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9 April 2024
Bridging Positions, Building Trust:  Women Peacebuilders & Security Actors

ICAN, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Norway, Sweden, and Canada, the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (UKFCDO), the Ministry of Gender, Child and Welfare of South Sudan, the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), and the National Transformational Leadership Institute (NTLI), convened a 1.5-day workshop to discuss how to strengthen community security as a localized, transformative approach for sustainable peace.

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25 March 2024
Operational Guidance to Establish and Enhance the Protection of Women Peacebuilders (Arabic)

Stemming from the report, “Protecting Women Peacebuilders: The Front Lines of Sustainable Peace,” this document provides operational guidance for states and multilateral institutions to protect women peacebuilders. This document is also available in English, Farsi, and Turkish.

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5 March 2024
Protecting Women Peacebuilders: The Front Lines of Sustainable Peace (Arabic)

This report distills the range of threats to women peacebuilders, analyzes existing protection mechanisms, and provides guidance to protect women peacebuilders. This report is also available in English, Farsi, French, Spanish, and Turkish. See related operational guidance on how to establish and enhance the protection of women peacebuilders here.

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9 April 2024
Bridging Positions, Building Trust:  Women Peacebuilders & Security Actors

ICAN, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Norway, Sweden, and Canada, the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (UKFCDO), the Ministry of Gender, Child and Welfare of South Sudan, the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), and the National Transformational Leadership Institute (NTLI), convened a 1.5-day workshop to discuss how to strengthen community security as a localized, transformative approach for sustainable peace.

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Egypt

Egyptian and Libyan Human Rights Defenders Receive Prestigious Recognition

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

Congratulations to author and human rights activist Razan al-Maghrabi, receipient of the 2015 Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards for Freedom of Expression. According to PEN International Executive Director Carles Torner, ‘This award is not only our way of honouring courageous writers and journalists who continue to fight for freedom of expression at great personal risk, it is also a  […]

Woman Human Rights Defender Shaimaa ElSabbagh Killed in Egypt

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the January 25th Revolution, woman human rights defender (WHRD) Ms. Shaimaa Sabry Ahmed El Sabbagh, was killed in downtown Cairo while she was participating in a peaceful protest to commemorate the martyrs of the January 25th revolution. Read the full statement from Nazra for Feminist Studies: Urgent […]

Profile: New Woman Foundation, Egypt

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

In Egypt, many of the organizations that address women’s issues, particularly preventing violence against women, were created in 2011 following the Egyptian revolution. Few groups have been working on these issues as long as the New Woman Foundation (NWF). Founded in 1984, NWF was one of the first organizations to produce research in this area. […]

أكثر من 350 منظمة عالمية تطالب بالإفراج الفوري عن السبعة مدافعات عن حقوق الإنسان السجينات في جمهورية مصر العربية

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

مع اقتراب جلسة المحاكمة الخاصة بالسبعة مدافعات عن حقوق الإنسان المصريات يوم 11 أكتوبر 2014، واللاتي يتم احتجازهن منذ 21 يونيو 2014 على خلفية اتهامات تشمل انتهاك قانون التظاهر المصري المغلظ، أصدرت أكثر من 220 منظمة عالمية ممثلة عن 70 دولة بيان يطالب بالإفراج الفوري عنهن. يناشد الموقعون على البيان المعني، وتشمل مجموعات محلية وإقليمية […]

Over 350 Global Organizations Call for Immediate Release of Seven Imprisoned Women Human Rights Defenders in Egypt

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

In the lead up to the October 11th trial of seven Egyptian women human rights defenders (WHRDs), who have been detained since June 21, 2014 on charges of violating Egypt’s strict Protest and Public Assembly Law, over 220 women’s and human rights organizations representing nearly 70 countries issued a statement demanding their immediate release. The […]

Profile: HarassMap (Egypt)

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

In recent years, sexual harassment in Egypt has become a major concern.  According to a UN report, sexual harassment is so common that people have become accustomed to such occurrences, and those witnessing harassment rarely act to prevent it.[1]  Social acceptance of such behavior contributes to the escalation of sexual violence and gang rapes. The volunteers […]

Our hopes & fears going to London’s Global Summit

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

ICAN and ICAN partners from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Palestine and Egypt are attending the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence In Conflict this week in London. You can stay up-to-date on the activities by following us @whatthewomensay or by emailing madeline.koch [@] icanpeacework.org for direct contact with our partners in London. ICAN co-founder and […]

Combating Violence Against Women in Egypt

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

By France Bognon
A recent study showed that 99.3% of Egyptian women are sexually harassed at some point in their life. In 2011, three friends living in Cairo, had had enough, and they formed Bassma in an attempt to challenge the status quo.

Mozn Hassan receives Charlotte Bunch Human Rights Defender Award

Posted on by Lauren Mellows

ICAN partner Mozn Hassan from Nazra Institute for Feminist Studies (Egypt) received the inaugural Charlotte Bunch Human Rights Defender Award on April 17th, 2013 at the Global Fund for Women’s 25th Anniversary Gala. The award was also presented to two other women’s rights advocates: Mónica Roa from Women’s Link Worldwide (Colombia) and Stasa Zajovic from Women […]