In 2024 ICAN supported women #peacebuilders to: 🤝 Exchange strategies across #WASL 🌏 Learn from #Iraq & #Indonesia on early warning systems 🇦🇫 Build solidarity & resilience with #Afghan partners 🛡️ Access mental health, psychosocial & digital security services

Today, join ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social & @foreignpolicy.com for #HerPower at #UNGA80 for a powerful discussion on women’s role in peace & conflict. 🗣️“Women in Conflict Zones: From Marginalization to Mobilization” 📆 Monday 22 September 🕜 15:30 ET 👉 Watch online: foreignpolicy.com/events/fp-un...

📢 This week’s #WASLWeekly highlights how women-led #peacebuilding organizations are responding to crises, building solidarity, & creating safe spaces for healing. 🌍🕊️

📍 At the Colloquium on #UNSCR1325 in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social reminded us: “Women have always been natural peacebuilders – not in an essentialist way, but in a very practical way.” #SheBuildsPeace #1325at25

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Radio stations have become a lifeline for education. Girls tune in from remote villages, take notes, & send their homework via a network of men, who are risking their lives to be an ally in girls’ right to education.” @zantimes.bsky.social zantimes.com/2025/09/15/t...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “If gender-inclusion & transitional-justice measures are not embedded within the new constitution, the interim government’s hope of governing a stable #Syria will remain a far-off aspiration.” newlinesinstitute.org/gender/gende...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “We must stop thinking about #peacebuilding only in the traditional way. Patriarchy, militarization, securitization & societal violence are all forms of violence. Stability is not the same as peace.” Sania Farooqui speaks to Mozn Hassan. www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/why-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “I have no money, not even a bag of flour to feed us. People say women are strong, that they can do everything. But I can’t. I can’t be mother, father, & head of the household all at once.” www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “States must resist the urge to continually increase their military budgets to the excessive levels they are now approaching; instead, they must also invest in peace research, mediation efforts & #peacebuilding organizations.” theconversation.com/the-world-on...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Behind every statistic in a disaster are women carrying the heaviest burdens. Yet Kunar itself, now lies in dust & blood. Not only women, but men & children paid the price, their lives taken in an instant.” Kaaj Magazine kaajmag.com/en/278/

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner CCSD marks the 2nd annual #Syrian Democracy & Peace Week, highlighting the role of Syrian civil society in shaping a pluralistic democratic #Syria rooted in human rights, peace, & justice. Read the full statement 👉 www.ccsd.ngo/syrian-democ...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “I find the exclusion or NGOs from #UNGA ironic & tragic. We have raised the alarm about conflict, human rights abuses, the desecration of int'l law. Our sector is the strongest of supporters for the UN system itself.” ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social. www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/ngos...

Peace demands new alliances. 🌍💛 In 2024, ICAN bridged divides: 🤝 Peacebuilders & security actors 🛡️ Tackling extremism & polarization 🔐 Protecting women #peacebuilders 💸 Feminist financing 🏛️ Shaping UN #peacebuilding reform

On the #InternationalDayofDemocracy, we’re reminded that democracy is not a single event but a daily practice. Across the #WASL network, women peacebuilders are advancing it every day. Examples 👇

📢 Creativity, partnerships & protection of rights are shaping this week’s stories of #peacebuilding from #WASL partners. Here’s the latest #WASLWeekly 🌍🕊️

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “There's nothing special about a #Palestinian mother. She loves & fears & wants the same as any other. She is made extraordinary not by her possession of magical endurance but by relentless horrors inflicted upon her.” Hala Alyan [TW: miscarriage] www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “If this voice reaches you, don’t turn away from it. Listen, transmit it, & be a bridge between us & a world that seems to have forgotten that #Gaza is not just geography, but faces, names, & small dreams fighting to stay alive.” Ansam Al-Kitaa, pg. 11-17. bit.ly/212_TC

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner Magda Zenon welcomes Barbara Helfferich to the #KaleidHERscope podcast, discussing animal rights, EU policies, & the links between gender equality & climate change. islandtalks.fm/podcast/kale...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “ #Afghanistan needs female doctors. But women are no longer allowed to study. The Taliban have severely restricted the work of female doctors, so the injured cannot be helped in this critical situation.” www.dw.com/en/afghanist...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “This is an #Afghanistan society where a man cannot touch or treat a woman. Many women have been forced to wait for hours to receive medical services...This has caused many women lose their lives.” 8am.media/eng/female-d...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Our party’s priorities are to defend women’s rights & ensure justice for them in #Iraqi society. We aim to confront any acts of violence & oppression practiced against them & to empower them economically, socially & politically.” @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2025/09/09/i...

At ICAN, advocacy means fresh perspectives & frontline voices at global tables 🌍✊ 🤝 In 2024 we joined 65+ advocacy events, from Palestine to Sudan to Syria. icanpeacework.org/2025/07/ican... #ICANAnnualReport #SheBuildsPeace

“The #WPS agenda isn't just about peace for women — it’s about women being central to peace & security for entire communities.” – ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social Thank you to #WASL partner Bernedette Muthien & partners for organizing the #UNSCR1325 colloquium. #1325at25 #SheBuildsPeace

💡🌍 In this week's #WASLWeekly, we highlight how women peacebuilders in the #WASL network are transforming challenges into opportunities for dialogue, healing & justice.

The earthquake in #Afghanistan has killed more than 1,400 and injured thousands. Women are once again at the forefront of the response, often in defiance of Taliban restrictions. ICAN stands with our Afghan partners in these darkest of times.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Mothers in #Gaza are being “forced to give birth while malnourished, exhausted & at heightened risk of death. It means their babies are born too small, too weak or too early to survive.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Afghanistan, women & girls are among the most affected by the devastating earthquake, as Taliban-imposed rules restrict their access to emergency care & humanitarian support. www.rferl.org/a/afghan-wom...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “It's crucial that we address the root problem. We witnessed a devastating flood in 2022, & now, in 2025, we are witnessing yet another instance of people suffering while the government does nothing.” moretoherstory.substack.com/p/women-stru...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: The IPI Global Observatory explores why mental health & #psychosocial support are crucial to building sustainable & inclusive peace. theglobalobservatory.org/2025/08/why-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The Taliban would like states to quietly retreat from the fight for a peaceful, equitable & inclusive #Afghanistan. #Afghan women & girls refuse to accept that Afghanistan is a “lost cause.” The int'l community should rally behind them.” thehill.com/opinion/inte...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner Rajaa Altalli, CCSD, joined The Powerful Ladies Podcast, sharing her experience as a woman #peacebuilder & her work fostering gender equality & democracy in #Syria. thepowerfulladies.com/podcast/epis...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN & #WASL partner CCSD met with the UK FCDO, sharing their work for peace & democracy in #Syria & recommendations for the UK. Learn more: www.ccsd.ngo/ccsd-stateme...

🇦🇫 For 2 years, ICAN’s “Not About Them, Without Them” program has brought together 30 #Afghan women leaders & orgs—supporting their leadership, advocacy, & resilience post-Taliban takeover. 📖 icanpeacework.org/2025/07/ican... #ICANAnnualReport #SheBuildsPeace

📢 From the halls of parliament to refugee camps & the UN Security Council, #WASL partners are advancing women’s leadership, justice, & peace worldwide. Here’s this week’s #WASLWeekly 🌍🕊️

Francesca Albanese defends peace, truth & human dignity under immense pressure. That’s why ICAN & #WASL have nominated her for the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize. 📄 Read our nomination: icanpeacework.org/2025/07/nomi... ✍️ Add your name: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “On the 25th anniversary of 1325, now is the time for the UN to take bold steps in bringing the resolution to life in all aspects of its #peace operations.” @giwps.bsky.social @passblue.bsky.social. passblue.com/2025/08/26/w...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “I have seen famine before. I know what it looks like when hunger steals the lives of children. Gaza’s famine can be ended—if we force it to end. That means demanding that Israel open the borders & allow the UN to deliver food & medicine.” www.codepink.org/gaza_being_s...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “When women learn to read, they don't just decode words. They decode their rights...They participate in governance because they're no longer dependent on others to interpret the world for them.” Melanie Joyce Nabukwasi, More to Her Story. moretoherstory.substack.com/p/in-rural-u...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In the latest #Warpod episode, @saferworld.bsky.social talks to #WASL partner Hamsatu Allamin, peace advocate & Executive Director of Allamin Foundation, about her experience bridging the gap between civil society & security forces in #Nigeria. www.youtube.com/watch?v=szsD...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “At each hospital, women & staff face circling drones, artillery, ballistic missiles & the targeted degradation of healthcare infrastructure. They risk themselves to bring life into a country where there are now 3 deaths for every birth.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The #WPS community has long called for increased recruitment & deployment of women as #peacekeepers...Having just 5% more women in missions, correlates with 50% reduction of #SEA.” ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social in @ipsnews.net. www.ipsnews.net/2025/08/sexu...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Four years have passed since that moment. Today I am miles away from my homeland. I have not yet seen my mother...& Kandahar, #Kabul …the homeland in my heart.” Kaaj Magazine shares Hasiba Atakpal's final days in #Afghanistan. kaajmag.com/141/

💛 “ #SheBuildsPeace gave me tools to understand my role in peacebuilding & helped me believe again that change is possible when we work together.” In 2024, SBP connected 84 partners in 42 countries—recognizing, protecting & resourcing women peacebuilders. 📖 icanpeacework.org/2025/07/ican...

“We are legitimizing violence, & we are ignoring those are actually working for peace.” At the #NuevaAgendadePaz event in Madrid, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social reminded us that we need to listen to those building peace at the frontlines of conflict. 📹 👇

📢 From global conferences to grassroots dialogues, #WASL partners continue shaping inclusive, just, & peaceful futures. Here’s this week’s #WASLWeekly 🌍🕊️

✨🇵🇸 Meet Lucy Talgieh, a Palestinian #peacebuilder at the Wi'am Center. 💬 “The strength of #Palestinian women—mothers, sisters, & daughters—who continue to resist oppression with dignity, fuels my purpose every day.” #SheBuildsPeace #WomenPeacebuilders #WASL #Palestine #Peacebuilding

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner Magda Zenon welcomes Khatima Emami on the #KaleidHERscope podcast, speaking about life in #Afghanistan before & after the Taliban takeover, challenges she faces as a refugee, & the woman who inspire her. islandtalks.fm/podcast/kale...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “If we are serious about #peace, we must fund the institutions that make peace possible. We must reaffirm the Rule of Law, & hold accountable those who commit, command, or condone grave violations, including conflict-related sexual violence.” news.un.org/en/story/202...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “When Western leaders make decisions removed from local realities, they miss a fundamental truth: that women are holding communities together, often unrecognised & unsupported. Now, critical systems that support them are being dismantled.” www.independent.co.uk/voices/afric...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “As #Palestine endures heartbreak—especially in #Gaza —I carry the voice of a people who refuse to be silenced...We are more than our suffering, we are resilience, hope & the heartbeat of a homeland that lives on through us.” www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...