March 2010 Newsletter
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News from The Institute for Inclusive Security - March 2010
I. Recent Activities
Afghan Women Share Recommendations with International Donors (January 2010)
Inclusive Security worked with UNIFEM to ensure that Afghan women were heard at the London Conference in late January where the international donor community deliberated about its commitments to Afghanistan's future. This effort provided the only concrete recommendations from Afghan women that were considered. http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/
8258_afghanistan_donor_conference_in_london_january_2010.cfm
Media coverage of Inclusive Security's work included Reuters, Associated Press of Pakistan, BBC News Hour, CBC Radio's The Current, and Time magazine.
Women from Conflict Regions ask US Government to Support their Efforts to Moderate Extremism (January 2010)
For our 11th annual colloquium, 20 women leaders from Bosnia, Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Rwanda completed an executive program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, held 18 meetings with representatives of the US Government, and staged 5 public events. Four women peace builders were also featured on a special episode of Dan Rather Reports (episode 508).
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8251_colloquium_2010.cfm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9qCoB6ubA
Colloquium participants developed and released the following recommendations for leveraging women's skills and expertise to moderate extremism.
Read recommendations for Bosnia.
Read recommendations for Lebanon.
Read recommendations for Pakistan.
Read recommendations for Rwanda.
In addition to the Dan Rather Reports special, media coverage included Voice of America, Radio Sawa, National Public Radio, The Boston Globe, GlobalPost, and the Enough blog.
Promoting Women Experts as Resources to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (November 2009)
Inclusive Security traveled to Israel and Palestine to hold consultations with the women listed on a roster of technical experts we are developing to promote the participation of women in future negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Inclusive Security also met with numerous organizations to advocate for women's inclusion in negotiations and for their participation in decision making more generally.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8266_israeli_consultation_november_2009.cfm
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8284_palestinian_consultation_november_2009.cfm
Expanding the Pool of Qualified Trainers on Inclusive Security (September and November 2009)
In September, Inclusive Security's first-ever Training of Trainers workshop prepared women peace builders from 11 countries to use the new Inclusive Security Curriculum in trainings they will present in their respective regions. This event marks the first steps in a long-term plan to create a pool of women peace builders around the world who are experts in the Inclusive Security approach.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8138_training_of_trainers_september_2009.cfm
In late November and early December, Inclusive Security delivered a subsequent intensive Training of Trainers program for experienced trainers in women, peace, and security at its offices in Washington, DC.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/
8205_training_of_trainers_november_december_2009.cfm
Supporting the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to Mainstream Gender (October to November 2009)
In late October and early November 2009, Inclusive Security traveled to Austria, Kyrgyzstan, and Macedonia to work with the Gender Section of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to determine how the OSCE could more extensively mainstream gender in its work. After three weeks and interviews with nearly 100 OSCE staff and their local partners (including officials of ministries, civil society, and police), Inclusive Security proposed specific improvements and is now working with the Gender Section to identify support to implement the proposed changes.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8280_osce.cfm
II. New publications
New Rwanda Paper
Sustaining Women's Gains: The Influence of Indigenous Culture and Post-Genocide Politics (December 2009)
The success of women parliamentarians in Rwanda has prompted questions about how women achieved such unprecedented levels of political representation. This paper contends that modern references to gender-sensitive practices in Rwanda's pre-colonial era generate support for women's political participation by emphasizing its continuity with traditional culture and, in doing so, defuse opposition. The Rwandan case suggests a strategy available to women and men seeking to promote gender equality in political representation elsewhere. (25 pages plus appendices and endnotes)
http://www.huntalternatives.org/sustainingwomensgains.cfm
Guides to UN Security Council Resolutions (March 2010)
Inclusive Security has just released a quick-reference guide to UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1889 (on women's leadership in peace processes) and 1820 and 1888 (on response to conflict-related sexual violence). This guide is designed to help advocates effectively discuss international commitments related to women, peace, and security.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/
8301_quick_reference_guide_to_un_security_council_resolutions.cfm
All new publications are available by clicking the links above. Visit our full list of publications for our Toolkit, policy commission reports, and more:
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8049_publications_by_year.cfm
III. Inclusive Security in the News
Inclusive Security's Carla Koppell was featured by the Peace and Security Funders Group in December:
http://peaceandsecurity.org/Peacemaker_December_2009.pdf
Inclusive Security's Jacqueline O'Neill discussed the importance of women in peacebuilding on C-SPAN in January:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291810-4
IV. Select News from the Women Waging Peace Network
Safaa Elagib Adam of Sudan
Women Waging Peace Network member Safaa Elagib Adam from Sudan won the Swiss Peace Prize.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/index/Darfur_activist_wins_Swiss_peace_prize.html?cid=7650888
Humaira Shahid of Pakistan
Women Waging Peace Network member Humaira Shahid coauthored "Violence Against Women is a Global Struggle" in the Boston Globe, February 6, 2010.
http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/8237_humaira_shahid.cfm
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/02/06/
violence_against_women_is_a_global_struggle/
Mourning the death of Judith Kanakuze of Rwanda
Inclusive Security and the Women Waging Peace Network mourn the death of Judith Kanakuze, a Member Parliament in Rwanda from 2003 who headed several committees and was once the Chairperson of the Forum for Rwanda Women Parliamentarians (FFRP). She was also a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender and Family Promotion and a distinguished member of the Women Waging Peace Network.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201002110037.html
About The Institute for Inclusive Security
The Institute for Inclusive Security uses research, training, and advocacy to promote the inclusion of all stakeholders, particularly women, in peace processes. We work with a global network of well over 1,000 women leaders from more than 40 conflict regions. Our research gives policymakers new strategies to drive inclusion by examining tangible contributions of women peace builders. Our training provides leaders the specialized skills and knowledge to direct local, national, and international peacebuilding. Our advocacy to high-level policymakers promotes change that makes peace processes more broad-based, and thus sustainable.
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