's issues are the hardest issues because they are the ones that have to do with life and death in so many aspects; and because, as I said, it is really central to the way that we think about thing...

Honoring the often unsung Black women who are steering us towards a more just and equitable society. For everyone.

Watch our series interviewing men as allies for Women, Peace and Security encouraging women’s engagement in global processes of peace and security.

Recommendations for the new Biden Administration about Women, Peace and Security.

Watch our series interviewing men as partners for Women, Peace and Security encouraging women’s engagement in global processes of peace and security.

Dr. Cook explores women’s rights in ISIS recruitment, the need to recognize women as actors, and to engage and support women in all aspects of security.