February 13, 2015
Election-Related Violence Against Women in Nigeria
A PDF version of this “Information2Action: Rapid Response” can be found here. The 2014-2015 election period in Nigeria is creating unrest and concern over increasing rates of election-related violence against women.…
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February 12, 2015
Economic Opportunity for Women in Rural Afghanistan: A Survivor Story
By Jane Mosbacher Morris Originally posted by TO THE MARKET in the HuffPost Impact Blog here. ARZU means “hope” in Dari, one of Afghanistan’s official languages. For the female employees of…
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February 9, 2015
When One Man’s Peace is Another Woman’s Trap
By: Amanda Jessen
Standing in Nevruz Park in Diyarbakir, Turkey last March, I was immediately and acutely aware of the magnitude of the event playing out before me. Two years ago marked…
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February 5, 2015
South Sudan Signs New Ceasefire Deal, Step Towards Power-Sharing Agreement
This post can also be found in PDF format here. INFORMATION2ACTION: Rapid Response On February 2nd, South Sudan President Salva Kiir and former vice-president Riek Machar signed an agreement committing…
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February 2, 2015
Commemorating the Third Anniversary of the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace & Security
By: Ashley Binetti
On December 19, 2011, President Obama launched the United States National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) through Executive Order 13595. Last week, USAID hosted a Third Anniversary Event to…
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December 23, 2014
Access to Finance in Rural India – A Catalyst for Leadership & Social Change
By: Rachel Firestone
Creases at her smile-points coursing down her face in chasms, skin leathery with the sun, the woman before me holds my gaze steadily as we chat, sitting cross-legged on…
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December 18, 2014
The Great Unfinished Business of the Beijing Platform for Action
By: Ambassador Melanne Verveer
This essay by Ambassador Melanne Verveer was originally included in a publication by the Wilson Center’s Women in Public Service Project entitled Beijing+20: Looking Back and the Road Ahead, Reflections on…
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December 15, 2014
Smart Power through Inclusivity in an Increasingly Volatile World
By: Ambassador Melanne Verveer and Dr. Robert Egnell
By Ambassador Melanne Verveer and Dr. Robert Egnell Originally posted on Huffington Post here. The brutality of ISIS, Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and the Ebola epidemic are issues that give us…
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December 11, 2014
Human Rights Day: Women, Peace & Security
Originally posted on the Clinton Foundation blog here. Agents of Peace, Agents of Change Today, on Human Rights Day, No Ceilings: The Full Participation Projectis proud to join the United Nations…
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December 8, 2014
Japan Reaffirms its Commitment to Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding
By: Rui Matsukawa
In partnership with the Institute for Inclusive Security, Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security co-hosted the inaugural National Action Plan Academy December 3-5 at Georgetown University to share best practices…
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