Sahana Dharmapuri is the Director of Our Secure Future, a program of One Earth Future Foundation. From 2006-2016 she was an independent gender advisor on gender, peace, and security issues to USAID, NATO, The Swedish Armed Forces, the United States Institute for Peace, International Peace Institute, and other international development organizations. Ms. Dharmapuri was a writer-residence at the Carey Institute for Global Good (Winter 2016) where she completed her first book, Women, Peace & Security: 10 Things You Should Know. She was appointed a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011-2013) and she was an Investing in Women in Development Fellow at the United States Agency for International Development (2003-2005). She has published widely on Women, Peace and Security issues including with CNN, Christian Science Monitor, The Fletcher Security Review, Hedaya and The Center for Global Counter-Terrorism, Women’s E-News, Human Rights Quarterly, The Global Responsibility to Protect Journal, The Global Observatory, The Alliance for Peacebuilding Online Journal, the Louisiana Literature Review, The US Naval War College’s Women, Peace and Security monograph series, and Parameters: The Senior Professional Journal of the US Army. She received her Bachelor’s and two Master’s degrees from the University of Chicago. She is a very happy breast-cancer survivor.
May 05, 2018 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.
March 09, 2018 Three experts on Women, Peace and Security reveal what is still missing from the global policy debate on international peace and security.
February 16, 2018 In this portion of our Security Roundtable interview series, Our Secure Future speaks with Women, Peace and Security expert Cynthia Enloe to examine UNSCR 1325, learn about challenges in the field, and find out what keeps her up at night.
February 02, 2018 Three male leaders in the field of Women, Peace and Security share their experiences paving the way in engaging men in women's rights.
Letter from the Director: Make 2019 the best year yet for Women, Peace and Security
January 21, 2019
“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, we are reminded of this quote and the many ways that Women, Peace and Security is both a goal and the means by which we arrive at peace. Looking forward to the new hopes and challenges that await us, we are resolved to make this the best year yet for Women, Peace and Security. Here are six actions for peace that we can take to honor the work of Dr. King this year.
Expanding space security options through gender perspectives
December 03, 2018
Following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the US Space Force, OSF Director Sahana Dharmapuri and Joan Johnson-Freese state the case for using a gender lens in space security in this op-ed for SpaceNews.
Security Roundtable: Interview with Major General Patrick Cammaert, Former United Nations Force Commander for the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
May 05, 2018
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.
Three Ways Men Can Do Something About Feeling Guilty About #MeToo
April 18, 2018
In response to the momentum of initiatives such as #MeToo and #TimesUp, Our Secure Future Director Sahana Dharmapuri, and Fellow Jolynn Shoemaker provide three ways men can join the fight for gender equality in Ms. Magazine.
Security Roundtable: Women, Peace and Security expert, Cynthia Enloe
February 16, 2018
In this portion of our Security Roundtable interview series, Our Secure Future speaks with Women, Peace and Security expert Cynthia Enloe to examine UNSCR 1325, learn about challenges in the field, and find out what keeps her up at night.
