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New instrument: Women's influence on peace processes

In a graphic representation of the different stages of peace processes, we place the role of women at the centre. It shows where they exert influence to drive the peace process and prevent setbacks. The graphic is available in English, German, Spanish and Ukrainian.

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New Colombia office: Peacebuilding: feminist, solidarity-based, local and decolonial

What does a decolonised approach to peacebuilding based on feminist values look like in practice? The first step in implementing our localisation efforts was the opening of an office in Colombia on 1 May 2025. 

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Article in Fem*Fém 68 magazine: Sustaining peacebuilding efforts in post-armed conflict settings

In Fem*Fém magazine, our colleagues Liv Halperin and Camille Bernheim write about the decisive factors for creating a peaceful society after armed conflict.

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Meeting in Asia: Network: "Our concerns are interconnected”

For two days, 17 peace activists from 10 Asian countries discussed similarities and differences in their approaches to peace work and feminist peacebuilding while strengthening solidarity across borders.

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Ukraine – Asia – Colombia and Sudan: Newsletter 1/2025

The newsletter contains an interview on Ukrainian women affected by the war, an article on the Asia Network meeting in Manila and an article on the visit of a Sudanese peace activist and a Colombian human rights lawyer to Bern.

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Women, Peace and Security

Women's rights are human rights. We work to ensure that core human rights standards are respected in conflict-affected regions too. Our work is based on the UN’s "Women, Peace and Security" agenda.

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Peace processes

Women's access to peace and conflict transformation processes is severely limited. However, peace processes offer critical windows of opportunity for the recognition of women's rights and for the elimination of discriminatory social structures and gender norms. Women and marginalised groups must therefore play an active role in peace processes.

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Demilitarisation

Militarisation means more than "just" spending on armed forces: this spending is the consequence of a security policy geared towards war. As a feminist peace organisation, we oppose the claim that more weapons lead to more security. We demand demilitarisation and disarmament because that is the only way to achieve genuine peace and comprehensive security.

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Feminist peace policy

Peace is more than the absence of war. Patriarchal power relations, structural violence and physical or psychological violence against women block the path to lasting peace. This is why we engage in peacebuilding with a feminist, intersectional perspective. And because we have a comprehensive understanding of peace.

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