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April 26, 2012 (Foreign Policy )
INTERNATIONAL: Why Women Are a Foreign Policy Issue The most pressing global problems simply won't be solved without the participation of women. Seriously, guys. On a trip to Afghanistan in the summer of 2009, not long after my appointment as the U.S. State Department's ambassador at large for global women's issues, I stopped for dinner with a group of Afghan women activists in Kabul. One woman opened our conversation with a plea: "Please don't see us as victims, but look to us as the leaders we are."
April 18, 2012 (OpenDemocracy)
INTERNATIONAL: A Brutal Manifestation of Patriarchy The involvement of women in anti-war actions and in support of peace activism worldwide is a critical part of modern history, yet the vulnerability of women in conflict situations to violence of all forms is perhaps the most brutal manifestation of patriarchy in modern times.
April 17, 2012 (Open Democracy)
INTERNATIONAL: Peace Movements: Violence Reduction as Common Sense If one thing holds the overall movement of peace movements together it is the goal of violence reduction. There's a shared conviction that violence is a choice, that there exists, much more often than commonly supposed, a more violent and a less violent course of action. Can we justifiably speak of a global movement against war?
April 13, 2012 (Policy Mic)
AFGHANISTAN: OPINION: 'Women First' Should Be the U.S. Afghanistan Policy The United States has not had an easy couple of months in Afghanistan. With news of the kill teams in Kandahar, the recent killing of 16 unarmed civilians by a rogue American soldier, and the controversy surrounding Quran burnings, public sentiment on the war by Afghanis and Americans alike is at an all-time low.
April 3, 2012 (AlertNet)
DRC: Reducing Gender Based Violence in DRC through Behaviour Change Strategies The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has become infamous in recent years as the “rape capital of the world,” known for its alarmingly high rates of sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) in its eastern region. I know it for the Congolese women and men with whom I work every day, guided by the hope that social and behavior change communication methodologies can contribute to the reduction of GBV in this conflict-affected country.