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Wazhma Frogh of Afghanistan explains women’s priorities to peace builders and policymakers at an Inclusive Security event in 2008.

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New Indicators to Hold Governments Accountable for Implementing 1325
At a working meeting at the United States Institute of Peace to discuss the ten year anniversary of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325, Ambassador Chowdury offered new indicators to measure progress by the Secretary-General, member states, the UN itself, civil society, and other actors. (posted 8/20/2010)
Call for Applications: November Training of Trainers in Nepal
Inclusive Security is seeking veteran trainers from India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, to participate in our next Training of Trainers to be held in Nepal in November. (posted 8/20/2010)
Challenges of Afghan Reintegration and Reconciliation
Watch the video of an event at the US Institute of Peace on August 2, 2010, featuring Inclusive Security's Miki Jacevic and Women Waging Peace member Palwasha Hassan. (posted 8/2/10)
See Photos from Inclusive Security's July 2010 peacebuilding working in Sudan
In late July of 2010, Inclusive Security collaborated with My Sister's Keeper and the United States Institute of Peace to conduct a week-long peacebuilding workshop with grassroots women from across Sudan's various regions. (posted 8/2/10)
Inclusive Security July 2010 e-newsletter
Read the update on Inclusive Security's activities for the past two months. (posted 7/27/2010)
Afghanistan's Most Valuable Resource? Its Women
An op-ed by Inclusive Security Director Carla Koppell, explaining the opportunities presented by the approaching Kabul Conference, has been published by Reuters AlertNet. (posted 7/16/10)
Updated Publication on Guaranteeing Women Leaders a Voice in Reconstruction
Just in time for the Kabul Conference on July 20, 2010, and drawing on Inclusive Security's experience working with Afghan women leaders and international partners, the updated publication describes successful techniques used to guarantee women a voice in post-conflict reconstruction. (posted 7/15/10)
Global Open Days for Women and Peace are a First Step in Responding to Women in Conflict Countries
"The Civil Society Advisory Group to the United Nations on Women, Peace and Security (CSAG) expressed support today for the 'Global Open Days for Women and Peace,' organized by several UN agencies and departments, to hear directly from women in countries affected by past or ongoing conflict and substantively to incorporate women’s rights and concerns in their mission planning." (posted 6/15/2010)
Ambassador Swanee Hunt Testifies in Congressional Hearings
Ambassador Hunt testified before U.S. Congress on “Women as Agents of Change: Advancing the Role of Women in Politics and Civil Society.” Ambassador Hunt joined Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Office of Global Women’s Issues, U.S. Department of State; Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Mr. Kenneth Wollack, President, National Democratic Institute; and Ms. Judy Van Rest, Executive Vice President, The International Republican Institute, to promote the role of women leaders in politics and civil society. (posted 6/7/2010)
Spotlight: Visaka Dharmadasa of Sri Lanka
Twelve years after her soldier son went missing, Visaka Dharmadasa still works for peace in Sri Lanka so that, she says, "another mother doesn't have to lose a child." (posted 4/10/2010)

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