In the media
17. May 2013
Two women, One cause
Our SAVE sisters Esther Ibanga and Khadija Hawaja are bravely taking forward the mission of combating violent extremism on the home front to create community cohesion. Appropriately, their ground-breaking ...
28. September 2012
How Do You Become an Islamist?
By Edit Schlaffer and Ulrich Kropiunigg, originally published in German in "Die Presse", 22.9.2012
Maajid Nawaz does not conform to our image of or the profile of a typical radical extremist. Or does he? He studied law, with a specialization in English and Islamic law, grew up in a sheltered middle-class ...
18. September 2012
9/11 Women Refuse to Hate
Fifteen women shared with us the journey they have been on since September 11, 2001, when they lost a husband or child to the attacks. They spoke of the difficulties of having to mourn in public, because ...
31. July 2012
What Do We Know About Pakistan?
Written by Edit Schlaffer and featured by Womenetics
Military strategists as well as political and social analysts all agree that there is a steady, dangerous downward spiral at every level of society. Pakistan is considered a safe haven for Taliban insurgents, ...
16. July 2012
Afghanistan: „There is a War On Women Here“
Austrian newspaper "Die Presse" asked for Edit Schlaffer's expert opinion on the situation for Afghan women which is worsening by the day. Not only does the Islamist Taliban movement disregard their rights, but so does the state.
The pictures are reminiscent of those taken during the Taliban rule in Afghanistan: a burqa-clad woman cowers on the dusty ground; a man holding an automatic weapon stands behind her. He opens fire, and ...
23. February 2012
Hanan Ibrahim: “We Wear the Headscarf out of Fear”
An interview with SAVE Sister Hanan Ibrahim
Yesterday’s London conference on Somalia culminated in a seven-point plan promising more humanitarian aid, support for African Union peacekeepers on the ground, and better international coordination ...
17. February 2012
Two Nigerian Mothers Find Common Ground
Written by Edit Schlaffer and featured by Womenetics
This article was initially published bywww.womenetics.com on February 14, 2012 In 2002, Dr. Edit Schlaffer founded the Women Without Borders – an advocacy and PR organization for women ...
17. January 2012
“We are Tired of the Violence”
The Yemeni economist Mohammed Al-Maitami speaks about tribal warriors, Islamists, separatists, and the future of his country.
www.profil.at December 2011 profil: Yemen is impoverished and underdeveloped. Do the demonstrators’ demands for democracy even have a chance at being met? Al-Maitami: It ...
16. December 2011
Recognition of the Contributions of Women Has Grown
dieStandard.at, 15.12.2011
“Recognition of the Contributions of Women Has Grown” “If fundamentalists come to power, we will regress by 100 years.” – Women without Borders invited Bilqis Jubari ...
07. December 2011
Somalia: Where Courageous Women Fight Against the Radical Al-Shabaab
By Karoline Krause - Published in Kurier
Kurier, 7/12/2011 The boys who are recruited into the radical Islamic al-Shabaab militia in Somalia are between the ages of eight and nineteen years old. „They are seized on the street, or ...
12. September 2011
Aicha el-Wafi: "My Pain Grows Worse By the Day"
By Edit Schlaffer - Published in Die Presse
Her son was presumably meant to be the 20th hijacker in the September 11th attacks, but was arrested before that fateful day. His mother recounts how 9/11 also changed her life forever. A US court ...
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. ...
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 ...
10. January 2011
The Women’s Dialogue
Please scroll down to the bottom to download the invitation
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 ...
23. November 2010
'Women have the power to influence the next generation'
SAVE brings the Mothers for Change! campaign to school children in Mumbai through a film-screening with the World Kids Foundation
By tackling prejudices and engaging with people of other faiths and backgrounds, children can help build a better future for their communities. SAVE brought this message to over 40 children from various ...
25. May 2010
SAVE Workshops Update
The Way Out: Women Know How!
On May 24, 15 women from Pakistan, Yemen, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Israel, Bosnia, Indonesia, India, and Somalia came together to start a week of intensive workshops to launch SAVE’s first global ...
18. May 2010
The Way Out: Women Know How!
A SAVE Training Camp
In late May 2010, 15 SAVE sisters will gather in Carinthia, Austria, to take part in a week of strategic training sessions designed to equip them with the tools to intervene in the process of radicalization. ...
06. May 2010
Terrorists are Raised, Not Born
Interview with Edit Schlaffer, published in Die Furche
“When we see that mothers in Palestine give future martyrs their blessings, then something has gone wrong.” On May 6, the US news service Women’s eNews will honor Edit Schlaffer as ...
12. April 2010
SAVE Pakistan Meeting
Islamabad, 9 April 2010
On April 9, the members of SAVE Pakistan met together to create an implementation plan for the SAVE Mothers for Change! global campaign and to make a statement against violent extremism. Their hard ...
04. April 2010
Women as Counter Terrorism Activists
By Fahmia al-Fotih' / Yemen
Fahmia al-Fotih', the SAVE Yemen coordinator, wrote this essay to explain the role of SAVE Yemen in combating violent extremism in her country. I always meet people who are skeptical about women’s ...
24. March 2010
Security in Safe Hands: Women Make the Difference
SAVE Konferenz Report
Our SAVE sisters who participated in the second global SAVE conference “Security in Safe Hands: Women make the Difference!” at the end of February 2010 continue to impress and inspire as they ...
11. March 2010
Discussions with Mothers of Islamists
Women without Borders founded the anti-terror platform SAVE (Sisters Against Violent Extremism), which includes both survivors of bombings as well as the frequently extremely isolated mothers of young holy warriors (jihadists).
Edit Schlaffer does not believe “in the good in the world;” she believes in the power of mothers to help their sons escape the trap of extremism. Not today, but maybe the day after tomorrow. ...
11. March 2010
People Need Alternatives
Yemen: Nadia al Saqqaf is the only female editor-in-chief in a country dominated by men. She believes that Yemen needs to be saved from Al Qaeda.
By Livia Klingl Nadia al Saqqaf is 33 years old, and has a daughter, a Jordanian husband, and no social life. Yemen, her home country and the poorest on the Arabian Peninsula, is far too traditional ...
11. March 2010
Anti-Terror Platform: “No Mother Wants Her Child to Kill”
Women’s organizations want to stand up against extremism and terrorism. Women are advocating for positive change in their respective local societies.
Vienna. “We know what it means to lose a child or a brother. And we still do not want to exact revenge,” says Robi Damelin from Israel. “Someone who is considered your enemy suddenly ...
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 Edit Schlaffer was selected as one of the “21 Leaders for the 21st Century” for her counter-terror platform SAVE – Sisters Against Violent Extremism. “I ...
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 ...
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. SAVE (Sisters Against Violent Extremism), an initiative for peace, called during the organization's current visit to Yemen upon ...
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 ...
