Peace X Peace Forums: Women and the Arab Spring
Welcome to the first Peace X Peace Forum!  These forums, which we hope to host regularly, will take on pressing issues in the world of peacebuilding and gender.  This time, we have gathered women from around the Middle East – from Egypt to Tunisia and beyond – to discuss how women have influenced the Arab Spring, and the impact it has had on them.  We hope you enjoy this discussion and add your own thoughts in the comments!
To Bring Women Forward, We …

Sometimes building peace can be difficult and messy (ok, most of the time).  Below are some examples of that.  But also some examples of how humor and optimism can help us push through. Enjoy!

I loved this Op-ed from Sunday about why UNESCO is important to the peace process, and why the U.S. should restore its dues to the agency.
Check out this article on the continued struggle for rights by Afghan women. Afghan …

“[T]he more I work on peacebuilding, the more I’m convinced that it isn’t a job, it’s an identity- so I love that what I do is an extension of who I am, or at least, who I try to be.”
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Below is an interview with our Generation Peace Award winner, Claire Naylor.  Claire is the Co-founder of Women LEAD, an organization that works to empower women and girls in Nepal.  You can hear more about her project on December 5th, at our Women, Power, and Peace Awards.  Get your …

Haifa Al Kaylani
“The statistics … confirm an uncomfortable disconnect between the numbers of women who are highly educated and running communities, businesses, and indeed countries, and the fact that women are still paid less than their male counterparts.”
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In the past decade, the world has witnessed extraordinary progress in terms of the participation of Arab women in their economies, their societies, and their communities. The Arab International Women’s Forum (AIWF) is very proud to be at the forefront of international empowerment discourse, advocating sustainable, responsible change and ensuring that the …