Research & Analysis

This policy brief presents lessons learned from the development and launch of the first Women, Peace and Security (WPS) National Action Plan (NAP) in the Caribbean, led by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago with technical support from Our Secure Future (OSF) and UN Women.

Exploring the intersection of Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the private sector, this brief highlights policy frameworks for private sector engagement, women’s contributions to economic development, and the potential to achieve a greater global GDP when women fully participate in their nations'...

This guide, complete with key evidence and country examples, illustrates the necessity of the Women, Peace and Security agenda and the critical role that women play in peace and security efforts around the world.

This message guide outlines the key gender blindspots within the technology space and the opportunities to create a safer and more equal digital ecosystem through the application of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda.

This message guide outlines the importance of developing gender-sensitive AI policy, and includes a list of major AI risks and their gender impacts.

Originally published in 2018, this policy brief includes recent updates on the United States Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 and serves as a guide on the history, implementation, and funding of the act.

This policy brief provides an overview on financing Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans.

This brief examines the inclusion of the Women, Peace and Security agenda in the Biden Administration’s 2022 National Security Strategy, and compares it to the ways in which the Trump Administration’s 2017 National Security Strategy addresses the full participation of women in our national security ...

This brief outlines the main WPS developments from the Trump to the Biden Administration. There were some significant changes made by the Biden Administration pertaining to gender policy and coordination in general, which likely will also have implications for WPS going forward.

In no other country since World War II did the United States act as a quasi-government either directly or by proxy as it did in Afghanistan during its 2001-2021 civil and military engagement there.

Congress is currently discussing the inclusion of women in the current NDAA. Read our brief summary of specific references to the inclusion of women in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2022 (NDAA, P.L. 117-81).

This message guide, complete with key dates and messages, is designed to serve as a roadmap for partners supporting WPS objectives.

The new Biden Administration will encounter a mix of traditional and non-traditional security challenges, including authoritarian governments and state aggression, violent non-state actors, cyber threats, climate change, and human rights abuses. All of these security threats have a dimension often t...

Our Secure Future worked in collaboration with Foreign Policy magazine's independent research division, FP Analytics, to produce this issue brief on the business case for Women, Peace and Security in the Digital Age.

The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Caucus was officially established in January 2020. The WPS Caucus seeks to ensure that the WPS goals stated in UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and in the Women, Peace and Security Act are actively considered national security and foreign policy priorities for ...

While technology offers immense potential for humanity, the digital ecosystem has also revealed a darker side - and it is closely intertwined with gender inequality. From lack of participation and access to gender-based bias, harassment, and abuse, women’s experiences in the technology space and wi...