ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
@whatthewomensay
Advancing #WomenPeaceSecurity through thought leadership, solidarity and support to women peacebuilders. Spearheading #WASL network & #SheBuildsPeace campaign.
ID:1173089371
http://www.icanpeacework.org 12-02-2013 21:05:01
12,2K Tweets
11,4K Followers
1,4K Following
Follow People
📣 4 weeks until #ICANForum24
👉 PRACTICAL STRATEGY
The forum will collate civil society contributions & recommendations to inform global agendas & multilateral efforts, & states’ foreign policies, strategic priorities, & national action plans.
icanpeacework.org/icans-forum/
📢 Next week, tune in to SIPRI #SthlmForum closing panel as ICAN's Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, MBE now on Blue Sky, Mely Caballero-Anthony, Yero Baldeh, Juliana Uribe Villegas I Movilizatorio, & moderator Nathalie Chuard discuss intersecting crises & joined up solutions.
Watch the livestream ➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=GSKTvy…
🗣️ #WPSWednesday : “Iranian women have got to a point where it’s either death or freedom for us...We will pay any price, but we won’t go back to what life was before.” In #Iran , women are experiencing increased state repression. susannah george Nilo Tabrizy Jonathan Baran washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…
🗣️ #WPSWednesday : “I see solidarity. I see safety. I see the shared hope of a world where people are not unjustly harmed...I do not see unrest & danger.” ICAN's Katha Ray writes from the #Palestine encampment at #ColumbiaUniversity . indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
🗣️ #WPSWednesday : “The situation of women & young girls in Goma is a stain on our humanity.” Amid increasing sexual violence in the #DRC , Denis Mukwege calls for increased efforts to prevent #CRSV & hold perpetrators to account. The Guardian Sarah Johnson theguardian.com/global-develop…
🗣️ #WPSWednesday : Fionnuala Ní Aoláin joins Just Security to discuss #CRSV & obstetric harms faced by women & girls in armed conflict, & the need to prevent these harms & highlight this issue in global political conversations. buzzsprout.com/2074610/149595…
🗣️ #WPSWednesday : “When #Afghanistan ’s political system collapsed in 2021, many women’s lives collapsed along with it. Among those who fell particularly hard were the women in the Afghan security forces.” Rukhshana Media rukhshana.com/en/the-unravel…
🗣️ #WPSWednesday : “At that moment, I thought about how twenty years of democracy, freedom, & women’s rights had been destroyed overnight.” Soraya Amiri shares her experience as a female journalist in exile from #Afghanistan for the The Walrus. thewalrus.ca/dangerous-to-t…