As 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on a year of challenge & change—while centring the resilience, hope & courage that carry us forward. Thank you to our donors, supporters & #WASL partners for affirming that #peace is not only possible, but essential. mailchi.mp/icanpeacewor...

🕊️ At the 7th Action with Women & Peace Conference ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social highlighted: ‘We can bomb the world to pieces, but not to #peace.’ The choice is between #militarization or investing in #peace and human dignity. 🗣️ #WPS25 #ActionWithWomenAndPeace #1325at25

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “I wanted to leave a mark, an imprint on everyone I meet, to change lives.” In #Gaza, a woman with a visual impairment led life-saving awareness sessions, teaching others to protect themselves from violence & unexploded ordinance. www.ochaopt.org/content/rama...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #Peace agreements last longer when women are included. Guila Clara Kessous calls for quotas to ensure women at peace tables—because inclusive #diplomacy saves lives. www.vaticannews.va/en/world/new...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #Sudanese women are urging Great Lakes leaders to act as conflict-related sexual violence surges—putting 12M+ women & girls at risk. Their testimonies call for urgent regional protection & accountability. nilepost.co.ug/news/309387/...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: African Development Bank launched BRIDGE—a $3.7M initiative with UNDP to strengthen gender equality, justice, #women’s leadership in #SouthSudan, The #Gambia, & #GuineaBissau during #16Daysofactivism. www.afdb.org/en/news-and-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: 7 in 10 women human rights defenders, activists & journalists face online violence—& for 4 in 10, it spills offline. Digital abuse is real violence, threatening free expression & #democracy. www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: From #Syria to #Sudan to #Ukraine, on #HumanRightsDay women human rights defenders remind us: rights are inherent, #peace is impossible without them, & silence fuels injustice. @giwps.bsky.social giwps.georgetown.edu/2025/12/10/i...

#TeamTuesday ✨ Meet Sarah Shotts, ICAN's new Operations Officer. She brings expertise in connecting with people from diverse backgrounds & using a feminist framework to bring sustainable and forward change! Get to know her more 👇

At the 7th Action with Women & Peace Conference, ICAN’s Founder & CEO @sanambna.bsky.social delivered a powerful call to action: elevate #WPS leadership, ensure women’s full inclusion in #peace processes, & invest in frontline #peacebuilders. 🤝 #ActionWithWPS #1325at25

✨This week’s #WASLWeekly spotlights powerful actions for peace, justice, & inclusion: recognizing leaders, centring the needs of victims, engaging men in ending #GBV, & uniting communities through dialogue & heritage. 🗣️

This week, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social joined global #peacebuilders at Femmes & Paix on the panel “Building Peace thanks to Resolution 1325.” She underscored the urgency of centering women leadership in #peacemaking — women who are already preventing violence & sustaining communities.

ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social at the Beyond Rhetoric launch called for 1% of the $2.3T global military budget to fund local #peacebuilding by women & civil society. Even 0.1% ($2.5B) could transform justice, climate, & conflict solutions. ✊ #WPS25 #1325at25

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN is saddened by the passing of Cora Weiss, a lifelong social justice champion. From anti–Vietnam War to nuclear disarmament activism, she showed how determined action can change the world. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: A female Secretary-General could redefine global governance, advance gender equality, & strengthen #peace, humanitarian, & #climate efforts. Eurasia Review www.eurasiareview.com/05122025-bre...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Amid unimaginable suffering in #Sudan, the courage of communities’ shine as a beacon of hope. Accountability, protection, & humanitarian access are urgent. @unnews.bsky.social news.un.org/en/story/202...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Amid #Gaza’s collapsing health system, UNFPA is supporting mothers & babies with midwives, supplies, & lifesaving care—where childbirth is now a fight for survival. @unnews.bsky.social news.un.org/en/story/202...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “#Peace without women is no #peace at all.” The Myanmar #WPS Forum urges concrete action to support women #peacebuilders, protect displaced communities & advance a federal democratic future. @mizzimadailynews.substack.com 🔗 eng.mizzima.com/2025/12/07/2...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: 91 days without access. #Afghan women continue serving communities despite being barred from UN offices. Their exclusion violates UN principles & jeopardizes life-saving services. The ban must end. UN Women 🔗 asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/s...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Borno State Govt & #WASL member Allamin Foundation deepen partnership to advance #peacebuilding, reintegration & transitional justice for survivors across Bama & Gwoza. www.nationalaccordnewspaper.com/borno-govt-a...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Read #WASL partner Women Relief Aid's latest policy brief: “Childhood at Risk on a Heating Planet,” 👉 iss-ssi.org/storage/2025...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: New #KaleidHERscope! #WASL partner Magda Zenon & Amb. Androulla Kaminara discuss gender, the U.S. #Gaza plan, UNSR Francesca Albanese, & the EU’s turning point. islandtalks.fm/podcast/kale...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: At the @kreiskyforum.bsky.social, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social & 35 experts from across sectors reflected on 25 yrs of #UNSCR1325-celebrating progress while urging transformative, women-led #peace & security action. www.kreisky-forum.org/de/news/

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #PeaceStartsHere shows how 10 local #peacebuilders co-created a new, decolonized approach to #peacebuilding—built by people, not delivered to them. Their guide shares the journey, lessons, & vision for a global movement. Peace Direct Read more: peacestartshere.world/co-creating-...

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.

From 28–29 November, ICAN & KAICIID, in partnership with Al Hayat Rased, brought together women #peacebuilders from the #WASL network & faith leaders from across Asia & the Arab region for an interregional exchange & Interreligious Dialogue on Gendered Religious #Peacebuilding in #Amman. ✨

✨This week on #WASLWeekly: Feminist #peace in #Amman, youth protests in #Yemen, workshops on legal rights in #Palestine, & a new literacy community in #Indonesia. See how #WASL partners are fostering change around the world.🕊️

At the @oxfaminternational.bsky.social & Researchers Without Borders launch of Beyond Rhetoric, @sanambna.bsky.social highlighted the need to rethink peacemaking: from sidelined diplomacy to militarism, she stressed designing inclusive processes & supporting local #peacebuilders. 🕊️ #WPS25 #1325at25

Last week, ICAN & KAICIID hosted the first Arab-Asia Exchange on Gendered Religious Peacebuilding, bringing together women peacebuilders & faith leaders. The Amman event spotlighted women’s leadership in inclusive security. Hayat Center, Jordan News Agency: petra.gov.jo/Include/Inne...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: The genocide in #Gaza cost Nibal her hands & her ability to care for her young daughter. Her story is one of thousands affected by the ongoing violence. @mondoweiss.net Read more: mondoweiss.net/2025/12/the-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: "The designs tell stories about our local culture—the people, animals, plants, & beliefs." #Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon preserve their heritage through tatreez embroidery. Amelia Dhuga, Vogue Read more: www.vogue.com/article/inaa...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN joins Peace Direct, Nobel Women’s Initiative, 1 for 8 billion & 180+ orgs urge UN member states to back women candidates and ensure real civil society inclusion in the #UNSG selection.Sign on: 1for8billion.org/news/2025/11...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “To be a woman in #Gaza today is to face hunger, grief, displacement—& rebuild with nothing but courage.” UN Women Sofia Calltorp calls for sustained ceasefire, aid, & support for women leading Gaza’s recovery. www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner Abductees' Mothers Association launches its new podcast Voice & Awareness, spotlighting violations against women activists & rising cyber-blackmail. Episode 1 features human rights defender Dalia Al-Hammadi. 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqXH6I_UOto

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: AI could strengthen the #WPS agenda—but only with inclusive, ethical governance. Without it, tech risks deepening bias & harm. A call to center women’s leadership in shaping AI for #peace. Paola Vesco PRIO www.prio.org/comments/1843

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #Afghan women & girls face severe restrictions under Taliban rule. “All they dream of is leaving,” says Chela Noori via @rfi.fr. www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

“Why should women #peacebuilders tell their own stories?”🌿 At ICAN’s #OurStrategiesOurPeace workshop, #WASL members Cerue Konah Garlo & Visaka Dharmadasa share why these stories matter: 📕 Sharing their full, lived experience of #peacebuilding 💡 Inspiring the next generation

This #GivingTuesday, your support goes directly to frontline women #peacebuilders. A single tank costs the same as 10 years of ICAN’s #InnovativePeaceFund. Imagine what women peacebuilders could do with real investment. Donate today: icanpeacework.org/support-us/?...

✨ This week’s #WASLWeekly joins #WASL partners around the world celebrating 25 years of #UNSCR1325, ICAN’s #SheBuildsPeace campaign, & #16DaysOfActivism. 🌎

🇰🇪 Last month, ICAN’s France Bognon & Kendahl Tyburski visited #Kenya to meet with our #WASL partner, Coast Education Centre (COEC), in Mombasa. 🕊️ #SheBuildsPeace #WPS

At the #UNSILENCEForum in Barcelona, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social, @helenagron.bsky.social & Rawan Kahwaji joined activists, #peacebuilders & human rights defenders from the Euro-Med region to confront rising #authoritarianism, #militarization & systemic injustice.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “80 years, 9 male UN secretaries-general. It’s time for a woman to lead. Gender equality isn’t optional—especially in a world facing rising conflict & human rights crises. @heatherbarr.bsky.social @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner Yakjah & ICAN’s #SheBuildsPeace help women artisans in J&K turn tradition into resilience—crafting peace, dialogue & economic independence. Rising Kashmir 🔗 risingkashmir.com/weaving-peac...

🗣️ #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-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: @oxfaminternational.bsky.social says 25 yrs after UN promises, #Palestinian women’s voices in #peacebuilding are still sidelined as militarization, occupation & global complicity persist. Real peace requires addressing root causes. 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: On #KaleidHERscope, Jane Houng speaks with #WASL partner @magda-zed1.bsky.social about turning her daughter’s 2017 tragedy into action through Becky’s Button Initiative for women’s safety 👉 islandtalks.fm/podcast/kale...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Congratulations to #WASL partner Gabriele Garcia, Think Twice Brasil, who has been nominated as a “listee” for the kindness & leadership award. Kindness Rules www.kindnessrules.co.uk/our-candidat...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: @sanambna.bsky.social & Kristian Herbolzheimer opened A Precarious Peace reminding us that optimism & dialogue still matter. A call to choose connection over pessimism. Fund Ernest Lluch, Fundación ”la Caixa” www.fundacioernestlluch.org/es/sanam-nar...

Earlier this month, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social joined the “Una Paz Precaria” series with Fundació Ernest Lluch & Fundación la Caixa. 🗣️“Optimism is not naïve; it is the first practical step toward imagining & creating a better world.” Learn more: www.fundacioernestlluch.org/es/sanam-nar...

Today on the Int’l Day for the Elimination of #ViolenceAgainstWomen, we echo what women #peacebuilders have said for 25 yrs: unmet commitments are just words. #WASL partners continue preventing & responding to #SGBV on the frontlines—yet remain under-resourced & overlooked.