The Obscured Role of Women in Nonviolent Movements

From Argentina to Poland to Liberia and beyond, women have been leaders, spokespeople and frontline activists in non-violent struggles for peace and justice. But how women work in these struggles, and how they change them, has been little researched. That inattention has left women’s roles underestimated or ignored. On October 6, USIP will release a Special Report on women’s roles in non-violent struggles. With the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) and the non-profit organization Just Vision, USIP will gather path-breaking activists, scholars and filmmakers to examine how women’s participation—and the success of non-violent campaigns—can be strengthened.

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Carla Koppell

Vice President, Applied Conflict Transformation Center, U.S. Institute of Peace

Maria J. Stephan

Senior Policy Fellow, U. S. Institute of Peace

Marie Principe

Program Associate, Global Women’s Leadership Initiative, Woodrow Wilson Center

Sandra Pepera

Director of Gender, Women and Democracy, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs

Kathleen Kuehnast

Senior Gender Advisor, U.S. Institute of Peace

Julia Bacha

Creative Director, Just Vision

ElsaMarie D’Silva

Managing Director, Safecity

Jimmie Briggs

Co-Founder, Man Up Campaign

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The United States Institute of Peace works to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict around the world. USIP does this by engaging directly in conflict zones and by providing analysis, education, and resources to those working for peace. Created by Congress in 1984 as an independent, nonpartisan, federally funded organization, USIP’s more than 300 staff work at the Institute’s D.C. headquarters, and on the ground in the world’s most dangerous regions.