Men continue to dominate leadership in national and international security, yet have remained on the sidelines of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) movement.
OEF’s Our Secure Future program convened dozens of academics, practitioners, and military officials for a Curriculum Consortium on Women, Peace and Security at the Naval War College.
OEF’s Our Secure Future program and the Nobel Women’s Initiative co-hosted the conference Designing Our Secure Future in Ottawa, Canada from June 20-22. The conference brought together thought leaders from around the world to develop a strategic vision and messaging for the future of women, peace an...
Social media can be a double-edged sword—used not only for supporting peacebuilders on the ground, but in hybrid warfare and in radicalizing young populations, shows OEF program Our Secure Future in their blog.
After participating in online brainstorming for NATO’s Innovation Hub, OEF's Our Secure Future program began to think more deeply about the utility of social media in peace and security operations.
A panel on International Women's Day, co-sponsored by OEF's Our Secure Future program, emphasized implementing inclusive policies in careers and in the current political climate.
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we recall some words of wisdom from one American woman, Audre Lorde, to help us create a more peaceful and just world together.
Sahana Dharmapuri, senior advisor for One Earth Future’s program, Our Secure Future, advocates for more women serving as U.N. peacekeepers as one way to decrease the incidence of sexual violence and exploitation at the hands of those trusted to keep the peace in conflict zones.
Women are the driving force in encouraging governments around the world to include more women when planning for building and maintaining peace in their countries, according to a new report from OEF Research and Inclusive Security.
When women participate in strategic planning around women, peace and security issues there is a greater likelihood of successful outcomes, including greater awareness of women’s distinct priorities for peace at the national level and more effective dialogue among policymakers, civil society, and the...
Sahana Dharmapuri, the Senior Advisor to the Women, Peace and Security Initiative at the One Earth Future Foundation, was a featured speaker at the Alliance for Peacebuilding's Conversations with Extraordinary Women Speaker Series through their Women & Peacebuilding Affinity Group on Sept. 15th.
A recent event hosted by Urgent Action Fund, Global Greengrants Fund, and OEF’s Our Secure Future program on August 16th included discussions about the connections between security, climate change, and women's human rights.
OEF Research and Institute for Inclusive Security are on a mission to find out what impact National Action Plans have had, if any, in implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325.