Inside Look: How Compact Signatories in Iran Are Advancing Women’s Rights
On December 18, 2024, the Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPS-HA Compact) hosted its inaugural Inside Look series to take a deep-dive into the work of Compact signatories. The virtual session “Combatting Violence Against Women in Iran: Civil society efforts and feminist mobilization” brought together signatories along with representatives of women-led […]
Women, Peace and Security Symposium highlights the impact of women in supporting peace and preventing conflict in East and Southern Africa
On October 3-4, 2023 the Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPS-HA Compact), the UN Women East and Southern Africa Regional Office, the Government of Kenya, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Reinvent hosted a two-day regional symposium in Nairobi, Kenya to advance the implementation of the WPS agenda across the East […]
Opinion: 600 million women live in conflict — and hold key to peace
By Amani Aruri, Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Maria Victoria “Mavic” Cabrera Balleza This op-ed was originally published in Devex. We should not normalize the fact that women and girls are living in conflict. With the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women underway, it is time to elevate women’s peace-building role. We’ve spent the majority of […]