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Landmark Memorandum of Understanding Signed in Somaliland

The MOU was signed in Hargeisa by the Minister of Investment and Industrial Development, HE. Abdirasak Ibrahim Mohamed, and Abdirahman Hashi, the Somaliland Director of Shuraako. This initiative aims to boost investments in Somaliland’s production sector, fostering economic opportunities and job creation.

July 27,2024

Transforming Waste Management in Somaliland

Waste management has long been a pressing challenge in Somaliland. Recent studies paint a stark picture: in Hargeisa, Somaliland's capital, only 65% of daily waste is collected due to inefficient equipment. This gap in sanitation services not only affects public health but also hampers economic growth and quality of life.

September 20,2024

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March 24, 2022

Collaborative Living: Peace as a Horizon

In the event "Peace in Theory and Practice: A Discussion on Peace Systems", the researcher Douglas Fry and the director of PASO Colombia, Juan Fernando Lucio, joined in a conversation about their theories of peacebuilding and the practical experience in the Colombian context.

March 24, 2022

"Madeleine Albright, Trailblazing Secretary of State, Dies"

Read the TIME Magazine magazine obituary for Madeleine Albright, featuring remarks from Our Secure Future’s Jolynn Shoemaker on her impact on women’s leadership.

Read the @TIME magazine obituary for Madeleine Albright, featuring remarks from Our Secure Future's @JolynnShoemaker on Albright's impact on women's leadership.

Sahana Dharmapuri

March 24, 2022

Our Secure Future Statement on the Passing of Secretary Madeleine Albright

It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. Secretary of State.

Jon Bellish

March 14, 2022

Incubating Peace: Women, Peace and Security Agenda Drives Gender Equality as Essential to Peace

Not just this month, as the world celebrates Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, One Earth Future Foundation continually prioritizes efforts to ensure that gender perspectives are taken into account in peace and security decision-making processes. While that shows up in all our prog...

Shuraako

March 11, 2022

Somali Women Cultivating Sustainable Peace

One Earth Future and Shuraako are proud to present the short film “Somali Women Cultivating Sustainable Peace”. The film showcases several female farm owners in the Garowe/Puntland region of Somalia supported through Shuraako’s Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund.

March 09, 2022

Seeds of Peace from the ERA of Anorí

Meet the rural women that produce medicinal and self-care products, combining science and traditional knowledge in the mountains of Anori.

March 07, 2022

Turning Vision into Action: How Our Secure Future Advances Gender Equality in Peace and Security

Why, at One Earth Future and Our Secure Future, do we say that women and gender equality make the difference? Why view the world through a gender lens?

Sahana Dharmapuri

March 02, 2022

"The United States must help Afghan women and girls—even if it requires partnership with China"

Read OSF Director Sahana Dharmapuri’s compelling argument with former diplomat Eric Richardson that the US should consider engaging with China to help Afghan women in The New Atlanticist.

February 23, 2022

OEF Senior Strategic Advisor Dr. Conor Seyle Emphasizes Potential Consensus in Evidence during 2022 PeaceCon Panel

The PeaceCon panel discussion “Connecting Our Evidence: Creating Alignment in Measuring Peace and Conflict” presented several perspectives about how to address the issues invoked by the idea of “evidence-based practice” in peacebuilding.

February 18, 2022

OEF's Approach to Incubation

Our core organizational strategy and values require us to take seriously the idea that our goal is to catalyze systems that are sustainable, that are scalable and—most importantly—that actually address problems underlying conflict. So we’ve developed a theory of incubation, based on iteration and sc...

one earth future is an incubator of peacebuilding programs

February 16, 2022

Unstuck: Getting to Peace in Colombia

In 2015, negotiations were in full swing during the Colombian peace process. The negotiators were discussing one of the most complex issues: the delicate question of transitional justice and who would be held accountable for the thousands of war crimes. After a complete deadlock, President Juan Manu...

February 15, 2022

Innovating Peacemaking in the “Age of Unpeace:” Building Off-Ramps From War

Our column this month by OEF Executive Director Jon Bellish focuses on how we are innovating through this reality with two peacemaking and negotiation programs that aim to transform seemingly impossible conflicts through teamwork, creativity, relationship-building, and the use of open-source data to...

Hans Hogrefe

Sahana Dharmapuri

Cassandra Zavislak

February 10, 2022

Our Secure Future Policy Brief Focuses on the Inclusion of Women in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2022

Congress is currently discussing the inclusion of women in the current NDAA. Read the OSF brief summary of specific references to the inclusion of women in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2022 (NDAA, P.L. 117-81).

January 26, 2022

Jubaland Explores Critical Community Benefits from Co-Management

Secure Fisheries Project Manager Jamal Hassan visited the Kismayo area of Somalia in December 2021 to discuss the potential for cooperative management with communities and government officials.

Jon Bellish

January 16, 2022

Incubating Peace: Four Imperatives for Fostering Peace Through Economic Development

Economic opportunity in the face of conflict has been at the center of several of One Earth Future’s initiatives for peace since the organization was established more than a decade ago those that are most ripe for scaled impact this year through partnership.

January 12, 2022

Colorado’s Fire Destruction Shows How Long-Term Thinking and Collaboration are Critical in Addressing Climate Change

As we discussed the devastation with President Biden, Governor Polis, and our US Senators and Congressmen last week and contemplate daily the eerie vacuum of space where our homes once stood in Superior, Colorado, I wonder whether humanity can heed the warning calls of climate change.

January 10, 2022

New Shuraako Impact Investments Support Youth, Foster Renewable Energy

As 2022 begins, Shuraako continues to provide Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund loans for businesses in the Somali region that are building markets and livelihoods in several important sectors. With a focus on companies that provide youth employment and utilize renewable energy, Shuraako rece...

Sahana Dharmapuri

January 10, 2022

Gender Equality Is Central to Technology and Democracy

Our Secure Future Director Sahana Dharmapuri recently published an OpEd in Foreign Policy in collaboration with OSF Fellow Jolynn Shoemaker urging policymakers that gender should not be sidelined from global technology governance efforts.

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