86. Women at the Peace Table: Why It Works and Why It's Still a Struggle // Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of women's inclusion in peace processes and the challenges they face.

In this episode, I sit down with Sanam Naraghi Anderlini — peace strategist, founder of the International Civil Society Action Network and one of the architects of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 — to talk about what it actually takes to build lasting peace. We cover the research behind women's inclusion in peace processes, how a scrappy international coalition got a landmark resolution passed at the UN Security Council, why women's unique approach to peacebuilding is a superpower rather than a liability, and what ordinary people can do right now when the architecture of international peace feels like it's crumbling. 00:00 — Introduction to Sanam Naraghi Anderlini 01:20 — Sanam's origin story: the Iranian Revolution, Rwanda, and South Africa 05:06 — The 1998 women in war zones conference that changed everything 10:04 — Defining peacemaking and peacebuilding 14:23 — The story behind UN Security Council Resolution 1325 26:27 — The four pillars of Resolution 1325 explained 30:07 — Has 1325 worked? An honest assessment 25 years later 34:57 — Why is there still so much resistance to women at the peace table? 42:32 — How ICAN finds, trains, and supports women peacebuilders…

People in this episode

Host: Cloud10

Guest: Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

Topics covered

• women in peace processes
• peacebuilding
• UN Security Council Resolution 1325
• international aid
• radicalization

Keywords

• peace
• women
• UN Resolution 1325
• peacebuilding
• international coalition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Civil Society Action Network, UN Security Council

Books & works: If You Were In Charge

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