🎧 In this special episode of #IfYouWereInCharge, @sanambna.bsky.social & Kavita Ramdas remember feminist icons Dolly Parton & Gloria Steinem, reflecting on where feminism finds itself in a rapidly changing world. Listen to the full episode: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...

"It's a space of real trust, real security, & honesty." 🎥 What makes ICAN’s Women, Peace & Security Forum different? Hear directly from previous attendees. Learn more about this year’s Forum #SecurityReimagined in The Hague: icanpeacework.org/security-rei... #ICANForum2026

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “We go to sleep & wake up to the sounds of shelling, explosions, & warplanes.” UN Women spoke with Lebanese women & girls across 3 generations to understand how the trauma, loss, & realities of this conflict are shaping their lives. www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “So, let us hope that this interview serves as a reminder to pay tribute to the unpaid UN special rapporteurs & to their courage, integrity & humanity in the pursuit of equal rights for all.” Mona Ali Khalil, @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2026/09/01/p...

Paying Tribute to the UN Human Rights Special Rapporteurs - PassBlue

Paying Tribute to the UN Human Rights Special Rapporteurs - PassBlue

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Five years on, women are still not allowed in universities, while their existing degrees are no longer processed or certified, & textbooks & materials authored by women have been purged.” @zantimes.bsky.social zantimes.com/2026/09/01/f...

Five years of Taliban rule: How has Afghanistan's higher education changed?

Over five years of Taliban rule, Afghanistan has undergone profound transformation. The country is mired in crisis: the economy is in collapse, its government faces a legitimacy problem at home and ab...

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Gloria Steinem changed the story women were permitted to tell about themselves. Now it is our responsibility to keep telling the truth—& to make certain that no billionaire, advertiser, government or algorithm can silence it.” @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/09/03/r...

Rest in Power: Gloria Steinem, Ms. Cofounder and Feminist Visionary

Gloria Steinem, Ms. cofounder and feminist visionary, transformed journalism and feminism while inspiring generations of women.

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: What happens when women’s stories of conflict are carried across generations? On #KaleidHERscope, #WASL partner Magda Zenon welcomes Veronica Blecker who reflects on the Tigray conflict & the need to remember women's experiences. islandtalks.fm/podcast/kale...

KaleidHERscope – Episode 68: “Not Ours To Carry”: Veronica Blecker on Tigray conflict & women’s stories (3/9/2026) - Island Talks

Magda Zenon speaks with Veronica Blecker in London, a Swedish/Swiss documentary filmmaker who focuses on human rights and women’s stories about Not Ours To Carry, her most recently completed documenta...

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, #WASL partner Abductees’ Mothers Association calls for the urgent disclosure of the fate of all forcibly disappeared persons & the release of those arbitrarily detained. ama-ye.org/enforced-dis...

Enforced Disappearance in Yemen: Truth and Justice Denied - Abductees Mothers Association

On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Abductees’ Mothers Association warns, in a joint statement with the Justice4Yemen Pact Coalition, that closing secret prisons wi...

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Nigeria, #WASL partner Allamin Foundation is supporting conflict victims & caregivers in #Borno with livelihood & entrepreneurship skills—strengthening economic self-reliance, resilience & pathways to sustainable peace. nationalaccordnewspaper.com/allamin-foun...

Allamin foundation, ICAN empower conflict victims, caregivers with livelihood skills in Borno

Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, in partnership with the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), has trained 60 victims of armed

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Muslim women should not have to choose between defending our community from Islamophobia & challenging patriarchy within it. We should be able to do both.” #WASL partner Mariya Salim www.thenewsminute.com/news/why-kan...

Why Kanthapuram’s take on Muslim women goes against Islam’s own history

I was reminded of my time in Mecca this year while performing Hajj in May, walking shoulder to shoulder with men during most rituals, from stoning the ‘shaitan’

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social joins Georgina Godwin on The Globalist to discuss the US-Iran conflict, the impact on everyday people, & how to move towards dialogue & negotiations. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Is the US-Iran conflict entering a new phase?

Is the Middle East returning to war? We examine renewed US-Iran hostilities, the Gulf response and whether there is still...

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Every life restored, every woman empowered, every child protected & every dialogue that brings hope reminds us why we must keep going.” #WASL partner Esther Omam was awarded the Peace Builder Award 2026 for promoting peace in #Cameroon. newswatchcameroon.com/newolec-hono...

NEWOLEC honours Esther Omam with yet another Peace Award

The Network of Women-Led Civil Society Organizations in Cameroon (NEWOLEC) has honoured Women’s Rights Advocate, Peacebuilder, Mediator and Humanitarian leader

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social joins @thehaguepartners.bsky.social's Tom Clarke, sharing the incredible work of women #peacebuilders & the importance of ICAN's upcoming forum #SecurityReimagined: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Interview with Sanam Naraghi Anderlini from ICAN

Podcast Episode · Stories of Purpose - The Hague & Partners · 4 September · 15min

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Peacebuilders are already solving problems on their own. We never say we ‘empower’ our partners. They are already more powerful & courageous than we could ever be. Instead, we shine a light on their extraordinary work.” @thehaguepartners.bsky.social thehague.com/newsroom/en/...

‘Peacebuilders’ unite in The Hague | Newsroom

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At #ICANForum2026, we'll ask: What does it mean to humanize security? We'll explore how women #peacebuilders are advancing practical, people-centred solutions to today's most urgent global challenges. Learn more: icanpeacework.org/security-rei... @genderplatform.bsky.social

📢 We're excited to announce ICAN's 11th Women, Peace & Security Forum: Security Reimagined. At a time when militarism is rising & civic space is shrinking, we're asking a different question: What if security put people first? Learn more: icanpeacework.org/security-rei... #ICANForum2026

Security Reimagined – ICAN’s 11th Annual Forum

The views and ideas expressed in this concept note are those of the organizers and do not necessarily reflect the positions or opinions of all affiliated institutions, partners, or supporting governme...

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Basically, we are the link between displaced women & the support available in #Gaza. We amplify women’s voices, try to respond to their needs & advocate for them.” storyteller.iom.int/stories/stor...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Four years after the death of Mahsa Amini ignited the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, many #Iranian women are openly defying compulsory hijab rules — & Tehran appears wary of triggering another confrontation.” gulfnews.com/world/mena/i...

Iran’s women are ditching hijab. Why regime dares not stop them

As Iran’s war rages, women ditch the hijab in public, testing a wary regime that fears reigniting Mahsa Amini-style protests and wider unrest.

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Five years after the Taliban returned to power, women across the country continue to resist their erasure, defend their rights & those of future generations, & keep alive hope & opportunity for women and girls.” @chathamhouse.org www.chathamhouse.org/2026/08/2026...

2026 Chatham House Prize awarded to the women of Afghanistan

The prize is presented to ‘the person, persons, or organization deemed to have made the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations’.

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “I no longer have much hope for my education or a better future, but my ordinary days are no longer ordinary. Everything changed & each day brings new worries & new problems. I see how far away the light of my future has become.” @zantimes.bsky.social zantimes.com/2026/08/24/t...

The student locked inside and losing hope

This narrative has been published in partnership with the Guardian. My name is Leima*. I am 24 years old. I was studying computer science at a private university in Nangarhar province. I was in my fir...

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The Taliban see how international attention has shifted from #Afghanistan & they are pressurizing women. Unfortunately, today, #Afghanistan's women & girls are suffering the darkest situation in the world.” Negina Yari speaks to Democracy Now. www.democracynow.org/2026/8/20/af...

5 Years After Taliban Takeover, Women & Girls in Afghanistan Have Disappeared from Public Life

Restrictions on women’s rights have expanded in Afghanistan since U.S. forces withdrew from the country five years ago, ceding control to the Taliban in the process. Afghan women are banned from atten...

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Lebanon, “amidst attacks & displacement, thousands of pregnant women find themselves facing a double threat: the danger of shelling on one hand, & the lack of adequate healthcare on the other.” jinhaagency.com/en/community...

Displaced women carrying life amidst attacks... suffering inside shelters in Lebanon

Fadia JumaaLebanon — As the scope of attacks expands and continues, and displacement waves increase, many stories of displacement and anxiety are accumulating in shelters in Lebanon. However, the...

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “On this Independence Day, we stand with #Ukraine, & we recommit to supporting the Ukrainian people until a just and lasting peace is achieved.” @giwps.bsky.social giwps.georgetown.edu/2026/08/24/u...

On Ukraine's Independence Day: A Call to Stand Firm in Support of Ukraine and Ukrainian Women - Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

Thirty-five years ago, Ukraine declared its independence and set out to build a democratic future of its own choosing. Today, that future is being defended at extraordinary cost. This year has seen th...

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner NTLI hosted a training workshop for women leaders & parliamentarians, supporting women to take up leadership roles in politics & the media & participate effectively in the upcoming #elections. www.eyeradio.org/women-leader...

Women leaders call for equal participation in 2026 elections - Eye Radio

Women leaders and parliamentarians are calling for the safe and equal participation of women, youth and persons with disabilities in the upcoming elections.

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The Taliban seems to consider any effort to assist women & girls a threat to their abusive rule. They should immediately provide information on the six staff members’ whereabouts & release them if held unlawfully.” WCLRF www.hrw.org/news/2026/08...

Afghanistan: Taliban Forcibly Disappear 6 Rights Workers

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have forcibly disappeared six staff members of the nongovernmental group Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) for nearly a month, Human Rights Watch ...

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL partner CCSD joins #Syrian feminist movements & orgs in signing a statement affirming that women’s rights & meaningful participation are essential to building a democratic state founded on equal citizenship & the rule of law. www.ccsd.ngo/position-pap...

Position Paper on the Situation of Women in Syria and the Requirements for the Transitional Period - CCSD

The Center for Civil Society and Democracy joined a number of Syrian feminist movements and organisations in signing a statement affirming that women’s rights and meaningful participation are essentia...

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Across the #WASL network, women-led orgs are creating opportunities for women to build livelihoods, bringing communities together to solve local problems, & strengthening women's leadership to shape a more sustainable future. Learn more in our #WASLWeekly👇

This #WorldHumanitarianDay, we're celebrating women #peacebuilders — always there, always first to respond. 🧵👇

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Before I publish anything, I hear my family’s questions in my head: 'Is your name attached? Can anyone trace it? Who else knows?'” Maddie Ali, The Algemeiner. www.algemeiner.com/2026/08/13/s...

The Secret Life of a Woman Journalist in Iran

A woman walks near a mural depicting the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and Iran’s late …

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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “I don't have anything to lose...The regime took everything from me & the only thing that I still have is my truth & honesty as an observer.” RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. www.rferl.org/a/us-israel-...

Sentenced To 15 Years For Photography In Iran: The Images Of Iranian Yalda Moaiery

Prominent Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery has been sentenced to a 15-year prison term for her work covering the US-Israeli war with Iran. Here are some of the images she captured of the conflict...

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