08. March 2010

Women as Early Warning System

A "Kommentar der Anderen" in the Austrian Newspaper Der Standard

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 ...

19. February 2010

Great Accomplishments in Small Steps

Edit Schlaffer about SAVE in "dieStandard" (by Isabella Lechner)

The social scientist was selected as one of the “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” for her counter-terror platform SAVE – Sisters Against Violent Extremism. “I don’t believe ...

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 ...

02. December 2009

The Bloody Trail Through Bombay

A Commentary by Edit Schlaffer

The terror attacks in Mumbai on one of the city’s best-known symbols mirrored the attacks on its Western counterpart. The Taj Hotel, the colonial landmark next to the Gateway of India, symbolizes ...

01. December 2009

`Women here are EXTREMELY ISOLATED´

SAVE in Mumbai - A report in the Indian newspaper DNA

Please download the file below in order to read an article about our recent trip to Mumbai. The story was published in the Indian newspaper DNA.

01. December 2009

Tapping into Girl Power

SAVE Workshops at Universities in Mumbai

Please download the file below in order to read an article about our SAVE workshops at the SNDT Women´s College in Mumbai on November 24th 2009. The story was published in the Indian daily ...

01. December 2009

´26/11 victims need to come together to tide over trauma´

Please download the file below in order to read an interview with Edit Schlaffer. The article was published in the Indian daily Newspaper Hindustan Times. ...

12. November 2009

Creating SAVE Spaces in Yemen

Article Published in Yemen Times on 2. November 2009

To view this article on the Yemen Times website, please click here. The SAVE (Sisters Against Violent Extremism) an initiative for peace, called during their current visit to Yemen upon the female ...

12. November 2009

Yemen, WwB Talk Future Cooperation

Article Published in Saba News on 31. October 2009

Sana’a, October 31-The Yemeni Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Amat al-Razaq Humad met with Dr. Edit Schlaffer and her team to talk about SAVE’s goals in Yemen. During the meeting Minister ...

12. November 2009

Yemen: Media Women Forum-Press Release

Sana’a, October 28- Dr. Edit Schlaffer and the SAVE team presented the SAVE Documentary “Journeys through Darkness” at the Media Women Forum. The event received extensive media coverage ...

12. November 2009

Women without Borders / SAVE in Yemen Today Article

Article Published in Yemen Today on 28. October 2009 (In Arabic)

This article in Yemen Today discusses SAVE Yemen’s first meeting with Yemeni women activists at Sisters Arab Forum and provides further information about the future meetings SAVE Yemen will hold.   ...

18. April 2009

Terror, Trauma, and the Search for Answers

A hint of nostalgia hovers around the terms stability and security, tempi passati. The regions rocked by disturbances and attacks no longer seem to be that far away. The global destabilization is one ...

17. February 2009

Media coverage on the launches of SAVE India

After the succesful launches of SAVE India in New Delhi, Lucknow and Mumbai we got a wide media coverage. Please click on the follwing links in order to read some of the press articles on the SAVE launches ...

20. January 2009

The Courage to Speak with the Enemies

Guest Commentary by Edit Schlaffer (Die Presse, 16.01.2009)

In today’s worldwide conflicts there are also movements that challenge violence: they are determined to confront the enemies with words, not with weapons. “Living together, but how?” ...

11. November 2008

SAVE press material

Sisters Against Violent Extremism

Please click here to download selected press clippings regarding the SAVE - Sisters Against Violent Extremism conference. English translations will be available soon. Audio reports about SAVE were ...