🇨🇲 #Cameroon: CAGEAD’s sustained advocacy is driving real change at the local level. After training 15 women councilors in Tubah on #UNSCR1325, leadership, & advocacy—& engaging male counterparts—the council adopted the inclusion of a gender policy in its budget. ✊🕊️
This paper by Gretchen Baldwin explores an often-overlooked dimension of the Women, Peace and Security ( #WPS ) agenda: the roles of men, boys, and masculinities in advancing sustainable peace.
Read it now ➡️ bit.ly/40tJzRm
#SIPRI #Peacebuilding #UNSCR1325 #WomenPeaceSecurity #GenderAndSecurity
#SIPRI releases a new paper by Gretchen Baldwin that takes stock of the sub-field of men, boys and masculinities within the women, peace and security #WPS agenda.
Read it now ➡️ bit.ly/40tJzRm
#SIPRI #Peacebuilding #UNSCR1325
Today, #SIPRI releases a new paper by Gretchen Baldwin that takes stock of the sub-field of men, boys and masculinities within the women, peace and security #WPS agenda.
Read it now ➡️ bit.ly/40tJzRm
#SIPRI #Peacebuilding #UNSCR1325
🇨🇲 #Cameroon: CAGEAD trained 30 men on #UNSCR1325, helping build broader support for women’s leadership & gender‑inclusive governance. 🕊️
🚨Last week we launched our new website gaps-uk.org
At a time when progress on WPS matters more than ever, we hope the website improves access to information and amplifies the diverse voices of women and girls affected by conflict and insecurity.
#WPS #UNSCR1325
Women #peacebuilders took us on a journey across time — revisiting the hope of 2000 when #UNSCR1325 was passed, confronting the urgency of the present moment, & daring us to imagine a future shaped by women’s leadership. ✊
📹 Hear from Mossarat Qadeem as The Ghost of #WPS Past.
“We the women are the first to feel, sense & respond to emerging challenges.” 🕊️
Last year, ICAN & @ipinst.bsky.social brought together women #peacebuilders, UN reps, & civil society for “The Ghosts of 1325”, an event confronting the unfulfilled promises of #UNSCR1325.
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Hear ICAN’s Founder & CEO,
@sanambna.bsky.social, on her role in changing global #peacebuilding. On “The Negotiators”, she reflects on #UNSCR1325, & why the work is far from finished. Doha Debates, @foreignpolicy.com.
Join the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security’s 3-day intensive course to explore gender-based violence, civil society, and pathways to justice in conflict.
📅 3–5 Feb 2026 | 📍 LSE, London
🔗 Register: www.lse.ac.uk/women-peace-...
#WomenPeaceSecurity #UNSCR1325
Addu City, #Maldives: ADDU Women’s Association marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women alongside #UNSCR1325 on #WPS, highlighting collaboration, leadership, & collective action for women’s rights & #peace.
📢🇰🇬 Just added: GPPAC's new report on Kyrgyzstan's Ferghana Valley which highlights the vital, often overlooked, role of women in peacebuilding & recovery in border communities.
It provides key evidence-based recommendations for the #WPS agenda.
🔗 Link below
#Peacebuilding #GPPAC #UNSCR1325
Peace lasts longer when women help build it. Global research shows agreements with women's participation are more durable and more community-focused. Kudumbashree proves what's possible when women lead locally and nationally.
#WomenPeaceSecurity #UNSCR1325 #SavingWaldensWorld
Sanam reminded us that #UNSCR1325 was born from grassroots activism & women’s visions for #peace are essential to addressing today’s conflicts.
Her message: the world cannot afford to sideline civil society & women #peacebuilders.
Watch the panel ⬇️
www.youtube.com/live/Mq1-zJ6...
Last week, ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social spoke at the “25 Yrs of Women, Peace & Security” workshop at
the Bruno Kreisky Forum, co-hosted by the Austrian Ministry of Defence.
She called for a recommitment to the original vision of #UNSCR1325: peace, human security, & accountability.
Together with EUTM Somalia we organised a seminar on Gender Equality in the Somali Defence and Security Forces.
📌 Read more here: bit.ly/4roYMiG
@EutmPio
@EU_in_Somalia
@francescaDM_EU
#WomenPeaceSecurity #UNSCR1325 #GenderEquality #16DaysOfActivism
Borno, #Nigeria: Allamin Foundation for Peace & Development commemorated the 25th anniv. of #UNSCR1325 in Borno, celebrating leaders advancing the #WPS agenda. The event was held with the Ministry of Women Affairs & supported by FCDO/UKAid & ICAN. 💬🕊️
#Kosovo: WCDCA launched #SheBuildsPeace in the Western Balkans, marking 25 yrs of #UNSCR1325. From the Youth Summit in Mitrovica to the first regional roundtable in Kosovo, the campaign is supporting women & youth to drive real peace & transformation. 🤝🗣️
Jammu & Kashmir, #India: The #SheCrafts Peace campaign by Yakjah Network held its first press conference amplifying women artisans’ leadership, livelihoods & resilience. 🎨☮️ #UNSCR1325 #SheBuildsPeace
#Cameroon: “Amplifying Local Women’s Voices for Sustainable Peace” commemorates 25 yrs of #UNSCR1325. Hope Advocates Africa highlights Cameroonian women leading development initiatives, advancing peace, leadership, & inclusion. 🤝
✨ This week’s #WASLWeekly joins #WASL partners around the world celebrating 25 years of #UNSCR1325, ICAN’s #SheBuildsPeace campaign, & #16DaysOfActivism. 🌎
ICAN & COEC also engaged with local government leaders on advancing the #WPS agenda under #UNSCR1325, strengthening County Action Plans, & exploring innovative approaches like private sector engagement & emergency funds to sustain #peace efforts.
🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Gov. Zulum praises #WASL partner Allamin Foundation for empowering women & advancing #peacebuilding in post-insurgency Borno, marking 25 yrs of #UNSCR1325 with a call for stronger women’s leadership in recovery.
🔗 www.nationalaccordnewspaper.com/zulum-hails-...
We shared our Women, Peace and Security research in NYC and DC. 25 yrs after #UNSCR1325, the agenda is 'lost in plain sight'. Our evidence across Myanmar, Ethiopia and Sudan shows the choice is clear: status quo incrementalism or bold structural adaptation: www.eip.org/sharing-our-...
Drawing on decades of frontline expertise, ICAN & women #peacebuilders set out practical steps to prevent sexual violence in conflict. Three years on, these recommendations remain vital & the promises of #UNSCR1325 remain unfulfilled.
🔗 icanpeacework.org/2022/11/sust...
🟣 Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
In this context of rising militarisation and gender inequality, we revisit, FPC Senior Fellow, Anna Chernova’s op-ed marking 25 years of #UNSCR1325 on #WPS.
📖 (Re)visit the piece:
fpc.org.uk/op-ed-britis...
PAX's OSF Program (@oursecurefuture.bsky.social) joined NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) at a recent event. OSF's Vice President Sahana Dharmapuri joined in on the discussion. We are so proud of the work OSF is continuing to do to amplify women’s voices.
#WPS #NATO #UNSCR1325
“The #WPS agenda is about transformative equality. It’s about peace for everyone & it’s women who are leading the way.”
ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social reflects on the transformative power of #UNSCR1325 at @foreignpolicy.com’s #HerPower Summit.
#WomenPeaceSecurity #Peacebuilding #1325at25
On November 12, ICAN’s Founder & CEO @sanambna.bsky.social joined Baroness Fiona Hodgson & Lord Jack McConnell at a reception hosted by the APPGs on Conflict Prevention, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, and Women, Peace & Security, marking 25 yrs of #UNSCR1325. 🕊️
Jakarta, #Indonesia: 25 yrs of #UNSCR1325, Ruby Kholifah at the UN Women Indonesia & Philippine Embassy seminar called for women as active peacebuilders, not just victims. Amid recurring conflicts & militarized approaches, grassroots #WPS initiatives are shaping a future of real peace.📢🕊️
