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WILPF AT COP21

Our WILPF delegation has landed in Paris. It is time for the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21), which is taking place in Paris from the 30 November and until the 11 December. Do you want to know more about the WILPF delegation in COP21? Please stay tuned and check our website!

WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY: 15 YEARS OF RESOLUTION 1325

This monographic issue published by International Catalan Institute for Peace, reflects on the impact Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security fifteen years after it was approved by the UN Security Council.

Voices from the Field -- Prelude to the Peace Forum. Call to Action

This is a call to action letter. It is time to take personal, political, and international action, to promote policies that ensure local action for demilitarisation, conflict prevention, women’s human rights, and sustainable peace and gender justice.

Join us! It is time to move our world forward together.

 

Open letter to the UN Secretary General and Ambassador of Spain

The following is an Open Letter to the UN Secretary General and Ambassador of Spain regarding the impact and recommendations around the change of date of the 15th anniversary Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security.

Civil Society Open Letter in Advance of the 15th Anniversary of SCR 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security

This is an Open Letter from the Civil Society which calls Heads of State and Government, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Permanent Representatives of the United Nations and UN Senior Leadership to recommit to the principles and transformative potential of WPS and develop effective and sustained implementation strategies. 

Changemakers Seeking Solutions for Raising Awareness against Gender-based Violence

The Campus of Excellence and Ashoka's Changemakers have launched a new competition for preventing violence against women. Under this competition, women's associations, education groups or grassroots-based NGOs implementing most innovative solution around the world for raising awareness and taking action against gender-based violence will be selected for grant support.

World YWCA Day 2010 : Women Creating a Safe World

Since 1947, World YWCA Day has been celebrated annually on April 24 and is an opportunity for YWCAs around the world to commemorate the history of this special movement. Each year the celebration has a different theme and programme that enables members to act locally for a common global goal and on April 24, 2010, the World YWCA will continue to focus on ‘Women Creating a Safe World.'