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[embed]https://soundcloud.com/user-744281488/profiles-in-peace-muhammad-yunus[/embed] Muhammad Yunus is the founder of Grameen Bank, a microcredit system that provides banking services targeted at the rural poor. In 2006, Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly…

Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe works to rehabilitate girls who have previously been held by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. Mayesha Alam, Associate Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace…

Obiageli Ezekwesili created the #BringBackOurGirls campaign in response to the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram in April 2014. Mayesha Alam, Associate Director of the…

  Originally featured in Global Post here. Afghanistan is at a crossroads. After taking office in a close election last year, President Ashraf Ghani has struggled to form a government and…

  Find the PDF version of this Information2Action Rapid Response here. Water is essential to life on earth, but we are facing a global crisis. According to a new report released by UNESCO…

Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security Associate Director Mayesha Alam travelled to Amsterdam, Netherlands to participate in the “Women: Powerful Agents for Peace and Security” symposium, convened by the…

   “There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.” – Maya Angelou In the aftermath of political upheaval and mass violence, transitional justice mechanisms can help…