Education is the key to eliminating gender inequality, to reducing poverty, to creating a sustainable planet, to preventing needless deaths and illness, and to fostering peace. Read more >>
Tag archives for Peace
Video of the Week: Education in Kenya
Education is an important component of reducing poverty, promoting peace, and empowering individuals to participate in democratic institutions. Read more >>
Why Institution Building in the West Bank is Critical for a Palestinian State
Mara Rudman, AA for Middle East, recently spoke on a panel about U.S. support to Palestinian institution building at the 2013 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference. Read more >>
Impact on the Ground – Implementing the National Action Plan on Women, Peace & Security
Less than a year ago, President Obama announced a National Action Plan (NAP) to implement commitments on Women, Peace and Security. It was a historic moment and the product of a tremendous collaboration between the White House, USAID, the Departments of State and Defense, other agencies, and civil society groups at home and abroad. It was also the first step. Read more >>
USAID Women, Peace and Security Implementation Plan
As USAID releases its plan for implementing the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (NAP), I cannot help but reflect on how important better involving women in peace processes will be to US foreign policy. Read more >>
Progress Toward a World Without Violence Against Women and Girls
Today, I am proud to announce that the President has taken another important step to prioritize and protect the rights of women and girls. President Obama issued an Executive Order on Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls Globally. Read more >>
Mobilizing the U.S. Government to Protect and Empower Women and Girls
In October 2010, I was honored to be at the UN Security Council meeting where Secretary of State Clinton announced that the United States would prepare its own National Action Plan to implement commitments on Women, Peace and Security. Having served on the UN Civil Society Advisory Group on Resolution 1325 and as an adviser [...]
Women Peace Builders – Conducting Foreign Policy Differently
It is with enormous pride that I witnessed the release of the first-ever United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security. Publication of the plan serves as valuable recognition and acknowledgement of a critical new step in U.S. foreign policy, one that strives to hear, honor and amplify the female voices for peace [...]
Moving Forward: Development in Conflict-Affected Mindanao
By Gregory Beck, Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID/Asia Bureau I recently returned from a 10-day trip to the Philippines where I had the opportunity to visit a number of USAID-assisted projects in Mindanao. The second largest island in the Philippines, Mindanao is graced with stunning natural beauty—towering mountains and verdant plateaus—but is also the location of [...]
Technology to Encourage Stability in Volatile East African Regions
By: USAID/East Africa Most people are familiar with how information can be used to promote conflict. Media control and propaganda can spread misinformation, fear, and violence. Purposeful jamming or outright destruction of communications lines during attacks can prolong the length and severity of conflict. But can information and technology be used to promote peace instead? [...]
