Security

Why Peace Depends on Women

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Author: | Date: March 2014

One-quarter of the world’s population—1.5 billion people—live in societies affected by war, where fundamental human needs go unsatisfied and communities are divided and insecure. The lives of women and children […]

Secure Women, Secure States

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Author: | Date: March 2014

In a 2008 survey by Global Rights and Partners for Justice, 87 percent of Afghan women respondents reported that they had been abused, almost all by intimate family members, particularly […]

Is Resolution 1325 Making a Difference?

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Author: | Date: March 2014

Recognizing the enormous effects of armed conflict on women and children and women’s role in building peace, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 in 2000. The resolution […]

Women Peacebuilders Reflect, Connect, and Act

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Author: | Date: March 2014

Why is the inclusion of women in decision-making around peace and security issues so important? Here are the cold, hard facts: • The single best predictor of a state’s level […]

2013: A Year of New Beginnings

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Author: | Date: January 2014

At the end of each year, we tend to reflect on what the last year held for us. Perhaps we started a new job, made a few new discoveries, or […]

Book Review: Give Peace a Chance

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Author: | Date: September 2013

Book by David Hamburg and Eric Hamburg It thus offers an elaborate response to the question of what we can do to reduce the chances for violence and increase the […]

Beyond the Last Resort: The US Military and Conflict Prevention

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Author: | Date: September 2013

The military’s role in preventing violent conflict is often misunderstood. Civilians, policymakers, and practitioners have argued that the military should have little to no role in prevention, a perspective that […]

Watch Group Advocates the Primacy of Civil Authority in Rebuilding Mali’s Security Sector

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Author: | Date: June 2013

A highly influential group of foreign policy, civil-military, peacebuilding, and country and cultural experts –  including Malians of various walks of life – has identified  the primacy of civil authority […]

WATCH: Building Peace Launch with Hon. Ambassador Keita of Mali at U.S. Institute of Peace

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Date: June 2013

The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) successfully launched Building Peace: A Forum for Peace and Security in the 21st Century on April 16th, 2013 at the second day of AfP’s Annual Conference, […]