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Where Airstrikes Fall Short, the West Can Still Act to End Violence Against Women

Posted by on March 12, 2015
Where Airstrikes Fall Short, the West Can Still Act to End Violence Against Women

This article was originally published by Solutions Journal. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) atrocities against women have provoked worldwide outrage, generating increased support for U.S. action in the region and hundreds of airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since August. Yet for all this indignation, similar abuses against women, including child marriages, legalized […]

Being Hillary: Hero Abroad, Punching Bag at Home

Posted by on March 10, 2015
Being Hillary: Hero Abroad, Punching Bag at Home

This article was originally published by Newsweek. It’s been 20 years since first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton took the podium in Beijing and gave a historic speech defining women’s rights as human rights. She said rape, female genital mutilation, domestic violence and infant gender-selection practices were human rights violations that could no longer be considered […]

At CGIU, Women Urged to Play Role in Sustainable Peace Negotiations

Posted by on March 8, 2015
At CGIU, Women Urged to Play Role in Sustainable Peace Negotiations

This article was originally published by The Miami Hurricane. Juniors Daniela Lorenzo and Mariana Gaviria don’t include “burning bras” in their agenda for making a change, but instead look to open conversation on de-stigmatizing the “F” word: feminism. Their project, also called The “F” Word, was created in late September after they watched Emma Watson’s […]

Four Courageous Women Who Are Making a Difference

Posted by on February 17, 2015
Four Courageous Women Who Are Making a Difference

This article was originally published by The Boston Globe. They are four women who do brave things in terrifying places: their own countries. They were in the United States recently for a colloquium, sponsored by Cambridge’s Institute for Inclusive Security, focusing on how to bring women more effectively into peace processes in some of the […]

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Syrian Women Know How to Defeat ISIS

Posted by on October 17, 2014
Syrian Women Know How to Defeat ISIS

This article, co-authored by Michelle Barsa and Kristin Williams, was originally published by The Weekly Wonk and syndicated by TIME. *Note: Names and identifying details of Syrian activists referenced in this article are withheld to ensure their safety. To the Islamic State, Syrian women are slaves. To much of the rest of the world, they […]

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Why Pakistan Needs a Few More Good Women

Posted by on July 31, 2014
Why Pakistan Needs a Few More Good Women

Inclusive Security Action’s Allison Peters writes in Foreign Policy, “Greater female representation in the police force would not only ensure that the Pakistani government can combat internal threats, but it also would encourage more-effective spending of international assistance.” In a new Foreign Policy article, Inclusive Security Action’s Allison Peters and our Women Waging Peace Network […]

Senate Hearing Reignites Hope For CEDAW and I-VAWA

Posted by on July 7, 2014
Senate Hearing Reignites Hope For CEDAW and I-VAWA

This article was originally published by Ms. Magazine. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), surveying the chamber before her, a room packed with senators, diplomats, feminist leaders, scholars and activists, proudly proclaimed, “I’m looking at an iconic picture here.” At last week’s U.S. Senate Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women’s Issues […]

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The Old Boys Club and the Failure of Peacekeeping

Posted by on June 30, 2014
The Old Boys Club and the Failure of Peacekeeping

Reuters This article was originally published by The Weekly Wonk and syndicated in TIME. Bill Clinton got the photo op handshake but, in the end, failed. So did Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter. John Kerry joins a long list of men — Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, Ehud Barak, George Mitchell — who have unsuccessfully […]

Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Policewomen Around the World

Posted by on May 13, 2014
Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Policewomen Around the World

This article was originally published by Global Post. This week, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world will gather in Washington, DC to celebrate National Police Week. Women are climbing the ranks of police forces in a myriad of ways and sometimes in unexpected places. Whether they’re countering terrorism in Pakistan, reducing corruption […]

Pakistan’s Women Are Helping Identify and Counter Extremism

Posted by on April 14, 2014
Pakistan’s Women Are Helping Identify and Counter Extremism

This article was written by Danielle Shapiro and originally published by The Daily Beast. As Mossarat Qadeem tells the story, the big clue came from a simple source: a young woman who noticed her brother spending time with strangers. It was about one year ago in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, formerly called the North-West Frontier province, when the […]

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