"Women's community-based wisdom, fresh ideas, and commitment to the social good may be the best news in domestic policy today. They have much to contribute to decisions regarding the environment, health care, finance, and education. In foreign policy as well, the world could use more sway and less swagger." — Foreign Affairs, May / June 2007

"Real security requires more than bombs and bullets. In an increasingly dangerous world, we won't be safe until we cultivate an understanding that every person's tears are the same color..., and every dream carries the same weight." — Half-Life of a Zealot

Ambassador Swanee Hunt and the Institute for Inclusive Security congratulate the Nobel Peace Prize committee for recognizing the critical role of women in peace processes. We congratulate the two members of the Women Waging Peace Network - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee - on winning the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work".

Martha Lucia Ramirez de Rincon - Senator, Colombian Congress;
Wazhma Frogh - Gender and Development Specialist, Afghanistan;
Amal Jadou - Director General of International Affairs, Office of the Palestinian President;
Israela Oron - Retired Brigadier General, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF);
Ambassador Swanee Hunt, moderator

Engendering Peace: Security Through an Inclusive Lens
Women and Security Executive Program
John F. Kennedy School of Government - January 16, 2008