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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security- NGO statement to the UN Security Council
In a statement issued on 23 October, regarding the possibility of an imminent war against Iraq, NGOs urged the UN Security Council to consult with women's organizations and members of civil society inside and outside Iraq, emphasizing the importance of hearing the voices of women who are on the frontline and holding communities together on a daily basis.
Women's voices on the war on Iraq- Women against war on Iraq
A Choike report focusing on women's reactions to the Bush administration's apparent determination to wage war on Iraq.
Women's voices on 11 September and the US "war on terrorism"- The challenges ahead: US strategy in the war on terrorism
Report from the Women In International Security (WIIS) panel (11/10/2002).
- MADRE urges security council to oppose war against Iraq
Letter drafted by Rhonda Copelon, international human rights lawyer and Director of the International Women's Human Rights Law Clinic for MADRE (08/10/2002).
- Iraq resolution/statement
At the International Forum of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), more than 1200 women leaders from 105 countries voiced their opposition to US plans to attack Iraq (06/10/2002).
- War with Iraq - appeal to world leaders
Letter from the Boston Chapter of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) to 200 heads of state and Prime Ministers (26/09/2002).
- No more 11th of Septembers, not in Iraq or elsewhere
WILPF Statement on Iraq (24/09/2002).
- Women for Peace Sharm El Sheikh Initiative
A Call for Action (22/09/2002).
- Fundamentalism is the enemy of all civilized humanity
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) Statement on the anniversary of the September 11 tragedy (11/09/2002).
- Full spectrum against war
Audio archives of interviews with Colombian, Palestinian and Israeli, and Afghan women from the Feminist International Radio Endeavour (FIRE) Webcast Marathon on 8 March 2002.
- Bush’s war: the fall-out on women and families
Analysis by by Yifat Susskind of MADRE (Spring 2002).
A MADRE Tool Kit in response to the September 11 attacks and the US war against Afghanistan.
- Taliban should be overthrown by the uprising of Afghan nation
RAWA statement on the US strikes on Afghanistan (11/10/2001).
- WLUML statement on attacks in the USA
Statement from Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) (21/09/2001).
- September 11th & the aftermath: FIRE Peacecasts
Audio files from the seven Peacecasts transmitted between 14 September - 14 November 2001, providing a forum for women activists from around the world to discuss peace, justice and conflict resolution in a globalized world.
- The people of Afghanistan have nothing to do with Osama and his accomplices
RAWA statement on the terrorist attacks in the US (14/09/2001).
- Justice, not vengeance; peace, not war; civil liberties and human rights, not fascism
Statement on the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington DC, by GABRIELA Network, a US-based women's solidarity organization working with GABRIELA Philippines, an alliance of 105 women's organizations.
- Terrorism, military action and the events surrounding the attacks of September 11th: a gender perspective
This BRIDGE website provides an extensive list of resources, statements, and analysis.
Africa
- All Africa Women for Peace (AAWP)
Profile of this regional organization.
- Women's Peace Train to the World Summit for Sustainable Development
The Peace Train traveled through six African countries, sending out a message to African leaders, war mongers, armies, guerrillas and arms' traders that African women want peace and stability for their children and future generations.
- How can networking initiatives contribute to building peace in Africa?
Interview with Mary Balikungeri, Chair of Women as Partners for Peace in Africa (WOPPA).
- Conflict transformation in Africa: African women's perspectives
Report on the workshop organised by International Alert in Dakar, 23-26 May 2000 (pdf format).
- Women and the culture of peace and non violence
Report of the UNESCO Conference held in Zanzibar, 17-20th May 1999.
- Conflict, cooperation and the role of women and women’s NGOs in Africa
Paper by 'Funmi Olonisakin at the WIIS workshop 'New bridges to peace: enhancing national and international security by expanding policy dialogues among women', April 2001 (pdf format).
- Unveiling women as pillars of peace: peace building in communities fractured by conflict in Kenya
Interim Report by Monica Kathina Juma for the United Nations Development Programme (pdf format).
- While cruel wars rage, African women wage peace
Article on women's peace work in Sudan.
- Building peace in Somalia
Short article on the UNIFEM initiative to bring together women from southern and central regions of Somalia to discuss peace.
- DRC: Women call on all actors to work for peace
A consortium of women's development and human rights groups of South Kivu Province has made an impassioned plea to all stakeholders in the conflict, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, to resolve their differences and to channel their efforts into establishing a peaceful and stable nation.
- Women must take their place in peace process
Awut Deng, peace mobiliser for the Nairobi-based New Sudan Council of Churches, has made it her lifework to promote the rights of people in southern Sudan in general and women in particular.
Colombia
- Colombian Women for Peace march
On 26 July 2002 Colombian women marched to reject armed solutions, demand peaceful solutions, and press for the emergence of a new peace process that is inclusive fo the diversity that exists in the country.
- Women's Consultation for Peace
Organized by the Colombian 'Paz y País' National Congress, 8-9 May 2002, this Consultation aimed to strengthen the perspectives and participation of women within the Colombian peace process.
- Declaration of the Women's Consultation for Peace
- Colombian women on FIRE
Interviews and information on the Colombian women's peace movement to mark International Women's Day 2002, from the Feminist International Radio Endeavour.
Palestine-Israel- Coalition of Women 4 Peace
A coalition of Jewish and Palestinian women, citizens of Israel, representatives of various women’s organizations and individuals, who coordinate and organize joint activities in order to work together for a just peace, based on the belief that there is no democracy without peace and no peace without women.
- Bat Shalom The Jerusalem Women’s Action Center
- Jerusalem Center for Women
- Women in Black
An International Movement of Women for Peace, which began in Jerusalem in January 1988 and currently holds vigils throughout the world to protest the Israeli occupation.
- The Jerusalem Link Declaration of Principles
The shared set of political principles, which serve as the foundation for a cooperative model of co-existence, drawn up by the Jerusalem Link (founded 1994), a coordinating body between two independent women’s centers: Bat Shalom, the Jerusalem Women’s Action Center, on the Israeli side, and Marcaz al-Quds la l-Nissah, the Jerusalem Center for Women, on the Palestinian side.
- Jerusalem Link letter to the "Quartet"
Letter (August 2002) from the Jerusalem Link calling on the leaders of the European Union, the United Nations, the United States and the Russian Federation to recognize the vital role of women in the resolution of the current conflict in the Middle East, and proposing that a commission of women peace activists from Palestine, Israel, and the international community be created to make recommendations on the peace process (pdf format).
- Jerusalem Link Declarations
- Palestinian and Israeli women demand immediate end to occupation
Bat Shalom and Jerusalem Center for Women joint declaration (April 2002).
- Bat Shalom declaration to the UN
Terry Greenblatt, Director of Bat Shalom, speaks before UN Security Council (May 2002).
- Round table discussion meeting
On joint peace work, convened by the Jerusalem Center for Women (July 2001).
- WLUML statement on the situation in Palestine/Israel
- Palestinian and Israeli women on FIRE
Interviews with women peace activists to mark International Women's Day 2002.
- Palestinian women and non-violence
Article by Lucy Nusseibeh of Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy, a Jerusalem-based non-governmental organization.
- Peace with justice, peace with care: Palestinian and Israeli women negotiate peacemaking models
Essay by Dafna Varda Hochman.
Other countries and regions- North and South Korean Women's Reunification Declaration
From 16-17 October, 350 women from South Korea and 300 women form North Korea held a Women's Unification Rally for Peace and the Implementation of the June 15th Joint Declaration at Mount Kumgang.
Women's Initiative for Peace (WINPEACE) was launched by women from Greece and Turkey in July 1997. Its aims include taking joint action in building a culture of peace and enhancing women's role in conflict resolution, developing non-violent solutions to problems and tensions, and urging the Greek and Turkish governments to reduce their military budgets.
- Asian women's statement on militarism at the Asian Social Forum
The women's conference at the ASF analyzed how globalization has changed the face of militarization and patriarchy, and how war and militarization have become accepted as normal.
- Kashmiris look to a woman for resolution of strife
Source: Women's Enews
In the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir, politician Mehbooba Mufti is seen as a healing force for a traumatized populace.
The international women's peace movementInternational campaign to promote the role of women in peacebuilding.
PeaceWomen.org seeks to nurture communication among a diversity of women's organisations by providing an accessible and accurate information exchange between peace women around the world and the UN system.
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Founded in 1915 to protest the war then raging in Europe, WILPF aims to bring together women of different political and philosophical convictions, united in their determination to study and make known and help abolish the political, social, economic and psychological causes of war and to work for a constructive peace.
The goal of Women Waging Peace is to change the public policy paradigm so women are fully integrated throughout formal and informal peace processes to prevent violent conflict, stop war, and sustain peace in fragile regions.
Women dedicated to the cause of international disarmament, who oppose their governments' huge military expenditures and urge that their countries' wealth be devoted, instead, to meeting needs such as education, housing, health care, and protection of the environment.
MADRE is an international women’s human rights organization that works in partnership with women’s community-based groups in conflict areas worldwide.
United Nations
- Women, peace and security report
UN Security Council Report of the Secretary-General (16 October 2002) (pdf format).
- Women, peace and security: women managing conflict
UN declaration on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2001.
United Nations Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace and Security (31 October 2000) (pdf format).
- UN Development Fund for Women
UNIFEM's work to assist women in conflict situations and support their participation in peace processes.
- Women at the peace table: making a difference
UNIFEM publication based on a series of interviews with women leaders (pdf format).
- Regional Conference on Asian Women for a Culture of Peace
Final Report of the conference organized jointly by UNESCO, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, in Hanoi, 6-9 December 2000.
- Women, war and peace: the independent experts' assessment
Report commissioned by UNIFEM on the impact of armed conflict on women and women's role in peace-building. Vol. 1 of Progress of the World's Women 2002.
Keynote Address by Jayantha Dhanapala, UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, at the Fourth Annual Women Waging Peace Colloquium (2-8 November).
- Women, peace and security
This study, submitted by the UN Secretary-General to the Security Council in October 2002, looks at the impact of armed conflict on women and girls, the role of women in peace-building and the gender dimensions of peace processes and conflict resolution, including recommendations on including women in peace talks (pdf format).
Information resourcesAn article (1997) by Irwin Abrams of Antioch University on the nine women Nobel Peace Prize winners.
- Profiles of women peacebuilders
Accounts of the work of women activists from Afghanistan, Israel, Sudan, South Africa, Pakistan.
- Women, violent conflict and peacebuilding: global perspectives
Report from the International Conference, London, May 5-7 1999 (pdf format).
- Regional dialogue on women building peace
South Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR) programme to tap women's experience of conflict as a resource in conflict resolution and strengthen their capacity for peace building, and to explore whether there is a gendered notion of peace and a gendered praxis of peace making.
- Gender equality and peacebuilding: an operational framework
This document is designed to provide guidance to organisations working in the field of conflict management, by drawing operational lessons from our increasing understanding of the inter-relationship of gender equality issues, conflict and peacebuilding.
- Female correspondents changing war coverage
The growing acceptance of women war correspondents is ushering in a new kind of reporting for the new-style war -one in which the casualties are women and children more often than soldiers.
- Building capacities for peacekeeping and women's dimensions in peace processes
This conference (November 4-5, 2002) was an initiative of the governments of Chile and Denmark, on behalf of the European Union, the purpose of which was to 'increase cooperation between both regions by exchanging ideas concerning the role of women in peace processes and peace operations'.
- Women confront war, build peace
Source: Women's Enews
This report profiles three women in conflict zones who confront terror by working for peaceful resolutions and reports on the extraordinary price non-combatant women pay for war.
Analysis and opinion- Women in war and peace: grassroots peacebuilding
Paper by Donna Ramsey Marshall (United States' Institue of Peace) exploring the role of women's NGOs in dispute resolution and postconflict reconstruction and peacebuilding (pdf format).
- The challenge of unity: women, peace and power
Article by Phyllis Ghim Lian Chew.
Publication by Dyan Mazurana and Susan McKay of Rights and Democracy (Canada).
- Afghan women in peace processes
Recommendations made in July 2000 by Dr Zieba Shorish-Shamely, of Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan (WAPHA) before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, regarding the peace initiative set by the United Nations.
Paper presented by Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, Deputy Minister of Defense, Republic of South Africa, at the WIIS workshop 'New bridges to peace: enhancing national and international security by expanding policy dialogues among women', April 2001 (pdf format).
- A women’s human rights perspective on war and conflict
By Sunila Abeyesekera, Director of Sri Lankan human rights NGO Inform.
Choike in-depth reports- Resistance to war on Iraq
While the Bush administration goes ahead with its plans for a war against Iraq, the international civil society is mobilizing for peace.
