✨From art in #Bethlehem to youth dialogue in #Albania, this week’s #WASL Weekly spotlights the power of culture, media, & education to strengthen communities, challenge harmful narratives, & build lasting #peace. 🌍

“Trust from people comes when you work inside the community.” In #Iraq, #WASL partner Al-Firdaws brought together youth, police, families & schools to tackle hate speech, cyber violence & extremism. 📖 Read more in this #InnovativePeaceStory: icanpeacework.org/2026/02/coun...

✨ Meet the partners powering ICAN’s Holistic #SecurityMenu ✨ Women #peacebuilders often operate in some of the world’s most dangerous contexts, yet security support is fragmented, repetitive, or short-term. ICAN created the Holistic Security Menu to change that.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: 8.1M women & girls in #Sudan will need reproductive health care in 2026 as conflict & a collapsed health system put lives at risk. Immediate action is critical. @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260205-un-...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: From #Minneapolis to #PuertoRico, survival is collective. Mutual aid, care, & community build the infrastructure to resist occupation & #authoritarianism. @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/02/06/m...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Far right & authoritarian actors weaponize gender to centralise power, scapegoat women & erode #democracy. #Feminist resistance shows the path to defend rights & open societies. @tninstitute.bsky.social Read more: www.tni.org/en/article/w...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “All we wanted was an ordinary life.” As protests sweep #Iran, thousands have been killed & millions cut off by an internet blackout. Peace Direct Read more: www.peacedirect.org/stories-from...

#WPSWednesday: Gangs in #Haiti are using smuggled firearms to fuel widespread sexual violence. Addressing #SGBV means tackling illicit arms flows through data, justice, survivor-centered responses, & gender-sensitive arms control. @ipinst.bsky.social. theglobalobservatory.org/2026/02/guns...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Afghanistan, the Taliban’s new penal code entrenches medieval rule-absolute power, caste-based punishment, repression of women, & denial of religious freedom. @zantimes.bsky.social zantimes.com/2026/02/02/h...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “They interrogated us and asked us about everything that happened in Gaza. We were outside Gaza and knew nothing. The Israelis humiliated us.” @the-independent.com writes on the mistreatment of women returning to #Gaza via the #Rafah crossing. www.independent.co.uk/news/palesti...

#WPSWednesday: #Britain says it will champion the #WPS agenda during its #UNSC presidency, but civil society questions whether commitments without funding or political will deliver real change for women in conflict zones. @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2026/02/08/b...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: As the #UN faces its worst financial crisis, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social warns that dysfunction must not become abandonment & that #peace is a smart global investment. IPS www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/is-t...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Being called ‘Moeneni’ reminds me that even in challenging times, we all have a responsibility to be light for one another.” #WASL partner Esther Oman, Reach Out, has been bestowed the traditional title “Moeneni” (Light). www.reachoutcameroon.org/post/mme-est...

“The future we want & the future we fear, reside with us.” At UNA-UK's #UN80 event, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social sets out a clear roadmap for a stronger #UN: • Hold leaders accountable • Humanize security • Integrate civil society as equal partners

🎥 #IfYouWereInCharge Special Episode ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social & Kavita Ramdas take a feminist lens to misogyny, impunity & exclusion from power. From high-profile cases to accountability, they highlight why women’s voices are essential & where to find hope. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7FAe...

✨On #WASLWeekly we celebrate the women peacebuilders & communities driving change—honouring courage, amplifying voices, & fostering dialogue for a fairer, more inclusive world. 🌍

“The personal is political.” 📢 At ICAN’s #OurStrategiesOurPeace workshop, Kawther Al-Kholy, @magda-zed1.bsky.social, & Clotilda Andiensa Waah remind us that when women #peacebuilders document their stories, they inspire others & reshape #peacebuilding narratives.✊ 🗣️ Hear their voices. #WPS

#WPSWednesday: Threats to democracy & the rule of law in the U.S. are #WPS issues. GIWPS stands with citizens, activists, & leaders defending justice, rights, & human dignity at home & around the world. Read the message from Melanne Verveer: giwps.georgetown.edu/2026/01/28/t...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #Afghan women are being pushed into forced pregnancies, untreated miscarriages, & relentless violence as access to contraception disappears under Taliban rule. This is a quiet war on women’s bodies & lives. @zantimes.bsky.social, The Guardian. zantimes.com/2026/01/29/t...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Lebanon, a new gender-transformative course is turning memory into action by centering women’s voices, preserving truth, & educating new generations to pursue justice & non-recurrence. UNSDG unsdg.un.org/latest/stori...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Fleeing #Sudan’s war, Safiya Elfadni rebuilt her women-led menstrual health factory in Cairo, turning displacement into dignity, jobs, & sustainable care. @thenewarab.bsky.social www.newarab.com/features/how...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: After 80 yrs & nine men, the UN doesn’t just need its first woman Secretary-General, it needs a feminist one. Gender parity without feminist leadership won’t fix a broken system. Equality must be governance, not rhetoric. PassBlue passblue.com/2026/01/27/w...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Five yrs after #Myanmar’s military coup, civilians continue to face war crimes & genocide. #WASL partner Women’s Peace Network rejects the junta’s sham election & calls for accountability & protection for all. Read the full statement 👉 static1.squarespace.com/static/5c5a0...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner Waheed Parra moves the J&K Reconciliation, Trauma Healing & Dignity Bill — a humane, rights-based step toward healing decades of trauma & restoring dignity in #J&K. The Hindu www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

“We the women are the first to feel, sense & respond to emerging challenges.” 🕊️ Last year, ICAN & @ipinst.bsky.social brought together women #peacebuilders, UN reps, & civil society for “The Ghosts of 1325”, an event confronting the unfulfilled promises of #UNSCR1325.

At Central Hall—where UNGA first met—ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social reflects on the #UN Charter’s opening words: We the Peoples. Peace depends on empathy, diplomacy, & law—not militarization. The responsibility rests with our generation. Thank you UNA-UK for this incredible event 👏

This week on #WASLWeekly women are leading change: from economic opportunities in #Yemen to storytelling in #Syria, & human rights in #Indonesia. Learn how women #peacebuilders are driving resilience, #peace, & justice in their communities. 🌍✨

Women #peacebuilders are often targeted for their work bridging divides, reconciling communities, & bringing people to the peace table. Yet they frequently lack the security & protection they need. In response, ICAN is proud to introduce the #HolisticSecurityMenu ✨

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Kyrgyzstan, women leaders are bridging ethnic divides & boosting resilience, winning council seats, launching hydroponics, & using climate-smart projects to build #peace & community trust. UNSDG unsdg.un.org/latest/stori...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Afghanistan, the Taliban’s war on women mirrors its war on nature, both rooted in a logic of control. Lasting change requires defending women’s rights & environmental stewardship together. @zantimes.bsky.social. zantimes.com/2026/01/09/h...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Sudan’s war-torn camps, women are breaking traditional norms, taking on gruelling manual labour to feed their families, as school closures & famine push millions into survival mode. @aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Over 230,000 women & girls in #Gaza, including nearly 15,000 pregnant women, face limited access to health care amid ongoing #Israeli attacks. Damage to clinics, displacement, & shortages of supplies put lives at risk. @anadoluajansicom.bsky.social www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #Iranian feminists urge the world to join hands & not look away as protests face deadly repression & internet shutdowns. #Feminism means standing against tyranny. @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/01/17/i...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “There must be int’l protection mechanisms in all communities… & organised community dialogue so people can understand one another.” SNWOT, led by #WASL partner Clotilda Andiensa, is delivering relief while calling for dialogue & #peace. surl.li/aledoj

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL member Ruby Kholifah received the 2025 Franco-German Prize for Human Rights & the Rule of Law—recognizing her leadership advancing #peace, human rights, & women’s leadership through the #WPS agenda. amanindonesia.org/ruby-kholifa...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: New Lines’ Emily Prey & ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social break down the protests in #Iran through a gendered lens with a powerful discussion on women’s roles, resistance, & rights. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYr8...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner CCSD has issued a new statement calling for a just resolution of the #Kurdish issue—rooted in #Syria’s rich diversity as the foundation for fair, inclusive, & sustainable #peace for all Syrians. Read the full statement: www.ccsd.ngo/toward-a-jus...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: On "The Negotiators", #WASL member Visaka Dharmadasa recalls turning grief into action—organizing mothers, crossing front lines, & shuttling messages when her son went missing during the civil war. Doha Debates, ForeignPolicy. open.spotify.com/episode/2vee...

Women’s experiences are at the heart of #peacebuilding 🌿 ✨At ICAN’s #OurStrategiesOurPeace workshop, #WASL members Clotilda Andiensa Waah & Halima Mohamed Salim reflect on how telling their stories can inspire the next generation of #peacebuilders. 🗣️ #WPS #WASL #SheBuildsPeace

✨This week on #WASLWeekly, women peacebuilders in the ICAN-spearheaded #WASL network advance #peace, strengthen gender equality, & protect civic space. Learn more about what this looks like in practice. 🌎

At Central Hall Westminster, where #UNGA was born, ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social brought the voices of women #peacebuilders into the room. As the UN marks 80 yrs, she reminded us: women’s exclusion from peace processes is not about culture, it's about power.

“I chose writing as my weapon, as a means to record images, carry voices, and document those strange and unfolding conditions so thoroughly that the possibility of their repetition might weaken, diminish, or disappear altogether.” Powerful piece from @zantimes.bsky.social #Afghanistan

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “I don’t know how much power words hold but I believe they carry the strong power to change. We must not stop writing. We must not stop resisting.” In the Taliban’s #Afghanistan, Khadija Haidary writes as an act of resistance. @zantimes.bsky.social. zantimes.com/2026/01/14/w...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social joined @channel4news.bsky.social to speak on the unfolding situation in #Iran, calling for a stop to the killings, to avoid foreign military intervention, & to prioritize dialogue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_lb...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Silence is not a passive act. It’s active – it’s a decision to collude.” Juliet Stevenson calls out the muted response in arts & culture to the genocide in #Gaza. @aljazeera.com Read more: www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Ahead of #Bangladesh’s first post–Monsoon Revolution #elections, violence against women, girls, & religious minorities is rising, revealing a failure to protect basic rights & ensure political inclusion. @hrw.org. www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social joins Kavita Ramdas to unpack #Iran’s crisis, women-led resistance, & paths beyond repression through #dialogue & inclusion – on a new episode of #IfYouWereInCharge. open.spotify.com/episode/4xb7...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Bangsamoro, #peace isn’t imported—it’s locally cultivated. Women are localising the #WPS agenda through faith, community, & everyday leadership. LSE WPS. blogs.lse.ac.uk/wps/2026/01/...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: Hear ICAN’s Founder & CEO, @sanambna.bsky.social, on her role in changing global #peacebuilding. On “The Negotiators”, she reflects on #UNSCR1325, & why the work is far from finished. Doha Debates, @foreignpolicy.com.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Palestine, music & dance are acts of cultural defiance. As history is censored & expression criminalized, youth preserve memory, dignity, & resistance through song & dabke. Culture survives—even under occupation. @wagingnonviolence.org. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/01/danc...