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January 30, 2024

Women, Peace and Security Digest: January 2024

Welcome to Our Secure Future’s monthly Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Digest, “the done for you” newsletter on WPS. Every month we curate the latest articles and reports on intersectional, cross-cutting issues focused on women’s rights, and international peace and security matters. Here's what we f...

January 19, 2024

What You Should Know About the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017

Updated Winter 2024

Originally published in 2018, this policy brief includes recent updates on the United States Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 and serves as a guide on the history, implementation, and funding of the act.

January 15, 2024

Institutionalizing Women, Peace and Security: Role of Gender and WPS Advisors in the USG Report Discussion

On December 14, 2023, Our Secure Future (OSF) convened a small closed door roundtable discussion with gender and WPS advisors about the upcoming paper: “Institutionalizing Women, Peace and Security: The Role of Gender and Women, Peace and Security Advisors in the United States Government.”

December 20, 2023

Our Secure Future Presents Mobilizing Men as Allies for WPS Workshop at National Defense University

On December 13, Ambassador Donald Steinberg and Our Secure Future (OSF) Director Sahana Dharmapuri delivered a presentation to a National Defense University (NDU) student affinity group, Women in National Security (WINS).

Claudia Gonzalez, Intern for Our Secure Future

December 18, 2023

The Status of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Colombia and Progress Toward a 1325 National Action Plan

Claudia Gonzalez, intern at Our Secure Future, examines the role of WPS and women peacebuilders in Colombia's peace agreement, as well as the country's progress in creating a WPS National Action Plan.

December 12, 2023

Awardee Spotlight December 2023

Our Secure Future highlights the Center for Civil Society and Democracy, a 2023 recipient of the Distinguished Partners for Women, Peace and Security Award.

November 16, 2023

Our Secure Future and the Atlantic Council Host Discussion on the New U.S Strategy and National Action Plan on WPS

On November 7, 2023, Our Secure Future (OSF) and the Atlantic Council hosted a public event, “Assessing the 2023 U.S. Strategy on Women, Peace and Security.”

November 14, 2023

Release of the 2023 U.S. Women, Peace and Security Strategy and National Action Plan

"As the world grapples with the highest rate of conflict since World War II, ensuring women’s full, equal, and meaningful participation in all peace and security processes, especially in peace negotiations, is more critical than ever." - U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for the Secretary’s Office of Global ...

November 09, 2023

Awardee Spotlight November 2023

Our Secure Future highlights the Free Yezidi Foundation (FYF), a 2023 recipient of the Distinguished Partners for Women, Peace and Security Award.

Jessica Maksimov, Intern for Our Secure Future

October 27, 2023

Back to Basics: Applying a Women, Peace and Security Lens to Technology

Jessica Maksimov, intern at Our Secure Future, discusses the necessity of incorporating a Women, Peace and Security lens in the digital space to help policymakers identify gender blind spots.