Alerts
14. July 2010
Unfiltered Voices: The SAVE Blog
In the current climate of fear and insecurity, it is more important than ever that women take security into their own hands and stake their claim in the local and global discussions on safety and stability. ...
07. July 2010
7/7: Never Again!
A Statement by Edit Schlaffer
Today is the anniversary of the 7/7 bombings, and our thoughts and wishes go out to all those affected by the bombings—victims, survivors, friends, and family members. We also think of the family ...
16. June 2010
Unfiltered Voices from SAVE Chapters Worldwide
The SAVE Blog!
The SAVE Blog was started last November, and in recent months, it has been developing as an active and dynamic forum for SAVE Sisters and allies worldwide. Here you can find updates on chapter activities ...
03. June 2010
SAVE Statement Against Violent Act at Sea near Gaza
SAVE joins the international condemnation of this violent act at sea near Gaza. We are deeply concerned by the Israeli use of force on the Peace Boats delivering humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. ...
13. April 2010
Women as Counterterrorism Agents
By Fahmia al-Fotih'
Fahmia al-Fotih', the SAVE Yemen coordinator, wrote this essay to explain the role of SAVE Yemen in combating violent extremism in her country. Even though Yemen has recently received international criticism ...
09. April 2010
Control Over Life and Death?
Guest Commentary by Edit Schlaffer, Die Presse, 9 April 2010
A Plea for a Policy of Emotional Breakthroughs The attacks on the Moscow metro were troubling in a double sense: the images did not show attacks on a gathering of believers in front of a mosque in ...
31. March 2010
Bombings in Russia: When Disaster Strikes
Overcoming Breakdowns, Preparing for Breakthroughs
The recent bombings in Russia by female suicide bombers should give us all reason to pause: how is it possible that women—people we count on to hold together civil society, to be the voice of reason ...
30. March 2010
SAVE Women Speak Out
Excerpts from the second Global SAVE Conference, 2010
In February 2010, women from all over the world came together for the second Global SAVE Conference in Vienna, Austria. Below are some excerpts from the conference participants about who they are, how ...
10. March 2010
“We don’t want to lose our country”: Pakistan in Crisis: Female Voices from the Ground
Arshi Saleem Hashmi about the current change and crisis in Pakistan
The expert on Religion and Politics of Violent Conflicts with special reference to South Asia was invited by Women without Borders / SAVE and the US Embassy in Vienna to give a talk about the Pakistani ...
08. March 2010
Women as Early Warning Systems
Comments on International Women’s Day in the Context of Terror Prevention: A Global Mothers’ Movement Against Violent Extremism is Fighting for a New Architecture of Peace. A commentary by Edit Schlaffer
Nearly one hundred years ago, Mother’s Day saw new competition: International Women’s Day, which is celebrated globally on the 8th of March. Since the beginning, the focus has been highly ...
01. March 2010
The SAVE Global Campaign
Mothers for Change!
SAVE will empower mothers as agents of change in the global environment of violent extremism. Our campaign will be initiated in Yemen, Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Palestine, Israel, the UK and Ireland. ...
11. February 2010
Pakistan and Yemen in Crisis: Female Voices from the Ground
A panel discussion with Nadia Al-Sakkaf (Yemen) and Arshi Saleem Hashmi (Pakistan), 25.2.2010, 6 pm, Amerika Haus Vienna
SAVE - Sisters Against Violent Extremism and the Embassy of the United States of America cordially invite you to “PAKISTAN AND YEMEN IN CRISIS: FEMALE VOICES FROM THE GROUND” A ...
05. February 2010
The Roles and Capabilities of Yemeni Women Against Violent Extremism
A Report From a SAVE Yemen Workshop
On January 21st, 2010, Women Without Borders/SAVE Yemen held a workshop on women’s role in challenging violent extremism. Ms. Tawakkol Karman, Chairperson of Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) ...
25. January 2010
Empower Women to Counter Extremism, Say Activists
SAVE Sisters on the Front Page of the Yemen Times
SANA’A, JAN. 24 — Although women are the most vulnerable to extremists in Yemen, their voices are the least likely to be heard and their role in fighting terrorism is restricted by social ...
20. January 2010
The Latest From Yemen
An Interview with Nadia Al-Saqqaf, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Yemen Times
Women without Borders recently conducted an interview with Nadia Al-Saqqaf, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Yemen Times and a member of SAVE Yemen. Al-Saqqaf has been internationally recognized with ...
18. January 2010
The Unfiltered Voices of Yemeni Women
Collected by Fahmia al-Fotih'
Every day the world tunes in to hear what the media has to say about the situation in Yemen, but they do not hear the voices of Yemeni women. Here are some Yemeni women who have expressed their views ...
18. January 2010
Perspectives on Yemen from Yemen
Unfiltered Voices from Yemeni Women on al-Qaeda, Security, and Global Media Attention by Fahmia al Fotih'
With the arrival of a new year, Yemen has arrived at a new—and critical—era. Alarmingly, violent extremism has dramatically increased in the corner of the Arabian Peninsula and attracted ...
14. January 2010
Edit Schlaffer: One of the 21 leaders for the 21st Century!
On January 1st 2010 Women's eNews announced the 21 Leaders for the 21st Century 2010, “a remarkable array of talent and determination that renews our optimism about what will be accomplished this ...
04. January 2010
A New Alliance Against Terror Cells!
A Commentary by Edit Schlaffer
Our fear of terrorism has once again caught up with us. It takes only one radical, who carries out his meticulous plans with deadly determination, to blow up the carefully constructed structure of secret ...
17. November 2009
The Women´s Voices have not gone into Wilderness
A Statement from Shaheen Akhtar, Islamabad
Women and children are the most vulnerable group in any conflict situation. There suffering is most acute and affect the society most as their recovery from trauma and the process of rehabilitation is ...
09. November 2009
Female Voices from Pakistan
Listen to our SAVE activists from Islamabad
Women are a direct casualty of any form of conflict, whether it is inter- or intrastate. However, the impact of intrastate conflict on women is all the more intensified, because despite being non-combatants, ...
29. Oktober 2009
Pakistan - "The Show Must Go On"
Thoughts from Arshi Saleem Hashmi on the current situation
Pakistan is undoubtedly going through a tough phase; policies made in the past are now being re-directed and re-evaluated. This policy-shift phase is not without its toll. Yesterday’s Mujaheedin ...
28. Oktober 2009
Terror Attacks in Iraq
Statement
“SAVE strongly condemns the terrorist attacks that took place in Iraq this week and mourns the loss of life. The SAVE global network stands with the women of Iraq and pledges to continue our work ...
17. September 2009
Women without Borders Blog Coming Soon!
Within the month Women without Borders will be launching a new blog. Once the blog is up and running more information on be released. Visit the future blog by clicking Here. ...
16. September 2009
To Washington and Back
SAVE UK ambassador Hadiya Masieh´s reflections on her trip to the US
In early September, a British Muslim delegation visited the US to learn about their fellow Muslims’ lives and ideas. Hadiya Masieh, ambasador of SAVE UK, travelled with the group and attended an ...
16. September 2009
What If…Let’s Do It!
A Victory for Gendered Bridgebuilding
On September 15, 2009, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton swore in Farah Pandith as the nation’s first Special Representative to Muslim Communities. Secretary Clinton detailed the US’s ...
14. September 2009
Join SAVE Facebook Group Today and Save the World Tomorrow
Join the S.A.V.E. Facebook group and help Women without Borders make a difference! To join the group you must have be a Facebook member. To find the our group simple search for Sisters Against ...
11. September 2009
9/11 - 8 years later
Sisters Against Violent Extremism (SAVE) remembers the families affected by the tragic terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, 2001. SAVE condemns terrorism in all forms. Women, as key stakeholders ...
27. May 2009
Rola Dashti for Parliament
The SAVE activist was elected to the Kuwait Parliament
Rola Dashti is one of four women elected to the Kuwait parliament - the first ever! We congratulate! Rola Dashti, who was listed among the world’s 100 most powerful Arabs in 2007, is the Chairperson ...
10. January 2009
Robi Damelin from the Parent´s Circle in Israel on the War in Gaza, Jan 10th 2009
Robi Damlin participated in the SAVE conference in Vienna in November 08
Dear All, I woke up this morning feeling such a lonely sense of sadness and disappointment in what I thought was a breakthrough that we had in Austria. Since the death of David (her son) and indeed for ...
14. December 2008
Voices from the SAVE Women
Feedback after the Vienna SAVE conference
“Dear Edit, Dear Elisabeth, It was so wonderful to participate at the SAVE , meeting , Thank you so much to give me the opportunity , to meet wonderful strong women from all over the world , ...
22. December 2007
Archana Kapoor, one of the SAVE pioneers and Women without Borders India representative on the recent terror attacks in Mumbai
When we were growing up we were always told that the young are the future , they are the tomorrow.
But today when I look around me I wonder what tomorrow are we talking about? A tomorrow full of blood, of death, of fear of unreason. A future where rationality and logic don’t work? A tomorrow ...