General Women, Peace and Security

Winner of 2011 Arab American Book Award, Manal Omar has worked for over 15 years in the field of women's rights, peace-building, humanitarian aid and development. Manal is devoted to creating a safe space for dialogue on current events on identity, civil society, and women's rights in the Muslim and Arab world. In 2007, Islamic Magazine named her one of the 10 young visionaries shaping Islam in America.

In 1915, a group of visionary women came together in The Hague, the Netherlands, to stop World War I. In doing so they founded the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).

The WILPF Academic Network presents the Women's Power to Stop War Webinar Series to herald our100th Anniversary, in 2015.

VALPURI, Gender Studies Forum of Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Helsinki, jointly with the 1325 Network Finland, organises a course

"Gender, Conflicts and Peacebuilding"

The Women Peace and Security Network-Africa (WIPSEN) has provided leadership training for dozens of young girls in Sinoe and Grand Kru Counties.

The training was held under the project named "Young Girls Transformative Leadership project Inter-generational Dialogue."

Letter to Secretary General on the Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit, "A life of dignity for all: accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015"

On September 13, 2013, PeaceWomen, along with the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations and the Princeton University Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, hosted our ninth Women, Peace and Security (WPS) lecture on “The Situation of Afghan Women: 2014 and Beyond.” The event, which featured Executive Director of Women for Afghan Women Ms.

Speech by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme, UN Women at the International Conference on “Women, Peace and Security,” Ministry of Foreign Affair, Kabul, Afghanistan, 5 October 2013.

Excellency Deputy Minister for Women's Affairs, Excellency Deputy Director High Peace Council, Excellencies, Ambassadors, Distinguished Guests,

September 21, the International Day of Peace is fast approaching! To commemorate this important day, the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) is launching "Women Speak Out for Peace: A Global Media Campaign," starting on September 16th and continuing until Peace Day, September 21st.

President Obama's proposed course of limited military airstrikes is intended to “punish” Syrian President Assad for allegedly using chemical weapons.

In the context of the review of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by CEDAW (the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women), we wanted to raise awareness about the need for effective implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), the ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and the linkage between the flow of arms and militarization and sexual violence.