Our Secure Future

On December 14, 2023, Our Secure Future (OSF) convened a small closed door roundtable discussion with gender and WPS advisors about the upcoming paper: “Institutionalizing Women, Peace and Security: The Role of Gender and Women, Peace and Security Advisors in the United States Government.”

On December 13, Ambassador Donald Steinberg and Our Secure Future (OSF) Director Sahana Dharmapuri delivered a presentation to a National Defense University (NDU) student affinity group, Women in National Security (WINS).

Claudia Gonzalez, intern at Our Secure Future, examines the role of WPS and women peacebuilders in Colombia's peace agreement, as well as the country's progress in creating a WPS National Action Plan.

Our Secure Future highlights the Center for Civil Society and Democracy, a 2023 recipient of the Distinguished Partners for Women, Peace and Security Award.

On November 7, 2023, Our Secure Future (OSF) and the Atlantic Council hosted a public event, “Assessing the 2023 U.S. Strategy on Women, Peace and Security.”

"As the world grapples with the highest rate of conflict since World War II, ensuring women’s full, equal, and meaningful participation in all peace and security processes, especially in peace negotiations, is more critical than ever." - U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for the Secretary’s Office of Global ...

Our Secure Future highlights the Free Yezidi Foundation (FYF), a 2023 recipient of the Distinguished Partners for Women, Peace and Security Award.

Jessica Maksimov, intern at Our Secure Future, discusses the necessity of incorporating a Women, Peace and Security lens in the digital space to help policymakers identify gender blind spots.