“Inclusive Security…is at the forefront of promoting the role of women in all decisions that affect peace and security globally.”
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate
Making the Case
Across the globe, women play a vital but often unrecognized role in averting violence and resolving conflict. The Institute for Inclusive Security recognizes the important characteristics women bring to the negotiating table, whether it be experience with grassroots activism, empathy across cultural divides, or a less threatening demeanor which grants access behind enemy lines.
To empower women around the world to take an active role in their society, Inclusive Security focuses on research and documentation, partnerships, and training.
Research and Documentation
Inclusive Security researches and documents women’s contributions to peace-building. Interviews with policymakers, civil society leaders, and donors identify best practices for including women and reveal untold stories of women leading peace efforts. We share this insight with policymakers, activists, and academics, offering new strategies to ensure the inclusion of women in peace processes.
By engaging actors overlooked by most researchers, we build understanding of what has worked and what has failed when women have tried to prevent, resolve, and rebuild following conflicts. Our case studies, recommendations, policy briefs, and other publications are available at no charge.
Partnerships
Strategic alliances with multilateral institutions and other organizations help Inclusive Security extend its reach, mainstream its mission in the work of others, and deliver training that leverages others’ expertise and resources. Inclusive Security provides grants that allow its partners to branch out into activities untested by their organizations. Inclusive Security’s list of partners includes the World Bank, NATO, International Crisis Group, United States Institute of Peace, and the United Nations Development Fund for Women.
Training
Inclusive Security offers customized trainings and consultations to help civil society and governments move past obstacles to peace. Since 1999, we have provided training and facilitated consultations for peace builders and policymakers including Afghans, Bosnians, Colombians, Guatemalans, Haitians, Iraqis, Israelis, Lebanese, Liberians, Nepalese, Palestinians, Peruvians, Russians, Rwandans, Sudanese, and Venezuelans.
Women Waging Peace Network