OUR • INTERNSHIP • PROGRAM

ICAN has hosted 23 interns from across the world since 2017, ranging from high school students and undergraduates interested in Women, Peace, and Security to graduate students and young professionals seeking additional experience. Three interns became members of ICAN’s fulltime team.

Over the last five years, ICAN has professionalized the program to provide compensation for our interns, an orientation program, and tailored individual learning goals and evaluations. ICAN accomplishes so much more with our interns’ commitment and positive energy; they are forever part of our ICAN and WASL network.

Working at ICAN was an amazing experience. The entire team is so dedicated to their work and to building inclusive and sustainable peace.

It was heartwarming and unique to see how the ICAN team builds relationships of trust with so many women peacebuilders across the world - creating a space to support them, amplify their work, and build a network. As so many WASL members called it, a family of peacebuilders! I feel inspired by the work they all do!”

- Charlotte Morgan, UK; WASL Program Intern, 2022

ICAN’s bottom-up approach to both funding and programming made me reflect on the importance of respecting local agency, local knowledge, and local needs of the partners.

The conventional assumption made by many multilateral organizations and international community that local people lack necessary expertise to build peace tends to be false. ICAN’s work proves it.

I hope that someday ICAN will expand and cover even more countries.”

Consolidated Statement In Numbers 2022

Statement Of Financial Position Assets

ICAN allocates nearly 90% of its funding to program services: grants, capacity building and other forms of partner support, and advocacy. 44% of ICAN’s total 2022 expenses was direct financial support to ICAN’s partners.

EXPENDITURE BY ACTIVITY, 2022

Management and Administration

Grants

44%

Workshops and Conferences

17%