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July 08, 2019

Policy Frameworks Supporting the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the U.S. Context

What are the national and international policy frameworks that shaped the U.S. Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 and the mandated WPS Strategy that followed? Our Secure Future partnered with some congressional offices to request the Congressional Research Service to illuminate these structures ...

July 03, 2019

Happy Independence Day!

Today, we celebrate the independence of thought and a vision of security with a gender perspective.

June 29, 2019

OSF Fellow Ambassador Donald Steinberg on the U.S. Strategy for Women, Peace and Security—Seizing the Moment?

OSF Fellow Ambassador Donald Steinberg shares his thoughts on the recently released U.S. Government Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security and next steps to ensure implementation.

May 31, 2019

Cameroonian Women, Peace and Security Frontline Advocates

Let me take you through my beautiful country, Cameroon where our women have an age-long tradition of advocating for peace and security. The English regions of Cameroon have a group of post-menopausal women known as Takembeng. Takembeng is a female social movement in the Northwest Region of Cameroon....

May 31, 2019

Finding Our Voices, Communicating our Peace – a Pacific Journey

But I was a small voice amidst a multitude of human rights defenders and political activists including many women who protested the overthrow of democracy. They faced far more serious intimidation and violence. There were riots and looting. A political deadlock resulted in a second coup on September...

May 31, 2019

My First Lesson on Peace

On September 11, 2001, I was getting my hands decorated with henna. Mr. A switched on the television. What we saw next made our breath catch in our throats. An aircraft dovetailed into the North Wing of the World Trade Centre. I remembered the building from a gigantic picture of New York by Night th...

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.

May 30, 2019

How to Advance Inclusive Peace Processes

Our Secure Future launches a project mobilizing men in support of Women, Peace and Security.