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Hans Hogrefe, Fellow, Our Secure Future (OSF)
Cassandra Zavislak, WPS Project Specialist (OSF)
January 25, 2023

Women, Peace and Security and the 2022 National Security Strategy

A Strategic Blindspot in US National Security Interests
This brief examines the inclusion of the Women, Peace and Security agenda in the Biden Administration’s 2022 National Security Strategy, and compares it to the ways in which the Trump Administration’s 2017 National Security Strategy addresses the full participation of women in our national security ...
Male Allies for WPS
May 05, 2022

Awardee Spotlight May 2022

Our Secure Future highlights the 2022 local peacebuilding organization awardees as part of our Mobilizing Men as Partners for Women, Peace and Security project. Enlightening and Empowering People with Disabilities in Africa (EEPD AFRICA)
October 07, 2021

TEDTalk Tuesday: Gaby Barrios

Gaby Barrios shared in her TED Talk about the importance of gender analysis and why it’s bad business to use gender stereotypes in marketing.
June 06, 2021

TEDTalk Tuesday: Rumaitha Al Busaidi

“When we think of solutions to global warming, we generally think in terms of technology or policy, but other approaches are necessary which have to do with how our societies are structured.
July 20, 2019

Women Wednesday: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of the Republic of Liberia addressing the media during her State visit to South Africa. “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”
May 31, 2019

Cameroonian Women, Peace and Security Frontline Advocates

Let me take you through my beautiful country, Cameroon where our women have an age-long tradition of advocating for peace and security. The English regions of Cameroon have a group of post-menopausal women known as Takembeng. Takembeng is a female social movement in the Northwest Region of Cameroon....
May 31, 2019

Finding Our Voices, Communicating our Peace – a Pacific Journey

But I was a small voice amidst a multitude of human rights defenders and political activists including many women who protested the overthrow of democracy. They faced far more serious intimidation and violence. There were riots and looting. A political deadlock resulted in a second coup on September...
May 28, 2019

Embracing Who We Are, Just the Way We Are

Security to me is not just a word, it’s a goal in life. That can be financial, social and most importantly personal. Often people misunderstand security for wars and guns, but they forget that at the end of the day the only one who or what can make you feel secure is yourself and the people around y...