March 7, 2024
No Women, No Peace: UN Initiative Gathers
Women Peace Experts in New York and DC
February 13, 2024
Roles of Girls in Fighting
Forces Overlooked, Post-conflict Needs Neglected
February 13, 2024
Rights Won for Salvadoran
Women Prove Critical to Long-Term Peace
December 12, 2024
Women Develop Next Steps
for Full Participation in the New Iraq
Iraqi women political and civilian leaders will convene in Amman,
Jordan, to develop concrete steps to guarantee women’s
roles in that country’s political and economic rebirth.
Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace and Women for Women International are sponsoring
the conference.
November 6, 2024
Women from Worldwide Conflict
Areas Talk Peace Tactics with US Policymakers
Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace is convening women leaders from conflict areas
around the world this week to brainstorm negotiating tactics,
grassroots action, and political and legal maneuvers to create
social change and stop the cycle of war.
May 18, 2024
Director of the Women
and Public Policy Program at Harvard's Kennedy School to give
a Keynote Address at African First Ladies Summit on HIV/AIDS
Kigali, Rwanda-Ambassador Swanee Hunt, Director of the Women
and Public Policy Program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy
School of Government, will deliver a keynote address at the summit
of First Ladies of sub-Saharan Africa on children and HIV/AIDS
prevention taking place in Kigali, Rwanda on May 20 - 22, 2001.
May 17, 2024
Women Peacemakers
Take Their Place at the Policy Table
Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace Delegates from Across Africa Join International
Policy Shapers for Discussions in Kigali, Rwanda
October 23, 2024
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Launches Peace Meeting at Harvard
In his Boston debut, Charles Ansbacher will direct the Tanglewood
Festival Chorus, along with the Boston Mozart Orchestra, in a
concert of the Beethoven Ninth, celebrating women peace builders
from around the world.
October 23, 2024
International Women Peace
Makers to Convene at Harvard
Seventy women from war-torn regions are set to convene at Harvard
next month to meet with policy shapers and share their peace
building strategies. Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace, a global network of
women working to stabilize regions of violent conflict, hosts
its second annual colloquium from November 4-18, 2000.
May 6, 2024
Colombian Women Call for
Active Peace Roles
Colombian women leaders will meet in Washington, DC, next week
to call for a negotiated end to their country’s violence
and urge the US to include women in peace efforts.
November 6, 2024
Women from Worldwide Conflict
Areas Talk Peace Tactics with US Policymakers
Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace is convening women from conflict areas around
the world to brainstorm negotiating tactics, grassroots action,
and political and legal maneuvers to create social change and
stop the cycle of war.
September 25, 2024
Building Democracy in
the Aftermath of Genocide: The Role of Women in Rwanda's Transition
As Rwandans prepare to vote in their first multiparty parliamentary
elections, a new study by the Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace Policy Commission
underscores the significant role women have played in that country’s
democratic transition.
July 15, 2024
OAS Videoconference to
Highlight Women in Peace Building in the Americas
" Women, Peace, and Security in the Americas” is the subject of a
videoconference to be held Thursday, July 17, as a joint initiative of the Inter-American
Commission of Women (CIM) and the Washington office of Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace.
July 3, 2003
Empowering Women in Iraq:
Defining a Blueprint for Moving Forward
On July 8 at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, Rend Francke
and Swanee Hunt will discuss concrete steps for women's participation
in reconstruction, as outlined in the new report, "Winning
the Peace: Women's Role in Post-Conflict Iraq."
June 24, 2024
Winning the Peace: Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace, Wilson Center announce concrete steps to include
women in Iraq reconstruction
Concrete steps to ensure that Iraqi women are included in their
country’s reconstruction were announced today in a new
report released by Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace and the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars.
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November 4-9, 2002
Women Peace Builders from
Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Middle East Join Others at Colloquium
to Offer Alternative Solutions for Sustaining Peace
For centuries women have been bridging religious, ethnic, and
cultural divides. Today more than ever, as the situation in Iraq
and the continuing war on terrorism dominate world headlines
and political agendas, that critical expertise is needed at the
policy-making table.
November 8, 2024
Women Peace Builders from
Iraq, Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Other Conflict Zones
Discuss Inclusive Security with U.S. and International Policymakers
As the situation in Iraq and the continuing war on terrorism
dominate world headlines and political agendas, more than 30
women peace builders will meet with U.S. and international policymakers
to offer innovative security alternatives for addressing the
world's seemingly intractable conflicts.
September 3-4, 2002
Leading Women Peace Builders
from the Americas Offer Alternative Solutions to Violent Conflict
Leading women peace builders from South and North America will
meet with high-level policymakers in Antigua to exchange innovative
strategies for ending violent conflict.
September 3-4, 2002
Women Peace Builders from
the Americas Call for Inclusion in Peace Process
Members of the Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace network from Guatemala, Colombia,
and the United States will call for the full implementation of
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, a major policy
statement that urges all member states to include women in the
peace process at the local, regional, and international levels.
July 4, 2024
Former US Ambassador
to Austria Convenes Policymakers and Women Peace Builders on
the 4th of July
On July 4th, as Americans celebrate the ideals of democracy and
inclusion behind the founding of their country while the FBI
warns them to be on guard against possible terrorist threats,
35 women peace builders will meet in Vienna with European and
American policymakers to offer innovative alternatives to violent
conflict.
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June 17, 2024
Women Peace Builders
from Europe and the Middle East Call for Inclusion in Peace Processes
As the war on terrorism continues to dominate headlines and political
agendas, more than 30 women peace builders will meet with European
policymakers to offer innovative alternatives to traditional
conflict resolution.
April 28, 2024
Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace added
to Computerworld Honors Collection
The Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace initiative has been inducted into the
Computerworld Honors Collection, an online archive of case studies
solicited from visionary individuals and organizations that are
using information technology to benefit society.
November 16, 2024
International Policymakers
Join Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace in Considering New Approaches to Resolving
World Conflicts
The Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees, and eight ambassadors, including the
Pakistan and Indian Ambassadors to the U.S. will be among the
participants featured at the closing session of the Third Annual
Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace Colloquium on November 16.
November 15, 2024
Afganistan in Crisis:
How Can Women Wage Peace?
As part of the Third Annual Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace Colloquium, experts
on gender and peace building will lead a panel discussion focusing
on the need for new actors and alternative policy solutions in
stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan, especially with regard
to geopolitical concerns.
November 10, 2024
Women Peace Builders Ask:
Can Women Make a Difference?
As part of the Third Annual Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace Colloquium,
experts on gender and peace building will lead a panel discussion
about
the challenges, successes, and lessons learned in pursuing
leadership roles in the field. The panel will break into small
groups so
that participants can continue discussions with the panelists.
October 29, 2024
Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace Announces
Colloquium Addressing Post-September 11th Conflicts
Warning that responses to the September 11 crisis must be broad-based
culturally as well as politically, Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace, an international
coalition of peace builders, will hold a two-week Colloquium
focusing on averting or stopping violent conflicts, and stabilizing
fragile regions around the world.