Our Notes from the Field series is designed to highlight the opinions and advice of Women, Peace and Security experts around the world. In this series, we hope to bring attention not only to the tireless work they’ve been doing, but also to their plans for the future.

Our Secure Future is proud to call Colorado home, and not just because of the beautiful mountain views. Women’s participation in all levels of decision making, which is one of the four pillars of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, is robust in the Rocky Mountain state.

As summer quickly comes to a close, we give you our last Summer Reads Review - Bombshell: Women and Terrorism by Mia Bloom. Bombshell examines the complex relationship between women and their involvement in terrorist organizations, providing useful insights to WPS and countering violent extremism (C...

Academics, practitioners, and military officials active in the Women, Peace and Security field joined OSF for the first WPS Curriculum Consortium, held at the Naval War College in Newport, RI.

This series brings attention to the expertise of women in a broad range of related fields, and provides tips and strategies for how to incorporate WPS into your current work: This week Michaela Monahan, Oceans Beyond Piracy Communications Coordinator, discusses finding women experts.

Up next on our list of great summer reads is NYT best-seller Notorious RBG, the Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik, which chronciles the live of Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Giunsberg, providing a poignant example of the main tenents of Women, Peace and Securi...