From May 5-6, OSF Director Sahana Dharmapuri spoke at the Women for Peace Media Summit in Tunisia on why women’s stories are essential to peacebuilding. The event was hosted by the Middle East Women’s Leadership Network.

While the issue of online violence may sound quite abstract, the malicious use of social media can, and has, posed a tangible threat.

Women are more likely to experience increased violence in the wake of disasters such as floods and earthquakes. They also take on the overwhelming, when droughts force their husbands and sons to leave home to find work.

Women in conflict situations and fragile states are using social media tools in many ways.

On April 13, 2017, Sahana Dharmapuri, Director of Our Secure Future, presented at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) Mission Command/Leadership Panel, held at Ft. Benning. 66 students from the Command and General Staff College (CGSOC) engaged with the panelists on th...

Over the past several years, the meteoric rise of social media has been an integral part of uprisings and revolutions across the globe.