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October 14, 2009U.S. Institute of Peace Launches Gender and Peacebuilding Initiative

The U.S. Institute of Peace announced today the formation of a new initiative on gender and peacebuilding to focus additional attention on the challenges facing women in conflict zones around the world, and to further address the broader issue of gender-related impacts of conflict and peacebuilding.
September 16, 2009Daniel P. Serwer to Lead Centers of Innovation at United States Institute of Peace

Daniel P. Serwer, who has supervised the United States Institute of Peace's (USIP) efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Balkans, Haiti and Sudan, will now lead the growing Centers of Innovation at the Institute, overseeing a wide range of cutting edge projects. Serwer, who was the founding vice president of USIP's Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations, will now focus full-time on innovation in rule of law, religion and peacemaking, sustainable economies, media and conflict, science, technology, security sector reform, and other areas related to peacebuilding.
September 4, 2009United States Institute of Peace Translating “Peace” into Foreign Languages

In a sign of increasing penetration of peace-related materials into war-torn countries like Afghanistan, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is increasing its translation and dissemination of works into Dari and Farsi, for local usage within zones of conflict.
January 15, 2009Genocide Prevention Task Force Report Receives Bipartisan Praise

Former Secretaries of State Issue Positive Reviews
December 8, 2008Genocide Prevention Task Force Delivers Blueprint for U.S. Government to Prevent Genocide and Mass Atrocities

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen and other leading figures call on new administration and Congress to make preventing genocide and mass atrocities a national priority
November 13, 2007Madeleine Albright and William Cohen to Co-Chair Genocide Prevention Task Force
December 9, 1999The Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks: 1991-96 and Beyond

Advance copies of new Institute book by Institute grantee Helena Cobban available for the press.