Open Doors but Unable to Enter: Working on a role for everyone within the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda At the close of a particularly difficult year, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the unanimous adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, which reaffirmed the crucial role women play in the field of peace and security. Significant strides have been made over the past two decades to increase…

It has always been a source of angst for ambitious not-for-profit organizations: how to ensure that the organization can sustain- and scale up impact while also building resilience to weather financial or other shocks. …

As efforts to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak are rightly stepped up, Somalia risks sliding into deeper conflict that would undo years of incremental, but real progress, if we don’t maintain our support to local peace efforts. This pandemic, beyond its immediate health impact, is causing drastic changes in Somalia…

An eye witness account from the front lines of Sudan’s revolution On April 11th 2019, President Omar Al Bashir, Sudan’s ruler for more than 30 years, stepped down. His departure came about following months of demonstrations, in which millions of people across the country had come out onto the street. …