Advancing #WomenPeaceSecurity through thought leadership, solidarity and support to women peacebuilders. Spearheading #WASL network & #SheBuildsPeace campaign.
ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “We canceled silence & raised our voices after 40 years of violence. We opened the space to understand ourselves & listen to the experiences of others.”
Read ICAN's latest #InnovativePeaceStory with #WASL partner Mobaderoon: icanpeacework.org/2026/06/rebu...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “With #UN80 reform underway amid maneuvers intensifying around the UN’ secretary-general selection, a troubling pattern is emerging: The steady erasure of the women, peace & security agenda.”
ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social for @passblue.bsky.social. passblue.com/2026/06/04/u...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Women Building Bridges published a new report examining the impact of the war in #Ukraine on family separation & the ability of displaced Ukrainians to maintain family ties & pursue reunification.
Read the key findings & recommendations: zenodo.org/records/2058...
What does it really mean to talk about peace & security today? It means also addressing the dangers of #militarization & rising military spending.
🗣️ ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social shares reflections from the Global Solutions Summit on why this must be part of the conversation.
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Lebanon, “hospitals & clinics are hit by airstrikes, government buildings destroyed, agricultural land scorched, water stations demolished & schools turned to displacement sites.” news.un.org/en/story/202...
Across Syria, communities are finding ways to reconnect after years of war through dialogue, storytelling, art, and collective action. Mobaderoon’s Local Peace Committees demonstrate why lasting peace...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “As I walked down the stairs, I cried silently for my voice, which had been suffocated. They did not only steal my money. They took my will to live & my motivation for journalism.” Rad Radan & Yalda Amini, @zantimes.bsky.social. zantimes.com/2026/05/01/t...
Protest matters. But change is also shaped in offices, boardrooms, & political institutions long after the crowds go home.
At “No Wars, No Tyrants”, @sanambna.bsky.social breaks down why #democracy demands civic action.
Organised by @icipeace.bsky.social, @centredelas.org & @novact.bsky.social
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Dreams do not have a gender, & neither does leadership, courage, or the will to serve humanity.” Abhilasha Barak wins the UN Military Gender Advocate Award for her work in advancing the Women, Peace & Security Agenda. www.wionews.com/india-news/w...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The will of the peoples remains alive, & it is the one that triumphs in the end. This is the rule. No matter how long this struggle lasts, we will triumph, & we will achieve freedom.” Rola Abu Dahou, @progintl.bsky.social progressive.international/wire/2026-06...
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The UN in Lebanon appealed for an additional $331.5 million on Friday to help 1.4 million people in crisis as already massive needs continue to grow, three months since deadly violence erupted between...
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “This is not an isolated incident, it is part of a well-documented pattern of systematic targeting of #Palestinian athletes, which continues without accountability.” www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/...
Zan Times interviewed 23 women journalists and women media workers across seven provinces of Afghanistan ahead of World Press Freedom Day. Their testimony shows a profession collapsing under multiple ...
Assistant Secretary-General Lisa Buttenheim stated that Abhilasha Barak played an important role in advancing the women, peace and security agenda within military operations through her leadership and...
Rola Abu Dahou, a released Palestinian political prisoner and professor at Birzeit University, reflects on the history of settler-colonial violence and the responsibility of the academic community in ...
