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Rebuilding Peace in Sri Lanka with Nalini Ratnarajah
Nalini Ratnarajah is a human rights activist and a feminist, who has dedicated decades of her life, advocating for gender equality,...
Women's Regional Network
Jul 6, 2018
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Young Hazara Woman Leads Hunger Strike for Justice
In Quetta, Pakistan, young Hazara women are exhibiting unprecedented strength and resilience in the face of violent extremism. Jalila...
Sania Haider, Pakistan
Jun 8, 2018
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Meet Katy Tartakoff: Photographer for Social Reform
Photography gives us the ability to capture a moment to hold long after it’s time has passed. In an age of snapshot photography, Katy...
Christina Ibanez
May 18, 2018
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Nimalka Fernando on Women’s Struggle for Rights in Post-War Sri Lanka
Nimalka Fernando is an attorney and eminent women’s rights activist from Sri Lanka. She is a Co-convener of Platform for Freedom and a...
Nooria Sultani, Core Member WRN-Afghanistan
May 10, 2018
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Coming Together: Early Days of WRN
Founding meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2011. In August 2011, Patricia Cooper sent me an email asking if she could chat with me about a...
Swarna Rajagopalan, WRN Core Member
May 7, 2018
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Approaching Peace Through Informed Dialogue: Interview with Farhat Asif
A Kashmir-born Pakistani woman, Ms. Farhat Asif is the founder of Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies, a leading research...
Zunera Rais, Pakistan Country Coordinator
Apr 12, 2018
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Women in Pakhtun Long March: Building Peace and Challenging Stereotypes
A group of young Mehsud men from FATA started a peaceful march towards the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad on 1st February 2018, which...
Dr. Noreen Nasser
Mar 14, 2018
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Kabul II Process: Joint Declaration of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) and
After the creation of Afghanistan's National Unity Government (NUG), ensuring women’s participation in good governance, peacebuilding,...
Women's Regional Network and Women and
Feb 26, 2018
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Feb 26, 2018
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Nargis Nehan Denied Votes for Minister Designate for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP)
Despite the government commitments for women’s political participation, we observe that the realization of these commitments is facing...
Women's Regional Network
Dec 5, 2017
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