The Eighth Annual Policy Forum was part of a two-week conference hosted by the Institute for Inclusive Security in Cambridge, MA and Washington, DC for women government leaders from the conflict and post-conflict countries listed above. These women have overcome tremendous odds to become credible leaders, and each faces distinct social and political obstacles to […]
Rwanda has the largest female majority representation in parliament. The Institute for Inclusive Security sat down with some of Rwanda’s most powerful leaders and members of our Women Waging Peace Network to better understand their work. Judith Kanakuze, Joy Mukanyange, and Odette Nyiramilimo discuss leading in a country where women are traditionally taught to remain silent when […]
Brig. Gen. Israela Oron speaks about the importance of women being involved in peace negotiations at an event in January 2008 at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in participation with Inclusive Security’s annual Colloquium.
At the 2010 Policy Forum for the Institute for Inclusive Security, Canadian Senator Mobina Jaffer participates in a conversation with women leaders from Lebanon, Pakistan, Bosnia, and Rwanda. She spoke on women as a moderating force in negotiations over the conflict in Sudan.
As a filmmaker and peace activist from Kashmir, Ashima Kaul has seen her fair share of resistance to women’s involvement in peace and security. Here she provides an elemental reason for including all stakeholders in the peace process. As a member of the Institute for Inclusive Security’s Women Waging Peace Network, Ms. Kaul’s insights and […]
In February 2009, the director of the Institute for Inclusive Security, Carla Koppell, spoke with United States Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson about the role of women in peace building throughout the world. Rep. Johnson posed the questions, “Does The Institute work with the UN and other international organizations?” and “Is the UN doing all that […]
In February of 2009 the director of the Institute for Inclusive Security, Carla Koppell, sat down with United States Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson to talk about women’s leadership around the world. This conversation began when Rep. Johnson mentioned that Women Waging Peace Network member Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was now the head of her country.
In 2003, prior to her election as the first female head of state in Africa as well as her Nobel Peace Prize, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was interviewed in Cambridge, Massachusetts about her work for women and democratization in Liberia, and more generally Africa.
Four Sudanese women from various backgrounds discuss with members of the Inclusive Security team their feelings on the situation in the region. Lona James Lowilla, Muna Khugali, Awut Deng Acuil, and Amna Elagim Adam, give their perspectives on women getting involved in peace processes in Sudan.
As a leader in the British House of Lords, Valerie Amos spoke to members of the Institute for Inclusive Security’s team about getting women involved in leadership roles.
