BUILDING THE NETWORK
The Initiative for Inclusive Security includes Women Waging Peace, a network of women peacemakers from conflict areas around the world, ranging
from Sudan to Sri Lanka, Colombia to Bosnia, the Middle East
to Sierra Leone. The Waging network was launched in 1999 to
connect these women with each other and with policy shapers.
Members of the Waging network, all demonstrated leaders among
women peace builders, are elected and appointed government officials,
directors of non-governmental organizations and movements in
civil society, scholars and educators, businesspeople, representatives
of multilateral organizations, and journalists. With varied backgrounds,
perspectives, and skills, they bring a vast array of expertise
to the peacemaking process.
In this section...
Peace Builders in The Women
Waging Peace Network
In Their Own Voices
Articles by or about Network Members
Peace
Builders in The Women Waging Peace Network
Africa
Rogaia Mustafa
Abusharaf, Sudan
Awut Deng Acuil,
Sudan
Amna Elagib Adam, Sudan
Afaf Ahmed
Al-Rahman, Sudan
Nelisiwe Bam, South
Africa
Zainab Hawa
Bangura, Sierra Leone
Connie Sekamana
Bwiza, Rwanda
Sue Brittion,
South Africa
Regine Cirondeye,
Burundi
Catherine Lora
Duku, Sudan
Atema Eclai, Kenya
Samia El Hashmi,
Sudan
Durria Mansour
Elhussein, Sudan
Nathalie Gahunga,
Rwanda (Regional Expert: Great Lakes)
Vabah Gayflor,
Liberia
Luul Ghebreab,
Eritrea
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela,
South Africa
Amel Gorani,
Sudan
Aloisea Inyumba,
Rwanda
Suzanne Samson
Jambo, Sudan
Juanita Jarrett,
Liberia (Regional Expert: Mano River Area)
Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf, Liberia
Rose Kabuye,
Rwanda
Judith Kanakuze,
Rwanda
Monique Kande,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Priscilla Joseph
Kuch, Sudan
Muna Khugali,
Sudan
Lona LoWilla,
Sudan
Spes Manirakiza,
Burundi
Faida Maramuke
Mitifu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thandi Modise,
South Africa
Boitumelo Mofokeng,
South Africa
Joy Mukanyange,
Rwanda
Mediatrice
Mukarugwiza, Rwanda
Kezia Layinwa
Nicodemus, Sudan
Agnes Nindorera,
Burundi
Nombulelo Njumbuxa,
South Africa
Soline
Nyirahabimana, Rwanda
Dr. Odette Nyiramilimo, Rwanda
Agnes Nyoka, Sudan
Kemi Ogunsanya,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mary Okumu, Sudan
Rebecca Okwaci,
Sudan
Sandra Opoka,
Sudan
Sury Pillay,
South Africa
Nomathemba
Ramokgopa, South Africa
Achol Cyier Rehan,
Sudan
Sabine Sabimbona,
Burundi
Marthe Sebera,
Rwanda
Eiman Seifeldin,
Rwanda
Amy Smythe, Democratic
Republic of the Congo
Claudine Muyala
Tayaye Bibi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Geraldine
Umugwaneza, Rwanda
Sidiga Washi,
Sudan
Medina Wesseh,
Liberia
Asha El Hagi Elmi, Somalia
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Americas
Maria Cristina
Caballero, Colombia
Medarda Castro,
Guatemala
Ivonne de Rivera,
Guatemala
Ruth del Valle,
Guatemala
Pilar Hernandez,
Colombia
Kim Crawford
Harvie, United States
Liz Loescher,
United States
Salomé Martinéz,
El Salvador
María Emma
Mejía, Colombia
Luz Mendez, Guatemala
Alma Viviana Perez,
Colombia
Catalina Rojas,
Colombia
Martha Quintero,
Colombia
Elizabeth Quiroa,
Guatemala
Rosa Emilia Salamanca, Colombia
Nancy Tapias
Torrado, Colombia
Martha Segura,
Colombia
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Asia
Monica Alfred,
Sri Lanka
Rina Amiri, Afghanistan
Mary Ann Arnado,
Philippines
Farida Azizi,
Afghanistan
Risa Hontiveras-Baraquel,
Philippines
Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls,
Fiji
Charya Chet, Cambodia
Visaka Dharmadasa,
Sri Lanka
Sheba George
Lakadawala, India
Anis Haroon,
Pakistan
Gyung-Lan Jung,
South Korea
Nuzhat Kidvai,
Pakistan
Rita Manchanda,
India
Neela Marikkar,
Sri Lanka
Hamida Naieem,
Pakistan
Josephine Perez,
Philippines
Nanda Pok, Cambodia
Amina Rasul-Bernardo,
Philippines
Santa Sisowath,
Cambodia
Bong-Scuk Sohn,
South Korea
Masuda Sultan,
Afghanistan
Karen Tañada,
Philippines
Shiranee
Tilakawardane, Sri Lanka
Ung Yok Khoan,
Cambodia
Maliha Zulfacar,
Afghanistan
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Europe
Arzu Abdullayeva,
Azerbaijan
Ayten Aliyeva,
Azerbaijan
Viktoria Avakova,
Armenia
Katrina Barr, Northern
Ireland
Kujtesa Bejtullahu,
Kosovo
Baroness May Blood,
Northern Ireland
Vjosa Dobruna,
Kosovo
Mirjana Dokmanovic,
Serbia and Montenegro
Jasminka Dulic, Serbia and Montenegro
Katie Economidou,
Cyprus
Mari Fitzduff,
Northern Ireland
Selma
Hadzihalilovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Anna Ignatieva,
Russia
Slavica Indzevska-Stojanovic,
Macedonia
Sulen Karabacak,
Cyprus
Ida Kuklina,
Russia
Pervana Mammadova,
Azerbaijan
Natalya
Martirosyan, Armenia
Monica McWilliams,
Northern Ireland
Mjellma Mehmeti,
Macedonia
Mominat Omarova,
Azerbaijan
Gulshan Payasheva,
Azerbaijan
Aleksandra Petric,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Barbara Petropoulou-Lillikas,
Cyprus
Violeta Petroska-Beska,
Macedonia
Branca Peuraca,
Croatia
Gülden Plümer
Kücük, Cyprus
Anna Politkovskaia,
Russia
Marina Skrabalo,
Croatia
Gulnara Shahinian,
Armenia
Rena Tahirova,
Azerbaijan
Natalia Taubina,
Russia
Rubina
Ter-Martirossian, Armenia
Zorica Trifunovic,
Serbia and Montenegro
Sevgul Uludag,
Cyprus
Liubov Vinogradova,
Russia
Xheraldina Vula,
Kosovo
Mine Yucel, Cyprus
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Middle East
Lina Abood, Iraq
Sawsan Al-Barak,
Iraq
Zainab Al-Suwaij,
Iraq
Amneh Badran,
Palestine
Nasreen Barwari,
Iraq
Songul Chapouk,
Iraq
Naomi Chazan,
Israel
Hanna Edwards,
Iraq
Basma Fakri,
Iraq
Sumaya Farhat-Naser,
Palestine
Leila Farsakh,
Palestine
Rend Franke,
Iraq
Orli Fridman,
Israel
Tanya Gilly, Iraq
Terry Greenblatt,
Israel
Zakia Hakki, Iraq
Siham Hattab
Hamdan, Iraq
Amal Jadou, Palestine
Riva Khoshaba,
Iraq
Rajaa Habib Dhaher
Khuzai, Iraq
Gaby Lasky, Israel
Hind Makiya,
Iraq
Michelle (Michal)
Miller, Israel
Assyeh Miraghaie, Iran
Eden Naby (Frye),
Iran
Maha Nassar,
Palestine
Lucy Nusseibeh,
Palestine
Zainab Salbi,
Iraq
Neeran Saraf,
Iraq
Ala Talabani,
Iraq
Pascale Warda,
Iraq
Chen Zak, Israel
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In Their Own Voices
Rina Amiri, Afghanistan
Vjosa Dobruna, Kosovo
Sumaya Farhat-Naser,
Palestine
Terry Greenblatt, Israel
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela,
South Africa
Rose Kabuye, Rwanda
Rita Manchanda, India
Neela Marikkar, Sri
Lanka
Kemi Ogunsanya, Sub-Saharan
Africa
Mary Okumu, Sudan
Nanda Pok, Cambodia
Martha Segura, Colombia
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Articles
by or about Waging Members
Flouting the Rule of
Law
by Zainab Bangura, Washington Post op-ed
June 25, 2024
Where
are the Women in the New Iraq?
by Swanee Hunt and Cristina Posa, Boston
Globe op-ed
June 22, 2024
She'll
Give Peace a Chance: Palestinian scholar hopes to make a difference
in the Middle East
by Joseph P. Kahn, Boston Globe
April 29, 2024
A Human Being Died That
Night
by Swanee Hunt, Scripps Howard News
Service
April 28, 2024
Remarks
to the 48th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
by Mominat Omarova, State Committee for Women’s Issues,
Republic of Azerbaijan
March 2004
South
African Presidential Elections
Titi Pitso and Kemi Ogunsanya
Conflict Trends, Issue No. 1/2004
Sri Lanka's
Peace Process: What Went Wrong
by Visaka Dharmadasa
January 24, 2024
Afghan Constitution a
Partial Victory for Women
by Masuda Sultan, Women’s eNews commentator
January 14, 2024
Iraqi
Women are Raising Their Voices
by Maria Cristina Caballero, Newsweek
December 10, 2024
Female
Peacemakers Strategize How to Assert Power
by Elizabeth Mehren, Women's Enews
November 20, 2024
The Vital Voice of Iraqi
Women
by Hind Makiya and Sawsan El Barak, International
Herald Tribune op-ed
November 17, 2024
Women
are Still Awaiting Freedom from the Taliban
by Masuda Sultan, Miami Herald op-ed
November 15, 2024
Bias
Remains Under the New Law
by Masuda Sultan and Hannibal Travis, Boston
Globe op-ed
November 13, 2024
One Mother's Efforts
to Bring Peace to Sri Lanka
by Swanee Hunt, Scripps Howard News
Service
November 12, 2024
Women's Work in Iraq
Boston Globe editorial
November 9, 2024
Ala
Talabani Interview
The World, hosted by Lisa Mullins
Aired November 7, 2024 on National Public Radio
The
Women of Iraq
On Point, hosted by Tom Ashbrook
aired November 6, 2024 on National Public Radio
Panel Examines Women's
Role in World Peacekeeping
by Ivana V. Katic, The Harvard Crimson
November 6, 2024
Women Not Getting UN
Protection in War
by Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
October 30, 2024
UN
Security Council Presentation on UNSC Resolution 1325
by Amy Smythe, Senior Gender Advisor, MONUC
October 29, 2024
Mideast
Conflict: Women Creating Dialogue
Amneh Badran and Terry Greenblatt, Washington
Post online chat
October 10, 2024
Recovering
from Violent Conflict: Gender and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Presentation by Swanee Hunt at Clash
or Consensus? Gender and Human Security in a Globalized World
October 9, 2024
Rwandan Women Step Forward
by Swanee Hunt, Scripps Howard News
Service
October 8, 2024
Interview
with Nasreen Mustafa Sideek
September 4, 2024
Addressing
Discrimination
by Amneh Badran, Bitterlemons-international.org
September 4, 2024
Peace At Any Price
by Maria Cristina Caballero, Newsweek
International
August 11, 2024
Peace
on the Table: A summary of demands and proposals for peace
from the various actors in the Peace Process
A
Gender Perspective for Conflict Management
by Kemi Ogunsanya and Kwezi Mngqibisa, African Centre for the
Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
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Colombia:
Beyond Armed Actors
by Martha Quintero, Rocío Pinedo, Rosa E. Salamanca, Martha
E. Segura, Nancy Tapias, and Pilar Hernández; Harvard
Review of Latin America
Spring 2003
The
Conflict in Burundi: From One Discovery to Another
by Spes Manikariza
Inching Toward Normalcy
and Freedom
by Rina Amiri, Boston Globe op-ed
April 20, 2024
Israeli
and Palestinian Women Talk About Peace
by Anat Cohen, Women's Enews
March 11, 2024
The
Truth Shall Set You Free: Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela on the Evils
of Apartheid and Finding Forgiveness
by Louise Steinman, LA Weekly
February 28 - March 6, 2024
Women
Confront War, Build Peace
Women's Enews
February 23, 2024
International
Conference on the Missing: Opening Statement
by Visaka Dharmadasa
February 19, 2024
Reconciliation
is the Basis of Rwandan Gacaca Justice
by Swanee Hunt, Rocky Mountain News op-ed
February 8, 2024
Finding
Way to Bridge 7,000 Miles: Rwandan Nun and Students Learn
Together in South Boston
by Jill S. Gross, Boston Globe
February 2, 2024
Enhancing
the Role of Women in Electoral Processes in Post-Conflict Countries:
Guatemalan Case Study
by Luz Mendez
January 2003
Interview
with Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Fresh Air, hosted by Terry Gross
Aired January 20, 2024 on National Public Radio
A Tale of Russian Mothers
by Swanee Hunt, Rocky Mountain News op-ed
A Sri
Lankan Alternative for Peace on Earth
by Swanee Hunt, Rocky Mountain News op-ed
December 31, 2023
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Women
Lead Way to Rwanda's Future
by Elizabeth Powley, International Herald
Tribune op-ed
November 21, 2024
A
Place of Their Own
Interview with Rina Amiri, Abroad View
Magazine
Fall 2002
Promoting
Women's Participation In the Peace Process: Key Towards Sustainable
Peace in Mindanao
by Mary Ann M. Arnado
Initiatives for International Dialogue
Mindanao People's Caucus
Colombia
Needs Help in its Own War on Terror
by Maria Cristina Caballero, Boston
Globe op-ed
September 28, 2024
Enhance
Democracy in Colombia
by Maria Cristina Caballero, Miami Herald op-ed
July 17, 2024
School
Offers Hope, Peace to Colombians
by Maria Cristina Caballero, Miami Herald op-ed
May 22, 2024
The Fear
Beneath the Burka
by Rina Amiri, New York Times op-ed
March 20, 2024
Excerpts
from Pearl McRobert's comments in Brussels, Belgium
" In order to speak to you today about my experience of the internet and
the peace-building work that I am engaged in within Northern Ireland, I must
give some context through concrete examples of how effective the internet has
been..."
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Machismo
Is Only One Obstacle Women Face: A Colombian war reporter becomes
involved with women's issues
by María Cristina Caballero, Nieman
Reports
Winter 2001
Muslim
Women As Symbols and Pawns
by Rina Amiri, New York Times op-ed
November 27, 2024
The War's
'Dispensable' People
by Rina Amiri, Boston Globe op-ed
November 10, 2024
While
Cruel Wars Rage, African Women Wage Peace
by Jane Ciabattari, Women's Enews
May 20, 2024
Group
Wins Millennium Peace Prize for Women
March 8, 2024
The Mothers Soldier On
by Swanee Hunt, Rocky Mountain News op-ed
February 25, 2024
For Life and Freedom
Anna Ignatieva, Internet Coordinator for the Union of the Committees
of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia, forwarded this appeal from
the Third International Conference of Soldiers' Mothers.
A Rare View of Chechnya
by Swanee Hunt, Rocky Mountain News op-ed
Waging
Member Anna Politkovskaia Honored by the Club of American Journalists
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