Women, Peace and Security

August 26,2021

WPS National Action Plan Academy

In 2005, the UN Secretary General Special Report called on member states to create Women, Peace and Security (WPS) National Action Plans detailing how they will fulfill the mandate, to ensure that countries follow through with their commitments. The Our Secure Future WPS National Action Plan Academy...

July 03,2021

The Women, Peace and Security Congressional Caucus

In 2020, Our Secure Future spearheaded the establishment of a bipartisan Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Congressional Caucus. The WPS Caucus seeks to ensure that the WPS goals stated in U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325 and in the Women, Peace and Security Act (Public Law No: 115-68) are active...

Members of the U.S. WPS Congressional Caucus

July 03,2021

Project Delphi

Project Delphi was launched to apply the Women, Peace and Security framework to the emerging digital ecosystem. The project seeks to identify systemic gender problems, analyze implications for peace and security, and develop more inclusive ways to approach technology norms and policies in the coming...

A woman standing with coding and lights on her face

March 14,2019

Mobilizing Men as Partners for Women, Peace and Security

The full and meaningful leadership, empowerment, and participation of women is essential to resolving deadly conflict and building stable, prosperous, and just post-conflict societies. To help fulfill this vision, Mobilizing Men as Partners for Women, Peace and Security (MAWPS) is bringing global le...

December 20, 2023

Our Secure Future Presents Mobilizing Men as Allies for WPS Workshop at National Defense University

On December 13, Ambassador Donald Steinberg and Our Secure Future (OSF) Director Sahana Dharmapuri delivered a presentation to a National Defense University (NDU) student affinity group, Women in National Security (WINS).

Claudia Gonzalez, Intern for Our Secure Future

December 18, 2023

The Status of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Colombia and Progress Toward a 1325 National Action Plan

Claudia Gonzalez, intern at Our Secure Future, examines the role of WPS and women peacebuilders in Colombia's peace agreement, as well as the country's progress in creating a WPS National Action Plan.

December 12, 2023

Awardee Spotlight December 2023

Our Secure Future highlights the Center for Civil Society and Democracy, a 2023 recipient of the Distinguished Partners for Women, Peace and Security Award.

May 01, 2023

Financing Women, Peace and Security: A Review of WPS National Action Plans from 2005 to 2022

This policy brief provides an overview on financing Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans.

Financing Women, Peace and Security NAPs

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 ...

Elissa Goldberg

August 17, 2022

Gaps in the Code Part 2: How National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security are Leaving Out Critical Gendered Considerations of Technology

This month we are highlighting the key intersections and challenges between the WPS agenda and the tech industry.