Increasingly, organisations engaged in peace work are experiencing restrictions on their freedom of speech and assembly, are being squeezed out of the public space, and gagged.
Together with our partners in Swiss civil society, we comment on Switzerland's implementation of its Fourth National Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
In this podcast, our programme manager Andrea Filippi talks to the Oxford Society for International Development about our work for genuine peace and gender justice.
«Die Welt verbrennt unter unseren Füssen und wir sind bewegt, entsetzt, bleiben jedoch ruhig, korrekt und immer anständig», sagte unsere Präsidentin in ihrer Rede an die Mitglieder von FriedensFrauen Weltweit.
An interview we conducted with our project coordinator in Kharkiv a few days before the invasion of Russian troops gives an insight into the realities of life for the women who have been experiencing war and insecurity in eastern Ukraine on a daily basis since 2014.
What role can civil society organisations play in strengthening women's participation in peace processes? How can women's demands be put on the political agenda? These and other questions are addressed in our new publication "From transition to transformation.
How do socio-economic barriers and care work impede women's participation in political and peace processes? We explore this question with our civil society partners in the new brochure "No care, no peace!".
The government’s report on the implementation of the Istanbul Convention (IC) in Switzerland shows the state's view of the issue of violence against women and domestic violence.