Our work with women in eastern Ukraine has shown even before the war escalated on 24 February 2022: Violence against women is a military tactic is, writes our programme manager Annemarie Sancar in the latest issue of à propos. Women's experiences must be part of the process of dealing with war crimes.
One year after the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, there are no signs of a ceasefire, let alone peace. Every day the casualty numbers rise and the suffering increases. On the occasion of the anniversary of the attack, we make demands in a renewed appeal, with a special focus on the participation and protection of women.
The new website offers us more opportunities to present our core issues, our programme and our political work with our partners in Switzerland and abroad. What remains unchanged, even with the new website, is our commitment to a feminist vision of peace, to the participation of women in peace processes and our striving for a world in which all people experience genuine security. Dive in!
Even before the Russian war of aggression, women in eastern Ukraine were barely heard. Our pilot programme, launched in 2021, opened the space for women to discuss issues and formulate demands that would make their everyday lives safer. We are picking up where we left off with the new Women's Platform for Peace.
With the instrument Feminist Peace Initiatives we finance projects that emerge in our network. Events organised by us or our partners provide the impetus from which new ideas emerge and are passed on. This is also part of feminist peace work.
We call on civil society organisations, governments and the international community to back up their statements of solidarity with the women of Iran with concrete action.
With the Reconciliation Award 2022, the German Klaus Jensen Foundation for civil conflict transformation honours the commitment of PeaceWomen Across the Globe to women affected by war and armed conflict.
Our president Ruth-Gaby Vermot and Annemarie Sancar, programme officer for Ukraine, explored this question in their presentation at the Ilanzer Sommer. One thing is clear: to achieve genuine peace, there is no way forward without women.