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ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
@whatthewomensay
Advancing #WomenPeaceSecurity through thought leadership, solidarity and support to women peacebuilders. Spearheading #WASL network & #SheBuildsPeace campaign.
Washington, DC
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Mar 19, 2021
    "We have to ensure the protection of women peacebuilders who put themselves on the frontlines." - HRH Countess of Wessex (@RoyalFamily) Thank you for encouraging other countries to join the UK in pledging to protect women #peacebuilders. Sign the Pledge: bit.ly/3lucTSt
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Apr 21, 2023
    This week, HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh (@RoyalFamily) heard how #WASL members from countries including Albania, Yemen & the Philippines have localized the #SheBuildsPeace campaign to gain recognition for women #peacebuilders & tackle critical humanitarian & security challenges.
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Jul 26, 2020
    Since August 2019, #WASL partner @parawahid in #Kashmir has been denied his freedom; detained in a detention centre for 6 months & now under house arrest. Waheed is a grassroots activist & #democracy defender. Kashmir requires urgent international attention. #ProtectPeacebuilders
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Dec 28, 2019
    ICAN is pleased to announce that our ED Sanam Naraghi Anderlini received the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire award. Congratulations, @sanambna !
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    ICAN’s Sanam Naraghi Anderlini became a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire -...
    This special honour was given to Ms. Anderlini in recognition of her work and for services to international peacebuilding and women’s rights.
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Nov 10, 2021
    🗣️ #WPSWednesday: #WASL member & grassroots political & social activist Waheed Ur Rehman Para (@parawahid) from Jammu & Kashmir remains in detention. 🖊️Please SIGN-ON to support calls for his release & 🔃SHARE this petition widely! #ReleaseWaheedPara
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Feb 4, 2022
    ICAN's CEO, @sanambna condemns the #Taliban's violent crackdown against women's rights protestors in #Afghanistan & the international communities' inaction 📹🔽. @UNAMAnews @DeborahLyonsUN @FroghWazhma @SerajMahbouba @NorwayMFA @FCDOGovUK @eu_eeas @US4AfghanPeace @SE_AfghanWGH
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Oct 20, 2022
    🟡 Starting in 1 hour! @feministfp will host 🇩🇪 Foreign Minister @ABaerbock, ICAN's @sanambna, @enissaamani, @NatalieAmiri, @SawsanChebli, @GildaSahebi, @DastanJasim & @kristina_lunz for an event in solidarity with women & protestors in #Iran. #WomanLifeFreedom
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Nov 5, 2019
    “Your Royal Highness, we thank you for being here since we will now have a stronger voice to help us #womenpeacebuilders with our work.” ICAN’s Board Chair @SenJaffer thanking HRH Countess of Wessex for joining the #ICANForum2019 @UKinNorway @RoyalFamily
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Jan 28, 2022
    Thank you to HRH The Countess of Wessex @RoyalFamily for joining us for an interesting discussion about livelihoods support and income-generation in #peacebuilding work. We also exchanged ideas about how the private sector can better support women #peacebuilders' work. @sanambna
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    The Royal Family
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    Jan 28, 2022
    This week The Countess of Wessex spoke to @whatthewomensay and members of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership, about the economic security of women peacebuilders. The women peacebuilders spoke to HRH from all over the world, including Libya, Yemen and the Philippines 🌍
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Aug 20, 2021
    Poignant words written about #WASL member @parawahid: "Waheed Ur Rehman Para has been preaching #peace all his life. His work speaks volumes about him and this write up is just a small portion of his work. Does a person, a young leader, a brilliant mind need to be kept in jail?"
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Aug 13, 2021
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    2/3: @MalalaiHabibi tapes her mouth in symbolic silence on @bbcpersian: "What do you want to hear from me that has not been said by @FroghWazhma, by @MaryAkrami, by Mahbooba Seraj, by @ShaharzadAkbar, by @DrSimasamar that I can say?" #Afghanistan #AfghansDeafeningSilence
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Sep 25, 2019
    What is the role of #womenmediators in addressing the most pressing world issues? Today’s @WomenMediators meeting highlighted the skills women from the Global Alliance of Women Mediators Network bring to the table & the need for international recognition of their work. #UNGA
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Oct 31, 2020
    Happy 20th Anniversary of #UNSCR1325! To celebrate, we’re throwing it back to our Founder & CEO @sanambna's interview w/ @_UNChronicle in 2000, on strengthening local women’s movements for peace. Proud to be continuing this work: icanpeacework.org/shebuildspeace/ #SheBuildsPeace #WPSin2020
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    ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)
    @whatthewomensay
    Jan 28, 2021
    #Peacebuilder Esther Omam (@Reachoutreo) has negotiated humanitarian access into some of the most remote and dangerous pockets of the #AnglophoneCrisis. Find out how #SheBuildsPeace in #Cameroon in our latest #WASL partner interview!
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    “Let us go where the guns are loud”: How Esther Omam Builds Peace in Cameroon - International Civil...
    “Women peacebuilders run to the problem when everyone else is running away,” said ICAN’s CEO and Founder, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini. This statement could not be truer of award-winning Cameroonian...