Activities
04. August 2011
Indian Women Say No to Violent Extremism! - Project Report
SAVE has successfully completed the pilot phase of its innovative income-generation, empowerment and anti-extremism workshop in Mumbai. The project was such a success that SAVE has immediately enrolled a further 70 women in a continuation of the workshop.
Forty-year-old Swati Salunke was almost beginning to think that violence is a normal part of life. “Living in police colonies we are used to verbal violence, physical violence and at times ...
01. August 2011
After Norway
A Call for Unity Against Hate
On Friday, Norway became the unexpected target of a terror attack that reminds us of the pervasive nature of violent extremism. Norway suffered a bombing in the capital Oslo, which killed 8 people, ...
14. July 2011
BREAKING NEWS: Reactions to Mumbai Bombings
SAVE Sisters and women leaders around the world raise their voices against violent extremism and the latest attacks in Mumbai.
Yesterday, three bombs exploded in Mumbai, India, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 100, in the fourth terrorist attacks on India’s financial capital since 2003. Yesterday, three ...
11. July 2011
This is How Mothers MOVE Against Violent Extremism! - Videos
Film footage of the Mothers MOVE conference
In June 2011, 13 exceptional women came together in Vienna to share their experiences as activists and mothers in countering violent extremism. During a three-day conference that included media and leadership ...
28. June 2011
This is How Mothers MOVE Against Violent Extremism!
From June 6-8, thirteen inspirational women came together in Vienna to share their experiences as activists and mothers in countering violent extremism.
The Mothers MOVE conference gave participants the opportunity to hear from women from different cultural contexts, with the aim of learning from each other’s experiences, sharing best practices ...
10. June 2011
SAVE Mothers MOVE
On 7 June, 2011, seven mothers affected by violent extremism shared their inspiring narratives of turning grief into action.
The Mothers MOVE Panel Presentation in the Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, showcased and celebrated the role of mothers in preventing and combating violent extremism. The women that SAVE brought ...
04. May 2011
Mothers MOVE Panel Presentation
Mothers Opposing Violent Extremism
On June 7, 2011, nine mothers will come together to share their inspiring stories of transforming grief into action, building bridges of reconciliation, and providing civil society with an emerging counter ...
16. April 2011
STOP Violence! An anonymous hotline in Yemen
SAVE is setting up the first anti-extremism hotline in Yemen, to provide support and counseling to concerned family members
Yemeni society, which has long struggled with low employment and high inflation rates as well as poverty and illiteracy, is now also facing the resurgence of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the ...
14. April 2011
Indian Women Say No To Violent Extremism!
SAVE's first integrated income-generation and anti-extremism training kicks off in Mumbai, India
On Monday, April 4, SAVE’s first integrated income-generation, empowerment and anti-extremism training kicked off in Mumbai. The participants of the unique 8-week program Indian Women Say No to ...
12. April 2011
SAVE BREAKING NEWS Campaign - Women in the Middle East Uprisings
On March 22, SAVE began a campaign to make women's voices from the protests heard
Recent protests in the Middle East have highlighted the changing role of women in traditional Muslim societies. In Change Square in Yemen, women are protesting side by side with their male compatriots ...
08. March 2011
SAVE Sisters Celebrate 100 Years of International Women's Day
Women without Borders / SAVE has gathered the voices of women from around the world to celebrate the occasion of the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. The statements remind us of the strength and commitment of our sisters around the globe
We are looking back on 100 years of global women’s commitment to making the world a better place for everyone - for women, men and children. It has certainly been an uphill struggle and our journey ...
28. February 2011
Talking Peace - India Pakistan
An article in India's Hard News by Mehru Jaffer
In the best spirit of its foreign policy of neutrality and small-state strategy, Austria has for decades been a haven for constructive dialogue between groups hostile to each other. Israelis and Palestinians ...
16. February 2011
The Effects of Talibanization and radicalism on women in Pakistan
An article from "Die Standard"
In Pakistan, little importance is ascribed to women's sexual and mental health, and their access to education is hindered. Experts see international aid on the local level as an essential resource. Women ...
16. February 2011
Mothers for Change! - a SAVE research project
Women without Borders/SAVE is currently implementing a forward-thinking applied research project that aims to involve mothers in combating violent extremism by recognizing the signs of early radicalization in youth
Executive Summary Mothers for Change! takes an innovative, horizontal approach to studying the process of deradicalization by taking full advantage of women’s role in the family and in society. ...
27. January 2011
The Women's Dialogue: India-Pakistan, New Ideas for a New Way Forward
On Tuesday, January 18, 2011, four representatives from India and Pakistan came together to present the results of a courageous dialogue that cut across political and religious boundaries.
Although politicians on both sides regularly engage in high-level negotiations, grassroots representatives—and especially women—are only rarely included. It is obvious, however, that diplomatic ...
17. January 2011
Speaking Out Before it is Too Late! Women Know How
Guest Commentary by Edit Schlaffer. An Example of an Indian-Pakistani Women's Dialogue: How Dialogue can Contribute to the Defeat of Isolation and Extremism
Understanding, reconciliation, forgiveness, compromises, and ideals are not terms that we immediately associate with negotiations at the international level. But why don’t we? The answer is ...
10. January 2011
The Women’s Dialogue: India-Pakistan
New Ideas for a New Way Forward
The nuclear powers India and Pakistan are of highest global concern. In recent years both countries have repeatedly been on the brink of war; the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai only intensified the critical ...
26. November 2010
From soft power to smart power in Mumbai
SAVE India works with policemen's families on the anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attacks in an income-generating workshop
Dear Women without Borders, Dear SAVE Sisters, Dear Friends, The face of Mumbai has changed drastically over the past week; this bustling metropolis has taken on fortress-like qualities in preparation ...
05. November 2010
Women SAVE Pakistan
Empowering Women to Sensitize and Mobilize Against Extremism - Mossarat Qadeem
On Thursday, October 21, Mossarat Qadeem, Executive Director of the PAIMAN Trust and SAVE Pakistan Coordinator, spoke on SAVE Pakistan’s activities and the vital role women can play in combating ...
25. Oktober 2010
Political Conflict Resolution Starts at Home! Men and Women join forces across the Divide
A dialogue project between India and Pakistan
The conflict between India and Pakistan has been smoldering since the end of British colonial rule in the year 1947. Negotiations and peace agreements will only be successful if strategies and programs ...
24. September 2010
Follow SAVE on Flickr!
Photostories of our most recent projects
SAVE has recently joined Flickr, so now you can follow SAVE's activities in pictures! So far, you can see our pictures from our colorful workshop in Mumbai this April, and from Yemen last October. ...