Programs Updates
Global Solutions Exchange Updates
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.
She Builds Peace Frameworks for Action in Arabic
ICAN has released its three frameworks for action to improve the recognition and participation, protection, and funding of women peacebuilders, in Arabic.
Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership Updates
Bringing Water, Power, and Peace: How Women Peacebuilders Can Utilize OffGridBox Solutions
Today, over 1 billion people still lack access to clean water and electricity. Environmental and climate change exacerbates this problem and exposes fragile and conflict-affected communities to further risk and insecurity. While the link between resource scarcity and conflict is well understood, the potential for natural resource governance to facilitate peacebuilding is less well researched.
On Thursday, October 5, 2023, ICAN welcomed Bas Berends, Co-founder and Chief Partnership Officer at OffGridBox, to join our WASL community call.
How Women Peacebuilders Respond to Early Warning Signs of Extremisms
Communities are a powerful force for pre-empting and preventing extremisms, provided they are equipped to intervene to ensure that community members do not become trapped in the process of radicalization.
In the WASL community check-in call on March 16, 2023, WASL member Mira Kusumarini of Empatiku, a peacebuilding organization based in Indonesia, presented a new guidebook to build the capacity of communities to do just that, entitled Identifying Early Warning Signs: A Guidebook for Building Community Resilience to Violent Extremism.
Better Peace Initiative Updates
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.
She Builds Peace Frameworks for Action in Arabic
ICAN has released its three frameworks for action to improve the recognition and participation, protection, and funding of women peacebuilders, in Arabic.
Sarah McMains
Sarah McMains is a Senior Program Officer at the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN). She works with the Innovative Peace Fund program team with a focus on the programmatic and grantmaking work and support for Afghan women peacebuilders.
Recent Briefs
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.
She Builds Peace Frameworks for Action in Arabic
ICAN has released its three frameworks for action to improve the recognition and participation, protection, and funding of women peacebuilders, in Arabic.
Sarah McMains
Sarah McMains is a Senior Program Officer at the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN). She works with the Innovative Peace Fund program team with a focus on the programmatic and grantmaking work and support for Afghan women peacebuilders.