🇾🇪 Sana'a, #Yemen: YLDF launched an ICAN-supported digital marketing training for women entrepreneurs, equipping them with practical skills to grow their businesses, reach new markets, & build more sustainable livelihoods through digital technologies.

🇸🇾 #Syria: Through the ICAN-supported #SheBuildsPeace campaign, Mobaderoon is using social media to challenge hate speech & amplify women's role in peacebuilding. By showing that peace begins in our homes, words, & communities, the campaign is reshaping how people think about women's leadership.

🇾🇪 Ma'rib Governorate, #Yemen: Through the ICAN-supported #SheBuildsPeace campaign, Abductees' Mothers Association trained women & activists in digital security, helping them recognize online threats, protect their personal data, & navigate the digital world with greater confidence & safety.

Peacebuilding today extends into the digital world. Across the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership, women-led organizations are using digital spaces to challenge harmful narratives, strengthen online safety, & create new opportunities for women. #WASLWeekly👇

$50 - a mental health & psychosocial support session $100 - a security grant $500 - digital security training These aren't abstract numbers, they're the tools that let women keep doing the work of building peace safely. Help us reach our $20,000 goal. www.globalgiving.org/projects/pro...

“The message is: the US doesn't care about the lives of ordinary #Iranians.” On @cgtnofficial.bsky.social, ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social reflects on the human cost of war, arguing that the failure to provide accountability sends a devastating message to civilians. 📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrEC...

When an insult becomes a movement. After students in #India were called “cockroaches,” a Dalit student turned the insult into a rallying cry — & the Cockroach Janata Party was born. 🎧 #IfYouWereInCharge with @sanambna.bsky.social & Kavita Ramdas: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Lasting peace requires prioritizing dialogue over escalation, diplomacy over destruction, & long-term stability over short-term victories. Hear ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social on why the choices made today—on #Iran & beyond—will shape the future we build: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMjo...

Sustainable political change comes from within societies, not from bombs. Hear from ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social on Channel 4's #TrumpWorld on why supporting #Iranian civil society—not escalating violence—is the path to lasting change. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMjo...

What gives you hope when the world feels overwhelming? In the Season 3 finale of #IfYouWereInCharge, @sanambna.bsky.social & Kavita Nandini Ramdas reflect on power, protest, friendship, & why the people we've been waiting for are, in fact, us. 🎧 Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

A ceasefire isn’t the end of conflict — it’s where the hard work begins. Peace lasts when agreements are monitored, trust is built, & violence is prevented from returning. ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social on Channel 4’s #TrumpWorld: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMjo...

🇵🇸 Bethlehem, #Palestine: Amid the ongoing #humanitarian crisis, Wi'am hosted a wellbeing session for women, providing practical tools to manage stress & strengthen #psychological resilience. Caring for mental health is a vital part of helping communities endure conflict & build lasting peace.

🇾🇪 Aden, #Yemen: YLDF completed a capacity-building programme for youth initiatives & civil society orgs, combining training, project design, & mentoring to help participants develop community-led project proposals & turn ideas into lasting impact.

🇳🇬 Borno State, #Nigeria: The Allamin Foundation celebrated the graduation of participants in their #Deradicalization programme, provided #livelihood starter packs, & brought communities together through a cultural festival.

🇸🇾 Salamiyah, #Syria: As part of the ICAN-supported #SheBuildsPeace campaign, Zenobia Organization brought young women and men together to develop recommendations for social peace and transitional justice. Meaningful peace depends on young people having a voice in shaping their country's future.

How much do we value peace? We spend millions on technology to determine whether a footballer is offside. Yet, we invest a fraction of that in the diplomacy & implementation that make peace agreements work. @sanambna.bsky.social on #TrumpWorld: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMjo...

🇾🇪 #Yemen: The Abductees' Mothers Association met with the UN Special Envoy's Office to advocate for abductees, detainees, & forcibly disappeared persons, calling for justice, accountability, & long-term rehabilitation & support for survivors and their families.

🇵🇭 Tawi-Tawi, #Philippines: PCID formalized a partnership with Mindanao State University to strengthen the Diploma in Women, Peace & Security. By training faculty & embedding the program within the university, they're helping future generations to build lasting peace.

🇳🇬 Borno State, #Nigeria: The Allamin Foundation launched a new project with local communities to support people returning home after leaving armed groups & prevent future violence. By listening to communities & responding to their priorities, they are helping lay the foundations for lasting peace.

🇵🇸 Bethlehem, #Palestine: As communities continue to face the devastating impacts of conflict & displacement, Wi'am hosted a workshop on mental health & psychological resilience, equipping participants with tools to manage stress & strengthen wellbeing.

Sanam also challenged us to focus on the future we're trying to build—not just the crises we're trying to solve. "What are we for should be the organizing principle." Thank you to @odi.global for convening such an important conversation. 🌍

On 6 July, ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social joined @odi.global's inaugural conference on where culture, storytelling & policy meet. Her message: facts alone don't change minds. Building peace requires narratives that inspire action, trusted local voices, & accountability from those in power.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In 2021, ICAN & Shannon Foley Martinez published a case study on white supremacist extremism in the US. This analysis is more important than ever to understand the role of gender & identity in extremism & what positive alternatives exist. icanpeacework.org/2021/10/gend...

"What gives me hope? The refusal of silence." Robinah Rubimbwa has spent decades training women mediators & young #peacebuilders across #Uganda. This is what keeps her going. 🎙️ #IfYouWereInCharge 👇 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

At “No Wars, No Tyrants”, @sanambna.bsky.social challenges a familiar piece of political rhetoric: that war creates freedom. Instead, isolation & #militarization strengthen authoritarian systems — while openness, civic space & inclusive peace processes create the conditions for real transformation.

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Attacks on children should not be viewed as mere collateral consequences of war; they must be understood within a broader framework of rights, identity, & collective survival. #Gaza has lost lives & an entire generation’s future.” www.eurasiareview.com/30062026-isr...

🎙️ New #IfYouWereInCharge: @sanambna.bsky.social & Kavita Ramdas talk with Robinah Rubimbwa, founder of CoACT & member of #WASL. Her take: the way international aid is structured today is a form of colonialism — & it's time to #decolonize it. 🎧👇

🗓️ 24 June | Operationalizing Locally Led Peacebuilding Kendahl Tyburski spoke at an event co-hosted by @peacedirect.bsky.social, ICAN & LEGASI, making the case for flexible, trust-based funding & challenging how we measure #peacebuilding impact.

🗓️ 22 June | #Peacebuilding at 20: Partnerships for Innovation, Inclusion & Impact @sanambna.bsky.social, France Bognon, & Isabela Karibjanian attended the UK APPG meeting, where Sanam drew a stark contrast between the returns on military spending & the power of sustained investment in peace.

🗓️ 22 June | Scaling Locally Led Prevention ICAN's Melinda Holmes highlighted the impact of ICAN's #InnovativePeaceFund — disbursing $13M+ across 272 grants, 69 partners & 27 countries — & made the case for women-led civil society at the core of every prevention ecosystem.