Disconnects between policy and reality: A conversation with Orzala Ashraf Nemat about Afghanistan
"A word or a sentence in a particular policy is about the lives of people" In October 2013, I was delighted to get a chance to sit down...
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Podcasts
Untold Stories: Women Peacebuilders on the Front Lines
Episode 1: A Seat at the Table
From the Women, Peace, Humanitarian Fund:
Women peacebuilders sharing their stories, defying the odds to build inclusive and sustainable peace across the globe.
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Vimbai Kapurura, Executive Director of Women Unlimited, a local civil society organisation in Eswatini
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Hajer El Sharief, Co-founder of the civil society organisation Together We Build It in Libya
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Sarah Taylor, Policy Specialist, Peace & Security, Prevention & Resilience, UN Women
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Sophie Giscard D’Estaing, Deputy Head of Secretariat and Officer in Charge of the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund
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"Women, Peace and Security: Views from the front (policy) lines"
Women, Peace and Security
Women are overwhelmingly excluded from formal efforts to prevent, resolve, and rebuild from conflict, even as they are targeted for particular forms of violence in these conflicts, and as they often organize at the local and international level to bring peace.
These podcasts address some of the international policy aspects of what is known as the "women, peace and security agenda."
Necessary and important disclaimer: the views expressed here are my own, and not necessarily those of the NGOWG on WPS.
The intro and exit music for the podcasts is by the amazing Jorge Sosa!
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