Canaries in the Coal Mine: Women, Racism, and National Security
Recent piece by Our Secure Future Director Sahana Dharmapuri and Advisor Ambassador Steven McGann published by the United Nations Association.
Recent piece by Our Secure Future Director Sahana Dharmapuri and Advisor Ambassador Steven McGann published by the United Nations Association.
Finding some sense of normalcy doesn’t mean going back to traditional views of national security. It is time to formalize a new vision of how we view security.
March 10, 2020--Yesterday we announced the establishment of the Women, Peace and Security Caucus in the US House of Representatives.
What are the national and international policy frameworks that shaped the U.S. Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 and the mandated WPS Strategy that followed? Our Secure Future partnered with some congressional offices to request the Congressional Research Service to illuminate these structures that supported this landmark change for U.S. foreign policy.
“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, we are reminded of this quote and the many ways that Women, Peace and Security is both a goal and the means by which we arrive at peace. Looking forward to the new hopes and challenges that await us, we are resolved to make this the best year yet for Women, Peace and Security. Here are six actions for peace that we can take to honor the work of Dr. King this year.
Following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the US Space Force, OSF Director Sahana Dharmapuri and Joan Johnson-Freese state the case for using a gender lens in space security in this op-ed for SpaceNews.
A former UN general shares their thoughts on peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo and why women need to be engaged in peacekeeping efforts.
In response to the momentum of initiatives such as #MeToo and #TimesUp, Our Secure Future Director Sahana Dharmapuri, and Fellow Jolynn Shoemaker provide three ways men can join the fight for gender equality in Ms. Magazine.
Apply your knowledge of Women, Peace and Security with our helpful cheat sheet for guidance!
Continuing our series, Our Secure Future provides insight into implementing the four pillars of Women, Peace and Security.
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Sahana DharmapuriDirectorSahana Dharmapuri is the Director of Our Secure Future, a program of One Earth Future Foundation. From 2006-2016 she was an independent gender advisor on gender, peace, and security issues to USAID, NATO, The Swedish Armed Forces, the United States Institute for Peace, International Peace Institute, and other international development organizations. Ms. Dharmapuri was a writer-residence at the Carey Institute for Global Good (Winter 2016) where she completed her first book, Women, Peace & Security: 10 Things You Should Know. She was appointed a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2011-2013) and she was an Investing in Women in Development Fellow at the United States Agency for International Development (2003-2005). She has published widely on Women, Peace and Security issues including with CNN, Christian Science Monitor, The Fletcher Security Review, Hedaya and The Center for Global Counter-Terrorism, Women’s E-News, Human Rights Quarterly, The Global Responsibility to Protect Journal, The Global Observatory, The Alliance for Peacebuilding Online Journal, the Louisiana Literature Review, The US Naval War College’s Women, Peace and Security monograph series, and Parameters: The Senior Professional Journal of the US Army. She received her Bachelor’s and two Master’s degrees from the University of Chicago. She is a very happy breast-cancer survivor. |
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The “New Normal” Means a New Definition of SecurityJune 09, 2020Finding some sense of normalcy doesn’t mean going back to traditional views of national security. It is time to formalize a new vision of how we view security. |
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Letter from the DirectorMarch 09, 2020March 10, 2020--Yesterday we announced the establishment of the Women, Peace and Security Caucus in the US House of Representatives. |
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Policy Frameworks Supporting the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the U.S. ContextJuly 08, 2019What are the national and international policy frameworks that shaped the U.S. Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 and the mandated WPS Strategy that followed? Our Secure Future partnered with some congressional offices to request the Congressional Research Service to illuminate these structures... more |
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Letter from the Director: Make 2019 the best year yet for Women, Peace and SecurityJanuary 21, 2019“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Security Roundtable: Interview with Major General Patrick Cammaert, Former United Nations Force Commander for the Eastern Democratic Republic of CongoMay 05, 2018A former UN general shares their thoughts on peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo and why women need to be engaged in peacekeeping efforts. |
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Back to Basics: A Cheat Sheet to the Four PillarsApril 03, 2018Apply your knowledge of Women, Peace and Security with our helpful cheat sheet for guidance! |
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Back to Basics: The Women, Peace and Security Mandate Has Four Pillars (Part II)March 30, 2018Continuing our series, Our Secure Future provides insight into implementing the four pillars of Women, Peace and Security. |
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Back to Basics: The Women, Peace and Security Mandate Has Four Pillars (Part I)March 23, 2018Introducing the four pillars of Women, Peace and Security: what are they and what are their goals? |