🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Gaza, a women’s film festival rises from the rubble: the inaugural International Festival for Women’s Cinema screens stories of loss, resilience, & hope, honoring #Palestinian women amid war. Ibtisam Mahdi, +972mag www.972mag.com/gaza-interna...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Women fleeing violence in #Sudan’s El Fasher face new horrors in overcrowded camps, with hunger, disease, & sexual violence threatening lives. Urgent humanitarian aid and protection are needed. @unfpa.org Read more 👉 www.unfpa.org/news/women-f...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: The US CSWG, with ICAN as a signatory, calls on the Administration to submit the overdue #WPS Act report to Congress. Read & amplify this urgent call to uphold U.S. leadership on global #peace & security 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1mY85...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WPS advocates must confront war & militarism driving authoritarianism, climate collapse, & gendered insecurity—building broader coalitions for feminist peace. Marie Berry, Carly Paul, @ipinst.bsky.social Read more 👉 theglobalobservatory.org/2025/11/to-c...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Four years of my life disappeared into a corner of my home.” #Afghan women share stories of loss, resilience, & defiance under Taliban rule, a gender apartheid unparalleled today. @mursalsayas.bsky.social, Atlantic Council Read more 👉 www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-seri...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Women working for the UN are spies,” the Taliban preached—before barring all Afghan women from UN jobs. A decree became a door slammed on women’s right to exist in public. Farahnaz Forotan and Kimia Bakhteri,Kaaj Magazine kaajmag.com/en/501/

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Feminist foreign policies are under attack—funding slashed, rights rolled back, opposition rising. But the movement isn’t backing down. Hope & resistance persist. Maria Luisa Gambale, Passblue passblue.com/2025/11/05/f...

“What inspired you to become a peacebuilder?” For some, it began at home. For others, with injustice. For all, it became a lifelong calling. 🌍 🎥 Hear from Visaka Dharmadasa, @magda-zed1.bsky.social, and Cerue Konah Garlo 👇 #WomenPeacebuilders #WASL #Peacebuilding #OurStrategiesOurPeace

🕊️Across the globe, #WASL members celebrated 25 yrs of #UNSCR1325 & 5 yrs of #SheBuildsPeace—honoring women #peacebuilders leading change in conflict-affected communities. From art & advocacy to dialogue & action, they continue to build #peace piece by piece. ☮️

From 14–16 Nov, voices across the Mediterranean will rise in #Barcelona to confront silence, war & authoritarianism at the #UNSILENCEForum. 🌍🔥 ICAN is proud to serve on the Int’l Committee — standing with those who refuse to be silenced. 👉 actxpalestine.com/en/unsilence... #ACTxPALESTINE

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Including women in #peace deals isn’t just right—it’s smart: it can cut the risk of conflict restarting by up to 37%. Strong UN backing + local women’s groups = lasting peace. @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/involving-wo...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: @niaolainf.bsky.social urges a bold rethink of the #WPS agenda: centering women’s lived realities, structural injustices, & colonial legacies—not just presence in #peace processes. @prioresearch.bsky.social Read the paper: www.prio.org/publications...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Through art, we resist, survive, & speak out. Despite fear & oppression, #Afghan women artists declare - we are still here.” @omctorg.bsky.social Read their story 👉 www.omct.org/en/resources...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Prof. Toni Haastrup urges us to look beyond the UN: grassroots feminists worldwide are redefining #WPS, challenging #militarism, anti-gender politics, & global hierarchies. Albert Tirthart Read more 👉 theglobalobservatory.org/2025/10/for-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “They can take our homes, our dignity, but not our voices.” In #Sudan, women & girls face unimaginable violence & loss—yet their courage endures. The world must not look away. Reena Ghelani, @contextnewsroom.bsky.social www.context.news/money-power-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Don’t miss out on Abductees' Mothers Association latest report – “The Deferred Passage of Women, A Report on Violations of Women’s Right to Freedom of Movement in Taiz Governorate.” Read the report here 👉https://ama-ye.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Deferred-Passage-of-Women.pdf

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The Taliban are stubborn for power, & Afghan women are stubborn for their rights.” #WASL partner Nargis Nehan exposes #Afghanistan’s deepening gender apartheid & calls for global #accountability. Albert Trithart theglobalobservatory.org/2025/10/afgh...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: War poisons the soil that feeds us. #WASL member Nina Potarska of @wilpf.bsky.social argues that real security begins with land, care, & food—not weapons. A feminist vision for rebuilding #Ukraine from the ground up: www.wilpf.org/war-land-and...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: 25 yrs on, ICAN’s @sanambna reflects on how women #peacebuilders turned grassroots activism into global policy—proving peace without women is incomplete. A powerful look back at #UNSCR1325 & the #WPS agenda’s future. Albert Trithart theglobalobservatory.org/2025/10/the-...

Last week, ICAN & @ipinst.bsky.social hosted “The Ghosts of 1325: Past, Present, Future” — a powerful, theatrical reflection marking 25 years of #UNSCR1325 on #WomenPeaceSecurity. Speakers embodied the Ghosts of the Past, Present & Future to confront unfulfilled promises. 👻🕊️

“Do you think of yourself as a #peacebuilder?” 🌍 At ICAN’s #OurStrategiesOurPeace workshop, #WASL members reflected on what #peacebuilding means to them — as mothers, mediators, storytellers & community leaders. 🎥 Halima Mohamed, Magda Zenon, Kawther Al Kholy & Cerue Konah Garlo

Today 25 years ago - we went to the UNSC 25 years of statements, 25 years of ongoing wars, of rape, of death - imagine if conflict prevention and resolution had been prioritized. It can and must be now.

✨ Celebrating 25 years of #UNSCR1325, this week’s #WASLWeekly spotlights #WASL partners putting women at the heart of peace — leading change, building safer communities, & shaping inclusive security. 🕊️🌍

25 years ago today, the UNSC passed #UNSCR1325 — a landmark resolution that launched the Women, Peace & Security agenda. 🌍 Built on decades of work by women #peacebuilders, it showed that #peace is stronger when women’s experiences, perspectives, & solutions are included.

During recent site visits to #Syria, ICAN’s Rawan Kahwaji met with our extraordinary #WASL partners — Zenobia & Kareemat in Aleppo, & Mobaderoon in Damascus. Together, they reflected on progress, challenges, & the realities of #peacebuilding in a fast-changing context. 🇸🇾✨ #SheBuildsPeace #WPS

Women have always led #peacebuilding — mediating, transforming, & rebuilding communities. Yet their stories are too often untold. ICAN’s #OurStrategiesOurPeace workshop brought 20 #WASL members together to change that. Learn more: 🔗 icanpeacework.org/2025/10/our-... #WPS #1325at25

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “From her balcony in #Bethlehem, Deputy Mayor Lucy Talgieh can see the horizon that leads to #Gaza, a landscape divided by walls & decades of conflict.” Listen to the #SheTalksPeace episode with #WASL members Amina Rasul & Lucy Talgieh: open.spotify.com/episode/2iBA...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “25 years on, we face an arms race, shrinking civic space, climate crises, more wars, occupation, & genocide.” Read & sign ICAN’s open statement on the 25th anniv. of the #WPS agenda: icanpeacework.org/2025/10/open...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Resolution #1325’s ambition goes well beyond inclusion. It is about transformation.That transformation remains unattained, but it is attainable.The opportunity for #peace remains unrealized but can become a reality,” says Sima Bahous. www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...

#WPSWednesday: The call to “forget #WPS” was never a call to end it. In an era of backlash & militarism, its fragments still hold power—for those who refuse to give up on feminist peace. Laura J Shepherd, Paul Kirby, @ipinst.bsky.social . Read more: theglobalobservatory.org/2025/10/forg...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Women in #Gaza are fighting to survive after Israel’s war: cancer patients trapped without treatment, survivors of torture rebuilding shattered lives, & a health system in ruins. Borders must open now to save lives. Tim Hume, @aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The situation facing #Afghan women & girls is a test of our shared commitment to human rights, justice, & equality.” — @hjalal.bsky.social on how UN Security Council politics fail Afghan women. The National Interest nationalinterest.org/feature/how-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Today, #Afghan women are writing their own history with their own pens.” ✍️ Khadija Haidary traces how Afghan women’s voices reached Chinese readers through ‘Letters of an Afghan Woman’. Khadija Haidary, @zantimes.bsky.social zantimes.com/2025/10/13/f...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Gaza Genocide: A Collective Crime” — The UN Special Rapporteur details how systemic violations in #Gaza persist through the complicity of powerful states. Accountability is urgent. Francesca Albanese 🚨 Read this report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

#TeamTuesday ✨ Meet Lekha Nath, ICAN’s new Communications & Social Media Intern! Born in India, based in London, she holds a Master’s in Strategic Communications from LSE. Lekha brings fresh energy in storytelling, impact comms & videography 🗣️📹

How is feminist leadership transforming peace & justice 25 yrs on from #UNSCR1325? Join ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social, #WASL partner WCLAC & an incredible panel for “Beyond Rhetoric.” 📅 Oct 30 | 🕓 4–5:30PM CET 🔗 bit.ly/3WsiUSS #1325at25 #SheBuildsPeace

What does it mean to be a #peacebuilder? 🌿 At ICAN's #OurStrategiesOurPeace workshop, #WASL members reflected on being peacebuilders, advocates, & change agents transforming their communities. Hear from Visaka Dharmadasa, Clotilda Andiensa, Rosa Emilia Salamanca & Sabrina Mowlah-Baksh 👇

ICAN is hiring! We’re looking for a dynamic Operations Officer to support our global network of women #peacebuilders. 🌍 If you thrive in a fast-paced environment & have experience in operations, administration, & logistics, we’d love to hear from you! icanpeacework.org/2025/10/oper...

✨This week’s #WASLWeekly spotlights women #peacebuilders advancing peace, justice, & women’s leadership around the world. From national dialogues to grassroots trainings, #WASL partners prove that collaboration & community are at the heart of sustainable peace. 🌏

🌍 Last week in Nairobi, ICAN & the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership #WASL joined #peacebuilders from around the world at #PeaceConnect —a space to reflect, connect, & strengthen collective action for peace. @peacedirect.bsky.social

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Most women in #Gaza have been displaced at least four times during the war, & this ceasefire is the first chance for them to stop running, to find safety and to rebuild.” Middle East Monitor. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251017-un-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The world shouldn't pity #Afghan women — it should pity those who fear them. Because what kind of strength hides behind locked school gates? What kind of faith trembles at a girl holding a book? What kind of honor depends on keeping women uneducated?” rukhshana.com/en/they-shou...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “'It’s a biological inheritance.' Boko Haram, Daesh, civil war: 3 women went to listen to some of the most violent men in the world.” #WASL partners Hamsatu Allamin, Nancy Yammout, & Visaka Dharmadasa speak to @jornalexpresso.bsky.social. expresso.pt/internaciona...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social joins the EQUALS podcast with Dr. Sarah Ihmoud, discussing what happens when women lead peace & the human cost of the war in #Gaza. open.spotify.com/episode/51qn...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social contributed to @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's latest case study “Beyond Rhetoric - Feminist Leadership for a Transformative Women, Peace & Security Agenda at 25.” Read more 👉 www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese... #1325at25

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: On the 4th anniversary of the Taliban's ban on girls secondary education in #Afghanistan, #WASL partner WCRAN published a new case study examining the human, social, & psychological impacts of the ban. wcran.org/blog/case-st...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner Amina Rasul Bernardo, PCID, welcomes Filipino-Palestinian refugee Mahadia Abu Dalal to the #SheTalksPeace podcast. Mahadia shares stories of hope & resilience that refuse to be silenced in #Gaza. open.spotify.com/episode/64I1...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: At the Permanent People's Tribunal in Madrid, #Afghan women & experts testified on the #GenderApartheid imposed by the Taliban—documenting gender persecution & crimes against humanity in #Afghanistan. english.elpais.com/internationa...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “As we face overlapping crises, the answers are not in more weapons but in collaboration between states & civil society, & in listening to the women #peacebuilders.” Learn more about ICAN & KAICIID's high-level roundtable in #Lisbon. www.kaiciid.org/stories/news...

“Listen to the women who are living this reality.” At @foreignpolicy.com’s #HerPower Summit, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social urged the int’l community to take its lead from women peacebuilders — the first, always, & last responders in conflict. #WomenPeaceSecurity #UNSCR1325 #1325at25