The original draft of the UN Culture of Peace resolution addressed the linkage between women’s equality and the culture of peace:
“As recognized by the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995), there is an inextricable linkage of peace with equality between women and men. Only this linkage of equality, development and peace can replace the historical inequality between men and women that has always characterized the culture of war and violence. As pointed out at the Conference, it is necessary to promote women’s political and economic empowerment and equal representation at every level of decision-making so that women’s experience, talents, visions and potential can make their full contribution to a culture of peace.
CPNN has carried many articles on the special role of women in the peace movement. Articles since 2015 include:
International Women’s Day: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Proposal to the UN Summit of the Future from the International Alliance of Women
The women leading the fight for peace in Palestine: Women in Black
Graça Machel: Enhancing women’s participation in peacebuilding is key to building a peaceful world
Women peace-makers call for a holistic and sustainable peace
Int’l Peace and Humanity Conference commences in Amman
Women’s Peace Leadership Programme: Bojana Mumin, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Morocco: Launch from Essaouira of the Women’s World Forum for Peace
Vatican: Women raise their voices for peace
World Radio Day: Celebrating radio as a tool for feminist peace
Russian mothers oppose the war
Women from Chile and Bolivia meet in La Paz to build a “neighbor friendship
The Search for the Exceptional Women of Peace Award: A Reflection
Call for Applications: Strengthening Young Women Peacebuilders’ Capacity in Complex Crises
UN Women : Five young women on the forefront of climate action across Europe and Central Asia
Phyllis Kotite has passed away
Mexico: Women who weave communities of peace in Chihuahua
Mexico City successfully holds the World Forum of Cities and Territories of Peace
Israeli and Arab women demand peace between Israelis and Palestinians
Breizh, France: Women of Peace
Belarus: Women at the forefront of human rights struggle
Civil society in northeast Syria promotes women’s role to fight extremism
Women’s leadership in the struggle for Palestinian freedom
Female victims and ex-combatants graduated as peace activists in Antioquia, Colombia
Mexico: SSPC meets with 217 Networks of Women Peacebuilders
Sinaloa, Mexico: III International Congress on women and the culture of peace
The International Network of Latin American and Caribbean Women is inaugurated
United Nations: ‘Women Rise for All’ to shape leadership in pandemic response and recovery
Philippines: Women’s leadership in the time of pandemic
Webinar and Video: Young Women Fighting for Our Planet
Chile changing: transgender student leader lends voice to renewed protests
Thousands of women march in Chile again
Nobel Women’s Initiative: A strategic approach to climate action
ASEAN insists on women’s role in peacekeeping
Women Are Critical to Building a Lasting Peace in Afghanistan
Venezuela. The construction of peace must have the quality of feminism
Colombia: Scars that build peace
Emerging Feminist Leaders Are Claiming Their Space: Follow Us to Liberia!
The women who helped bring down Sudan’s president
World animal protection: Five amazing Sea Warrior women tackling ghost gear on a global scale
Over 250 prominent women leaders call on President Trump and Chairman Kim to end the Korean War
Ocasio-Cortez Delivers Powerful Call for Justice as Third Women’s March Kicks Off in New York
Ethiopian President Calls to Work for Peace and Security
Women for Yemen Network: Joint Statement in Advance of the Yemeni Peace Talks in Sweden
Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman elected by popular vote to govern Mexico City
Madrid: Women close the Anti-Violence Forum with a message of peace
Voices from 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62)
What Women Bring to the Constitution-Writing Table
Women take to the streets as the world marks International Women’s Day
Women’s March protests across America against President Trump
16 Days of Activism: Meet Felicity Ruby, Australia
16 Days of Activism: Meet Rasha Jarhum, Yemen
16 Days of Activism: Meet Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, Honduras
16 Days of Activism: Meet Anne Marie Sam, Canada
16 Days of Activism 2017: Meet Dina Meza, Honduras
16 Days of Activism 2017: Meet Marcela Fernandez, Colombia
16 Days of Activism 2017: Meet Amanda Ghahremani, Canada
16 Days of Activism 2017: Meet Ketty Nivyabandi, Burundi
16 Days of Activism 2017: Meet Mariama Sonko, Senegal
Egypt: Women’s Conference in Gharbia organizes “Women’s Peacemaker” conference
Photos: A look at International Women’s Day marches around the world
Nonviolent Peaceforce in South Sudan: The extremes of the human spirit
A Tribute to Woman Peacemaker Joan Bernstein
ICC: Meet the justice activists breaking the mold
USA: To Counter Trump, Women Are Mobilizing for Massive March on Washington
Beirut Int’l Conference Highlights Women’s Participation in Peace, Security Initiatives
Colombia Includes Gender Focus for a Stable, Lasting Peace
Peace in Colombia Is Impossible Without Us, Women Declare
Bahrain Women Association conducted a workshop on peace for Sitra Alahleya Society – Women club
Book review: Hilary Klein’s Compañeras: Zapatista Women’s Stories
Women in Israel Fasting to Mark Gaza Anniversary
10 More Ways Syrian Women Are Building Peace and Democracy
A century of women working for peace
ICC/Judges – Women at the top at the International Criminal Court
Una argentina presidirá la Corte Penal Internacional
Women Leaders Call for Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Post-2015 Agenda
ONU Mujer: Bachelet destacó participación de mujeres en puestos de poder
Mobile Technology a Lever for Women’s Empowerment
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