OSF News & Events

OSF, in partnership with Smash Strategies and InterAction, held a convening to discuss the implementation of a Feminist Foreign Policy in the US.

Director Shanana Dharmapuri, and OSF Fellow Jolynn Shoemaker, presented at the 2019 Bioneers conference, Seeding the Field - Growing Transformative Solutions.

On Wednesday, October 2, 2019, OSF Partner, Alex Arriaga, presented at the 2019 PeaceCon. The conference, hosted annually by the Alliance for Peacebuilding and held at the United States Institute of Peace, convenes members of the peacebuilding community to discuss today’s changing conflict dynamics ...

In an article published in Just Security, Ambassador Donald Steinberg outlines an "agenda for action" for the US and other actors.

"To me that meant promoting human rights, and we all know that women’s rights are human rights, seeking gender equality and protecting vulnerable populations... those are pretty good bases for a national security framework."

On August 27th, Our Secure Future hosted the screening of two documentaries, Women, Peace & Power and Naila and the Uprising at the Dairy Arts theater in Boulder, Colorado.

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.”

Today, we celebrate the independence of thought and a vision of security with a gender perspective.

On September 11, 2001, I was getting my hands decorated with henna. Mr. A switched on the television. What we saw next made our breath catch in our throats. An aircraft dovetailed into the North Wing of the World Trade Centre. I remembered the building from a gigantic picture of New York by Night th...

Our Secure Future launches a project mobilizing men in support of Women, Peace and Security.

OSF Project Specialist receives Taking Action for Diversity Award

OSF Fellow and Executive Director of Mobilizing Men as Partners for Women, Peace and Security (MMPWPS), Ambassador Donald Steinberg spoke on a panel hosted by the United Nations General Assembly on impacting the everyday lives of all people.

OSF Founder Cynda Collins Arsenault moderated a panel titled Women and Girls Changing the World, during the final day of the University of Colorado's 2019 Conference on World Affairs.

OSF, in partnership with Ploughshares Fund, Compton Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, launched a new report made up of a collection of essays from women experts in their field.

Our Secure Future’s Founder, Cynda Collins Arsenault, attended the Peace and Security Funders Group’s Federal Policy Briefing in Washington, D.C to encourage Representatives to support the WPS movement.