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Research reports, policy briefs, and analysis by OSF

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The Role of the Private Sector in Advancing Women, Peace and Security

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' economies.

May 13, 2025

Making the Case for Women, Peace and Security

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.

July 25, 2024

WPS Message Guide: Women, Peace and Security and Technology

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.

May 15, 2024

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June 10, 2020

Improved Security Outcomes: ISOA Fact Sheet

Partnering with the International Stability Operations Association (ISOA), Our Secure Future created this Fact Sheet on WPS for member companies.

If you want improved security outcomes, you have tools.

Kelly Case, Sahana Dharmapuri, Hans Hogrefe, Miki Jacevic, Jolynn Shoemaker, Moira Whelan, Edited by Erin Cooper

May 15, 2020

SECURITY FOR ALL. Applying the Women, Peace and Security Lens to the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in the US

The COVID-19 pandemic does not respect borders or power. Armies, weapons, and fortifications will not destroy it. COVID-19 is a national security threat of a different kind. The United States and countries around the world need to reexamine what it takes for people to be safe.

April 13, 2020

Feminist Foreign Policy Poll Results

Our Secure Future polled 1,500 registered U.S. voters for their view on foreign policy decision makers, their representations in that area, and if they considered themselves to be feminist.

Sahana Dharmapuri

Conor Seyle

December 20, 2019

Women’s Participation and The Fate Of Nonviolent Campaigns

Women’s Participation and The Fate Of Nonviolent Campaigns | Policy Brief

Erica Chenoweth, Conor Seyle, Sahana Dharmapuri

November 08, 2019

Women’s Participation and The Fate Of Nonviolent Campaigns | Policy Brief

Drawn from the Women in Resistance (WiRe) data set, this report is a first of its kind attempt to assess resistance movements on the degree to which they incorporate women into their political goals, their memberships, and their leadership.

Darfur women march in campaign against gender-based violence, by UN Photo/Albert González Farran

Stephenie Foster, Susan Markham, Sahana Dharmapuri

September 17, 2019

Operationalizing a Feminist Foreign Policy

Produced in partnership with Smash Strategies and based on interviews with experts working in this space, this policy brief grounds the concept of a feminist foreign policy within the US context, outlines connections to other national and international policy frameworks, and provides recommendations...

Ambassador Donald Steinberg

August 19, 2019

Seizing the Moment? The U.S. Strategy for Women, Peace and Security

In the wake of the June 2019 release of the US Government’s Strategy on Women, Peace and Security, OSF Fellow Ambassador Donald Steinberg shares his thoughts on the Strategy overall, as well as his recommendations to ensure its full implementation in the months and years ahead.

May 31, 2019

Transforming Security: Women Define Security Differently

OSF asked women around the world how they define security. This fact sheet explores key findings from a global polling project with partners Women's Alliance for Security Leadership and World Pulse.

February 18, 2019

US Leadership On Women And Foreign Policy: Recommendations For The 116th Congress

The new 116th US Congress has an opportunity to explore policy proposals for the WPS agenda that go beyond implementing the WPS Act of 2017.

January 22, 2019

Just the Facts: A Selected Annotated Bibliography to Support Evidence-Based Policymaking on Women, Peace and Security

Just the Facts: A Selected Annotated Bibliography to Support Evidence-Based Policymaking on Women, Peace and Security, is dedicated to answering one critical question: How does implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda make international peace and security efforts more effective?

May 23, 2018

Women, Peace and Security by the Numbers

There is a growing body of evidence that shows us that women’s participation yields positive results. Whether in governance, in peace processes, or serving as peacekeepers, increasing the number of women at the table can reduce corruption, increase trust, and create sustainable peace.

May 10, 2018

What You Should Know About the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017

In October 2017, the United States passed the Women, Peace, and Security Act, a piece of landmark legislation that recognizes women as powerful agents of change in peace and security operations.

Our Secure Future, Peace is Loud

April 25, 2018

Preparing the Next Generation of Foreign Policymakers: Women, Peace and Security in Practice

In August 2017, Our Secure Future: Women Make the Difference and Peace is Loud convened the first Women, Peace and Security Curriculum Consortium, a gathering of 27 experts and thought leaders from across US civilian and military learning institutions, media experts, and policy practitioners at the ...

Girls celebrate the opening of a new school and clinic implemented by the African Union–UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur. Photo by UN Photo/Albert González Farran

Sahana Dharmapuri, Jolynn Shoemaker

November 21, 2017

Not The Usual Suspects: Engaging Male Champions of Women, Peace and Security

While men still dominate leadership roles within national and international security structures, they have remained on the sidelines of the Women, Peace and Security movement. With the increasing awareness of the Women, Peace and Security mandates in countries around the world, men who are personall...

September 12, 2017

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Featured Reports

The Role of the Private Sector in Advancing Women, Peace and Security

Making the Case for Women, Peace and Security

WPS Message Guide: Women, Peace and Security and Technology

OSF Research & Analysis Reports

Improved Security Outcomes: ISOA Fact Sheet

SECURITY FOR ALL. Applying the Women, Peace and Security Lens to the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in the US

Feminist Foreign Policy Poll Results

Women’s Participation and The Fate Of Nonviolent Campaigns

Women’s Participation and The Fate Of Nonviolent Campaigns | Policy Brief

Operationalizing a Feminist Foreign Policy

Seizing the Moment? The U.S. Strategy for Women, Peace and Security

Transforming Security: Women Define Security Differently

US Leadership On Women And Foreign Policy: Recommendations For The 116th Congress

Just the Facts: A Selected Annotated Bibliography to Support Evidence-Based Policymaking on Women, Peace and Security

Women, Peace and Security by the Numbers

What You Should Know About the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017

Preparing the Next Generation of Foreign Policymakers: Women, Peace and Security in Practice

Not The Usual Suspects: Engaging Male Champions of Women, Peace and Security

Policy Brief: Not the Usual Suspects

Designing Our Secure Future

Strengthening the U.S. NAP: Actions for the New Administration’s First 100 Days