🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “For reasons I can’t articulate, I kept coming back to the speeches given by female world leaders (there were approximately 24). I believed that these speeches, both alone & all together, had a unique power.” Dan Becker, @passblue.bsky.social. passblue.com/2026/09/12/a...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Since the Taliban takeover, women’s exclusion from education, formal employment, public life, & civil society has intensified reliance on their unpaid & underpaid labour across private & informal spheres.” onedrive.live.com?id=%2Fperson...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “#Afghan women are making greater efforts for magnified impact, but at high risk & with little appreciation”. @giwps.bsky.social: giwps.georgetown.edu/resource/afg...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Numbers do not necessarily mean that women do have influence or are empowered.” #WASL partner Dr. Amina Rasul-Bernardo welcomes Dr. Socorro Reyes to #SheTalksPeace: open.spotify.com/episode/2PRG...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “True feminism involves accountability for human rights abuses at the hands of colonial violence, & reproductive justice means working to ensure that these crimes can never be committed again.” @codepink.bsky.social. Sign the petition here: www.codepink.org/cfrr

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “The ecosystem that sustains peace is bigger than the buildings in New York, but it relies on the same basic things: room to operate politically, institutions that function, & resources they can count on year to year.” www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/10/09/2...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “If sisterhood is global, then our feminisms & movements are also global & going to be different.” ICAN’s @sanambna.bsky.social & Kavita Nandini Ramdas on the latest episode of the #IfYouWereInCharge. Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/7dcRG0R...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “We go to sleep & wake up to the sounds of shelling, explosions, & warplanes.” UN Women spoke with Lebanese women & girls across 3 generations to understand how the trauma, loss, & realities of this conflict are shaping their lives. www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “So, let us hope that this interview serves as a reminder to pay tribute to the unpaid UN special rapporteurs & to their courage, integrity & humanity in the pursuit of equal rights for all.” Mona Ali Khalil, @passblue.bsky.social passblue.com/2026/09/01/p...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Five years on, women are still not allowed in universities, while their existing degrees are no longer processed or certified, & textbooks & materials authored by women have been purged.” @zantimes.bsky.social zantimes.com/2026/09/01/f...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Gloria Steinem changed the story women were permitted to tell about themselves. Now it is our responsibility to keep telling the truth—& to make certain that no billionaire, advertiser, government or algorithm can silence it.” @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2026/09/03/r...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: What happens when women’s stories of conflict are carried across generations? On #KaleidHERscope, #WASL partner Magda Zenon welcomes Veronica Blecker who reflects on the Tigray conflict & the need to remember women's experiences. islandtalks.fm/podcast/kale...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, #WASL partner Abductees’ Mothers Association calls for the urgent disclosure of the fate of all forcibly disappeared persons & the release of those arbitrarily detained. ama-ye.org/enforced-dis...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: In #Nigeria, #WASL partner Allamin Foundation is supporting conflict victims & caregivers in #Borno with livelihood & entrepreneurship skills—strengthening economic self-reliance, resilience & pathways to sustainable peace. nationalaccordnewspaper.com/allamin-foun...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Muslim women should not have to choose between defending our community from Islamophobia & challenging patriarchy within it. We should be able to do both.” #WASL partner Mariya Salim www.thenewsminute.com/news/why-kan...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social joins Georgina Godwin on The Globalist to discuss the US-Iran conflict, the impact on everyday people, & how to move towards dialogue & negotiations. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Every life restored, every woman empowered, every child protected & every dialogue that brings hope reminds us why we must keep going.” #WASL partner Esther Omam was awarded the Peace Builder Award 2026 for promoting peace in #Cameroon. newswatchcameroon.com/newolec-hono...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social joins @thehaguepartners.bsky.social's Tom Clarke, sharing the incredible work of women #peacebuilders & the importance of ICAN's upcoming forum #SecurityReimagined: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Peacebuilders are already solving problems on their own. We never say we ‘empower’ our partners. They are already more powerful & courageous than we could ever be. Instead, we shine a light on their extraordinary work.” @thehaguepartners.bsky.social thehague.com/newsroom/en/...