On 6 July, ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social joined @odi.global's inaugural conference on where culture, storytelling & policy meet. Her message: facts alone don't change minds. Building peace requires narratives that inspire action, trusted local voices, & accountability from those in power.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Amid a presidential race contested exclusively by men, one political actor is conspicuously absent: for the first time in twenty years, no woman will compete for the presidency.” @latinoamerica21.bsky.social latinoamerica21.com/en/women-vot...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “While #Afghan women were being arrested for their appearance on the streets of Herat, delegations elsewhere were preparing new political channels with the men who ordered those arrests.” Nilofar Ayoubi www.themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/seventy-tw...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: This report “is an indictment of a system that has transformed #Palestinian life - bodies, homes, families, reproductive existence, & even the dead - into instruments of control & domination.” www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The women protesting in #Aleppo are a reminder of resilience. They're not asking for symbolic representation or empty promises, but demanding our rightful place, a place we have already earned through years of leadership & struggle.” www.newarab.com/news/protest...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “What gives me hope? The refusal of silence. Women have refused to be silent & created our own platforms. We no longer want somebody else to represent us.” #WASL partner Robinah Rubimbwa joins @sanambna.bsky.social & Kavita on #IfYouWereInCharge. open.spotify.com/episode/6Wtj...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In 2021, ICAN & Shannon Foley Martinez published a case study on white supremacist extremism in the US. This analysis is more important than ever to understand the role of gender & identity in extremism & what positive alternatives exist. icanpeacework.org/2021/10/gend...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “This isn’t about asking everyone to agree politically. Democracies depend on disagreement. But they also depend on recognizing one another’s humanity—& on being willing to say plainly that white nationalism deserves condemnation.” @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/07/07/p...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The charges, trial, & its outcome are devastating for human rights & women-led peace movements in #Pakistan. It silences #peacebuilders, drives fear & resentment, closes avenues for peaceful political engagement, & furthers violence.” giwps.georgetown.edu/2026/07/02/t...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: This weekend, ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social reflected on Ayatollah Khamenei's funeral, highlighting that further war will be devastating for the world & that a diplomatic solution is still the only way forwards, even as the MoU collapses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0IJ...

“This was a hurting stalemate. Both sides have to go towards a diplomatic solution. If we go back into war, it’ll be devastating for the entire world.” ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social joined @channel4news.bsky.social to discuss what’s next for #Iran. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0IJ...

"What gives me hope? The refusal of silence." Robinah Rubimbwa has spent decades training women mediators & young #peacebuilders across #Uganda. This is what keeps her going. 🎙️ #IfYouWereInCharge 👇 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

At “No Wars, No Tyrants”, @sanambna.bsky.social challenges a familiar piece of political rhetoric: that war creates freedom. Instead, isolation & #militarization strengthen authoritarian systems — while openness, civic space & inclusive peace processes create the conditions for real transformation.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Venezuela, networks of women-led orgs are on the frontlines responding to the #earthquakes that devastated the country's northern coast on June 24. @careglobal.bsky.social shares how these women are providing immediate relief & humanitarian support. www.care.org/media-and-pr...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner Dr Fatima Akilu, psychologist, author & founder Neem Foundation, joined The Culture Gap to explore one of the most extraordinary & controversial projects in modern counter-terrorism: #deradicalizing members of Boko Haram. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubZ7...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “A wave of detentions targeting women in Herat, in western #Afghanistan, has emptied streets of women, spread fear into their homes, & sparked rare public protests, joined by men.” Read Kaaj's latest report. kaajmag.com/en/1005/

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Future generations will ask not only how the Taliban succeeded in institutionalizing the persecution of women & girls, but why so many govts & int'l orgs chose accommodation over accountability while these crimes unfolded.” Belquis Ahmadi giwps.georgetown.edu/2026/06/25/t...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Through tatreez embroidery, #Palestinian women weave memory, identity & resilience into every stitch, across generations & across distance from their homeland.” www.dailysabah.com/life/fashion...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Attacks on children should not be viewed as mere collateral consequences of war; they must be understood within a broader framework of rights, identity, & collective survival. #Gaza has lost lives & an entire generation’s future.” www.eurasiareview.com/30062026-isr...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The #Iranian government was forced to accept what women demanded regarding the hijab...The violence & crackdown that existed before - it is not happening anymore. But that does not mean the law has changed.” www.rferl.org/a/iran-hijab...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Political transitions that exclude women may still produce agreements, elections or temporary pauses in violence, but they are less likely to deliver the inclusive security needed for durable peace.” @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/06/25/p...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “What survivors deserve is justice, protection, meaningful support, & genuine participation in shaping the policies & responses that affect them. Their stories are not simply testimonies of suffering, but calls to action.” www.ipsnews.net/2026/06/beyo...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Women are not occasional invitees to the peace table nor exclusive representatives of a sectorial agenda. They are fundamental political actors in building a safer, fairer, and more stable future.” Vera Baboun on #WomenInDiplomacy. www.elciudadano.com/en/women-in-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The world needs diplomats—women & men—who have the strategic empathy to save the world from the horrors of war & stand as a barrier between crisis & catastrophe.” @giwps.bsky.social on #WomenInDiplomacy Day. giwps.georgetown.edu/2026/06/24/w...

🎙️ New #IfYouWereInCharge: @sanambna.bsky.social & Kavita Ramdas talk with Robinah Rubimbwa, founder of CoACT & member of #WASL. Her take: the way international aid is structured today is a form of colonialism — & it's time to #decolonize it. 🎧👇

🕊️Women #peacebuilders are on the frontlines of conflict prevention every day. ICAN works to ensure they have the resources, recognition & support to succeed. During #PeacebuildingWeek, the ICAN team were front & centre spotlighting why they must be at the heart of this work 👇

Peace is a process, not a moment. Across the #WASL network, women-led #peacebuilding organizations are advancing innovative solutions that build resilience, prevent violence, & sustain #peace long before & long after agreements are signed. Learn how in our #WASLWeekly 👇

What would it take to make Women, Peace & Security a real priority across the UN system? ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social explains one practical proposal. Read more: passblue.com/2026/06/04/u... #UN80 #WomenPeaceSecurity #WPS @passblue.bsky.social

Today is #WomenInDiplomacy Day — & diplomacy doesn't end at the negotiating table. It extends into every #ceasefire room, every monitoring mission, every peace implementation process. A thread on why women's inclusion in all of it matters. 🧵👇

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Fayha Shalash shares the stories of pregnant Palestinian women in Israeli prisons, who face harsh interrogations, severe detention conditions, collective punishment, starvation, & isolation. @middle-east-eye.bsky.social www.middleeasteye.net/news/pregnan...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “It increasingly appears that Israel has weaponised sexual violence as part of its genocidal campaign against the #Palestinian people.” Triestino Mariniello & Mariagiulia Giuffré. [TW: Sexual violence] www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “In #SouthSudan, women’s bodies have long functioned as battlefields. Through civil war, intercommunal violence & localised conflicts, state & non-state actors have repeatedly used sexual violence to terrorise civilians.” issafrica.org/iss-today/so...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Kamala Harris’ candidacy was not a defeat. It exposed that even excellence, historic qualification, & the full-throated support of millions is not sufficient to overcome a system structurally tilted against our full participation.” @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/06/18/w...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Preserving the stories of #Afghan women & girls is not just about memory. It is about evidence. It is about advocacy. It is about making sure the world cannot claim it did not know.” hearherstories.com/news/nilofar...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “That it took over a hundred days of destruction to arrive at a negotiating table does not make the MoU a triumph of diplomacy; it makes it a testament to the human cost of manufactured escalation.” @giwps.bsky.social giwps.georgetown.edu/2026/06/18/t...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Guyana’s permanent representative to the UN, presented herself on June 18 as the first “she” secretary-general that should head the world body after 80 years of men at the helm.” @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2026/06/18/g...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “All I want is to live in peace with dignity.” More To Her Story shares the experiences of Lebanese women, whom are part of an estimated 620,000 women & girls displaced in #Lebanon since the escalation of the conflict in March. moretoherstory.substack.com/p/displaced-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “For many women in #Yemen, the consequences of arrest extend far beyond prison walls. Whether convicted, accused or merely suspected, women can face social ostracism, family rejection & lasting damage to their futures.” moretoherstory.substack.com/p/in-yemen-s...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social joined Mehdi Hasan on Al Jazeera's Head to Head on the #US & #Israel war on #Iran, highlighting the devastating impact on civilians, the co-optation of human rights, & why women & civil society are central to #peace. www.aljazeera.com/video/head-t...

🎤 @whatthewomensay.bsky.social shares its vision for the #FutureofPeace.

On Al Jazeera's Head to Head with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social challenges us to look beyond military objectives and consider the human consequences of conflict. Catch the full conversation: www.aljazeera.com/video/head-t...

From the devastating impacts of the #US & #Israel war on Iran to the urgent work of building a sustainable peace, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social shared her analysis across international media. Read through our summary ⬇️

At “No Wars, No Tyrants”, ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social reflects on how #Iran’s Women, Life, Freedom movement challenged authoritarian power & how young women inspired an entire society to stand up. Thank you to the hosts @icipeace.bsky.social, @centredelas.org & @novact.bsky.social

Women #peacebuilders are already preventing conflict & building inclusive peace—but locally led prevention remains underfunded & under-supported. At #PeacebuildingWeek, join ICAN & #WASL partner Rajaa Altalli to discuss how to better support & scale women-led #peacebuilding.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “While the conference was pervaded by a sense of despair at the state of the world, speakers also stressed a 'duty to hope'.” @ipinst.bsky.social's Phoebe Donnelly reports on the 5th Annual #FeministForeignPolicy Ministerial Conference. theglobalobservatory.org/2026/06/dism...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “These individuals are being removed from the #US & abandoned in a country where they have no status, no connection & no support network. We fear they will ultimately be forced to return to the countries they originally fled.” www.straitstimes.com/world/united...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “What rarely surfaces in these negotiations with #Iran is the fate of political prisoners or the importance of women’s & human rights.” Shadi Rouhshahbaz, @theconversation.com : theconversation.com/the-iran-pea...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “To speak of qahr is to name the violence of being trapped, exposed, & dependent...But qahr is not the end of the story. Against it stand direct acts of support: a ride to a clinic, a bag of diapers, $20 turned into warmth.” missingperspectives.com/posts/women-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “If int’l law does not work for everyone, then it does not work for anyone. We see confirmation of this practically every day.” #WASL partner Nina Potarska speaks to Most News about her experience joining the Global Sumud Flotilla. mostnews.org/en/posts/as-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: On #IfYouWereInCharge, @sanambna.bsky.social & Kavita Ramdas speak with Laura Garcia, on why only 1% of funding reaches grassroots communities, the links between #climate & #militarization, & why real solutions start locally. open.spotify.com/episode/0MA3...