Aktivitäten

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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 ...

Participants with Vinita © Frauen ohne Grenzen

 

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. Juli 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. Juli 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. Juni 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. Juni 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 ...

Teilnehmerinnen Mothers MOVE © Frauen ohne Grenzen

 

04. Mai 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 ...

The women engage in the initial confidence-building exercises ©

 

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. März 2011

SAVE Sisters feiern den 100. Geburtstag des Internationalen Frauentags

Wir blicken zurück auf 100 Jahre Einsatz der Frauen, um die Welt zu einem besseren Ort für alle zu machen – für Frauen, Männer und Kinder

Es war ohne Zweifel ein harter Kampf und die Reise ist noch lange nicht zu Ende. Frauen haben die wichtigste Bewegung des 20. Jahrhunderts aufgebaut, haben die Art, wie wir in den Familien, Gemeinschaften ...

 

28. Februar 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 ...

Mehru Jaffer ©Xenia Hausner

 

16. Februar 2011

Die Auswirkungen von Talibanisierung und Radikalismus auf Frauen in Pakistan

Ein Artikel von "Die Standard"

Sexueller und mentaler Gesundheit wird oft keine Bedeutung beigemessen und Zugang zu Bildung erschwert: Expertinnen sehen Ausweg in internationaler Hilfe auf lokaler Ebene. Frauen und deren Situation ...

Shabana Fayyaz, The Womens Dialogue © Frauen ohne Grenzen

 

16. Februar 2011

Mütter für Veränderung!

Ein Women without Borders/SAVE angewandtes Forschungsprojekt

Executive Summary Mütter für Veränderung! ist ein angewandtes Forschungsprojekt, das die Rolle von Frauen in De-Radikalisierungsprozessen untersucht. Frauen sind strategisch positioniert, ...

 

27. Jänner 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. Jänner 2011

Sprechen, bevor es zu spät ist! Die Frauen machen es besser

Gastkommentar von Edit Schlaffer. Am Beispiel einer indisch-pakistanischen Frauenrunde: Wie der Dialog zur Überwindung von Isolierung und Extremismus beitragen kann.

Verständnis, Versöhnung, Vergebung, Kompromisse und Ideale: Das sind Begriffe, die wir nicht ad hoc mit den Verhandlern auf dem Parkett der internationalen Politik assoziieren. Warum eigentlich ...

 

10. Jänner 2011

The Women’s Dialogue: India-Pakistan

New Ideas for a New Way Forward

Die Nuklearmächte Indien und Pakistan halten die Welt in Atem. Beide Länder waren in der jüngsten Geschichte schon wiederholt am Rande eines Krieges. Die Anschläge auf Bombay am 26. ...

 

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 ...

Income-generating workshop, India Nov 2010

 

05. November 2010

Women SAVE Pakistan

Empowering Women to Sensitize and Mobilize Against Extremism - Mossarat Qadeem

Am 21. Oktober 2010 sprach Mossarat Qadeem, Executive Direktor des PAIMAN Trust und SAVE Pakistan Koordinatorin, über die Aktivitäten von SAVE Pakistan und die zentrale Rolle, die Frauen im ...

Mossarat Austrian Embassy 1

 

25. Oktober 2010

Political Conflict Resolution Starts at Home! Men and Women join Forces across the Divide

Ein Dialogprojekt zwischen Indien und Pakistan

Seit dem Ende der Kolonialherrschaft Großbritanniens im Jahr 1947 schwelt der Konflikt zwischen Indien und Pakistan. Verhandlungen und Friedensabkommen werden erst dann Erfolg haben, wenn Strategien ...

Arshi S. Hashmi und Mossarat Qadem © FoG

 

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. ...