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.
Interview in annabelle:Rabab Baldo: «I think men are afraid of women's voices»
Rabab Baldo is a prominent Sudanese peace activist. In annabelle magazine, she talks about the war and what women are doing to stop the bloodshed. But the space for women peace activists is becoming increasingly limited.
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.
International support for peace in Colombia must not waver, warns human rights lawyer Luz Marina Monzón Cifuentes in an interview with swissinfo. What is needed now is a peace policy that focuses on the small communities caught up in the violence. In April, we invited Luz Marina to an event in Bern.
Audience questions at the event on cyberviolence:“Cyberviolence is part of the path we walk when we stand up for peace and human rights”
Sudanese peace activist Rabab Baldo and Colombian human rights lawyer Luz Marina Monzón Cifuentes answer questions from the audience on cyberviolence against women.
Our advocacy aims to create political impact and achieve a feminist vision of peace. The focus is on the implementation of key human rights instruments that form the basis for a peaceful and gender-just world.
Together with members of our network Feminists Connecting for Peace, we organise exchange and network meetings, offer training and workshops and work together on advocacy work and developing Feminist Peace Initiatives. An overview of these activities.
An inclusive process for a sustainable peace:Colombia
Since the signing of the peace agreement in Colombia with the FARC-EP guerillas, we have been actively supporting the participation of conflict-affected women in its implementation.
On the topic of "security":"Feminists Connecting for Peace" magazine 2
The second issue focuses on the topic of "security". How does a feminist understanding of security contradict a military understanding of security? Read the nine contributions from our network.
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.
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.
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.
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.
