By Monica Zuraw

October 31, 2020 marks the 20^th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. This resolution was the first of its kind to acknowledge that women are uniquely impacted by armed conflict and play an important role in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. This open letter, available in Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Russian, was sent to all UN Member States on behalf of 558 civil society organizations across 102 countries in advance of the Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS). The letter calls on the UN and Member States to prioritize women’s participation and fully implement the WPS agenda.

Dear Ambassadors,

Twenty years ago, the architects of Resolution 1325 created history, not only by recognizing the brutal and disproportionate reality of conflict for women and girls around the world, but also by recognizing the importance of their equal participation in all aspects of peace and security. Yet reflecting on these founding principles of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, it is clear that while there has been some progress, these words have remained rhetoric rather than lived reality for the 264 million women and girls living in conflict across the globe.

Among the statements delivered by the over 138 women civil society leaders from 32 countries to the UN Security Council so far, women’s equal participation has been a central demand. You have heard accounts of how women in North Kivu demanded their right to participate in the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, only to be told that there were “only two parties in the conflict,” and that women were not one of them; from Afghan women calling on the international community to stand by them and ensure that their rights would not be traded away for a peace deal; and from Syrian, Yemeni and Sudanese women speaking in one voice about how no democratic future in their countries is possible without women’s equal participation. Women civil society have also called for greater inclusion and representation of all groups, including those most marginalized — for example, of ethnic communities across Myanmar; of Afro-descendant, Indigenous, rural and LBTIQ women in Colombia; and of Palestinian women, who have lived through the world’s longest occupation.

Their collective message has been clear: formal peace processes have systematically failed to include women, and in doing so, have replicated the inequality and discrimination that caused conflict and violence in the first place.

We have 20 years’ worth of evidence of the causes and consequences of gender inequality and women’s exclusion. Seventy-nine percent of armed conflicts have taken place in contexts with high levels of gender discrimination and research has repeatedly confirmed that gender inequality is a root cause of conflict. In addition, the consequences of excluding women in peace processes are equally evident in conflicts across the globe: the eight peace agreements in Central African Republic adopted in as many years and the nine peace initiatives adopted in Libya in the last five years both failed to meaningfully include women; both conflicts continue to deteriorate. We have seen similarly exclusionary processes in contexts like Haiti, Iraq and Somalia, leading to the same conclusion: processes that fail to include all members of society result in agreements that do not reflect their priorities and rights, setting the stage for future conflict.

The goal of the WPS agenda is sustainable peace and security for all people; preventing conflict and ensuring that peace lasts are therefore the very reasons for inclusivity and the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in all their diversity.

Full, equal and meaningful participation means direct, substantive and formal inclusion of diverse women so that they can influence the outcome of negotiations and other processes and their implementation. Participation without the ability to influence the outcome is not participation, it is observation. Ensuring meaningful participation requires dismantling systemic gender inequality and discrimination; addressing barriers to participation, including patriarchal structures, sexual and gender-based violence and lack of access to healthcare, and the inaccessibility of information about, communications within, and spaces where peace processes take place; and proactively ensuring that diverse women are included.

Women human rights defenders, especially women land and environmental defenders, peacebuilders and civil society today face increasing repression around the world — the killing of women activists in Colombia increased by almost 50% in the space of one year, and the well-documented and systematic repression of women who speak out against warring parties in countries like Yemen and Libya continues to be both a symptom and a leading cause of closing civic space in these contexts. Threats and attacks on human rights defenders and peacebuilders are unacceptable and serve as a deterrent to their participation and leadership, especially in contexts where women must already overcome cultural, political, economic or other barriers to entering public life. It is therefore essential that their integral, independent role in promoting human rights, preventing conflict and ensuring peace is recognized and defended.

On the 20^th anniversary of the adoption of Resolution 1325, we join our voices with those of women leaders and activists around the globe to reiterate the principle at the foundation of the WPS agenda — nothing less than the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in all aspects of peace and security.

We agree with Secretary-General Guterres that “women’s inequality should shame us all,” and welcome his commitment to “do everything in [his] power to make sure women are represented in all decision-making at the United Nations, including in peace processes.” As the international community takes its next steps to address new challenges to peace and security, including climate change and public health crises such as COVID-19, it is critical that all processes prioritize women’s participation.

We urge all Member States, the UN and international leaders to commit their full political support to making women’s direct and formal participation a requirement in all UN-supported peace processes and take all possible steps to ensure women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in all peace and security processes.

Women’s direct and formal participation can be achieved by:

• Prioritizing, resourcing and actively supporting the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in all their diversity in all aspects of peace and security, including conflict prevention efforts, peace processes and the implementation of peace agreements.
• Grounding all peace and security policymaking, strategies and programs in international human rights and humanitarian law, including by guaranteeing the full scope of all women’s human rights in conflict-affected and humanitarian settings.
• Preventing threats and violence against diverse women leaders, human rights defenders and peacebuilders, which can deter their future participation in peace and security processes, including by elevating their work and their role in promoting peace and human rights.
• Holding all actors, including the UN and other relevant regional organizations, accountable for ensuring the direct participation of diverse women in all peace and political processes, from design to monitoring and implementation.

2020 has already been a year like no other, resonating with the calls of powerful social movements demanding racial justice and calling for deep, structural change to address the many inequalities laid bare by an unprecedented global pandemic. The world is changing and all international actors, including the Security Council and the UN, must change with it — now more than ever, exclusion of any kind is unacceptable, especially in matters of peace.

The road to sustainable peace and gender equality requires structural transformation, respect for human rights, collective responsibility and accountability, and inclusive, meaningful participation of conflict-affected communities. In October 2000, in advance of the adoption of Resolution 1325, feminist movements and advocates for women’s rights around the world called for recognition of the work done by women peacebuilders and for their equal right to participate in all peace processes, knowing that equal representation provides a critical foundation for achieving these goals. 20 years ago, this Council took a bold first step by adopting Resolution 1325. Today, we call on you to ensure that the agenda we have collectively built is implemented in full.

Sincerely,

1. NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG) (Global)
2. Amnesty International (AI) – United Kingdom, Global
3. CARE International – Switzerland, Global
4. Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) – United States, Global
5. Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights (CGSHR) – United States, Global
6. Cordaid – Netherlands, Global
7. Global Justice Center (GJC) – United States, Global
8. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) – United States, Global
9. Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) – Netherlands, Global
10. Human Rights Watch (HRW) – United States, Global
11. International Alert (IA) – United Kingdom, Global
12. MADRE – United States, Global
13. Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) – Canada, Global
14. OutRight Action International – United States, Global
15. Oxfam International – Global
16. Refugees International (RI) – United States, Global
17. Women Enabled International (WEI) – United States, Global
18. Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) – Global
19. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) – Global
20. 1325 Network Finland – Finland
21. 300 Women Voices for Development (300WOVD) – Cameroon
22. منظمة أبعاد (ABAAD) – Lebanon
23. ACT Alliance – Switzerland, Global
24. ACT for SOCIETY Center (AfS) – Albania
25. Action Against Hunger – United States, Global
26. Action de Protection Mère et Enfant (APME asbl) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
27. Action des Volontaires pour la Solidarité et le Développement (AVSD) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
28. Action et Recherche sur les Operations de Paix au Mali (AROP Mali) – Mali
29. Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) – United Kingdom
30. Action pour la Lutte Contre l’Injustice Sociale (ALCIS) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
31. Action pour le Développement de l’Initiative Locale (ONG ADILO) – Mali
32. ActionAid – South Africa, Global
33. ActionAid Australia – Australia
34. Actions Jeunes et Femmes pour le Développement Durable (AJFDD) – Mali
35. Afghan Women Resource Center (AWRC) – Afghanistan
36. Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) – Afghanistan, Global
37. Afghanistan Justice Organization (AJO) – Afghanistan
38. Africain Initiative for SDG (AI4SDG) – Burundi
39. African Monitor – South Africa
40. African Women 4 Empowerment e.V. (AW4E) – Germany
41. African Women Leaders Network Liberia (AWLN Liberia) – Liberia
42. Agence de Coopération et de Recherche pour le Développement au Burundi (ACORDBurundi) – Burundi
43. Airwars – United Kingdom, Global
44. Aleko Media Africa – Kenya
45. Alliance congolaise pour les foyers et combustibles améliorés – Democratic Republic of the Congo
46. Alliance des Femmes Leaders pour la Parité en Guinée (AFELPAG) – Guinea
47. Alliance for Choice (A4C) – United Kingdom
48. Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT) – Cambodia
49. Alliance For Women And Children Development (AWACD) – Liberia
50. مؤسسة السناء لحقوق الانسان (Al-Sanaa Foundation for Human Rights) (ASFHR) – Iraq
51. مركز الشام للدراسات الديمقراطية و حقوق الانسان (Al-Sham Center for Democratic Studies and Human Rights) – Syria
52. Amani Women Network (AWN) – Kenya
53. AMICA e.V. – Germany, Global
54. AMICAALL – Eswatini
55. AnaTaban Arts Initiative (AAI) – South Sudan
56. Ansar-un-Nissa – India
57. Apostolic Ministerial International Network – Ghana
58. المعهد العربي لحقوق الإنسان – فرع لبنان (Arab Institute for Human Rights) (AIHR) – Lebanon
59. Arab Women Network for Parity and Solidarity (AWPS) – Egypt
60. جمعية النساء العربيات (Arab Women Organization of Jordan) (AWO) – Jordan
61. ARTICLE 19 – United Kingdom, Global
62. Благотворительный Фонд «Асаркьа» (Asarkya Charitable Foundation) – Georgia
63. Asociacion de Mujeres Afrodescendiente del Norte del Cauca (ASOM) – Colombia
64. Asociación de Trabajadoras del Hogar a Domicilio y de Maquila (ATRAHDOM) – Guatemala
65. Assistance Mission for Africa (AMA) – South Sudan, Global
66. Associacao Cabo-verdiana de luta contra violência Baseado no Gênero (ACLCVBG) – Cabo Verde
67. Associação para a Cooperação sobre População e Desenvolvimento – P&D Factor – Portugal, Global
68. Association Benkadi – Mali
69. Association de Lutte Contre les Violences Sexuelles (ALUCOVIS) – Burundi
70. Association Dea Dia (ADD) – Serbia
71. Association des femmes africaines pour la recheche et le développement – Groupe du Mali (AFARD – Mali) – Mali
72. Association des Jeunes Leaders du Niger (AJLN) – Niger
73. Association Development by Young People (ADYP) – Burkina Faso
74. Association du Développement et de la Promotion de Droit de l’Homme (ADPDH) – Mauritania
75. Association en Terre Indigène (ETI) – France
76. Association Femmes Leadership et Développement Durable (AFLED) – Mali
77. Association for Farmers Rights Defense (AFRD Georgia) – Georgia, Global
78. Association for Promotion Sustainable Development (APSD) – India
79. Association for the Welfare of Women and Indigenous People (ASOWWIP) – Cameroon
80. Association Herasun – Mali
81. Association Najdeh (AN) – Lebanon
82. Association national femmes en communication (FEC) – Algeria
83. رابطة أمهات المختطفين (Association of Abductees Mothers) (AMA) – Yemen
84. Association of War Affected Women (AWAW) – Sri Lanka
85. Association of World Citizens (AWC) – France
86. Association pour les Droits Sexuels (ADS) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
87. جمعية التواصل (Attawasul Association) – Libya
88. Aurat Foundation – Pakistan
89. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) – Australia
90. مؤسسة اوام التنموية (Awam Foundation) – Yemen
91. Badabon Sangho (BS) – Bangladesh
92. Badael Foundation – Syria
93. Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation (BPF) – Bangladesh, Global
94. Bella Foundation for Child and Maternal Care (BEFCAMC) – Nigeria
95. Berghof Foundation (BF) – Germany
96. Besme Group (BESME) – Lebanon, Global
97. Bethany (BCS) – Colombia, Global
98. Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC) – Nepal
99. Botswana Gender Based Violence Prevention and Support Centre (BGBVC) – Botswana
100. Building Blocks for Peace Foundation (BBFORPEACE) – Nigeria
101. Burundian Women for Peace and Development (BWPD) – Burundi
102. Cadire Cameroon Association (CADIRE) – Cameroon
103. CAFOD – United Kingdom
104. Cameroon Women’s Peace Movement (CAWOPEM) – Cameroon
105. Cameroon Youth Economic Forum (CAMYEF) – Cameroon
106. Canaan Project – Germany
107. Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW-FCFDU) – Canada
108. CARE Afghanistan – Afghanistan, Global
109. CARE Burundi (CARE BDI) – Burundi, Global
110. CARE Haiti – Haiti, Global
111. CARE Perú – Perú, Global
112. CARE Jordan – Jordan, Global
113. Caribbean Male Action Network (CariMAN) – Trinidad and Tobago
114. Caritas Norway (CANO) – Norway
115. Carole Doucet, Advisor and Consultant on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
116. Caucus Women Politicians in the Arab Region (CWPAR)
117. Cecilia Passaniti Mezzano, Research Assistant on Gender, Migration and Displacement Stream of the GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub, Middlesex University – United Kingdom
118. Cedar Seed Foundation – Nigeria
119. Center for Civil Society and Democracy (CCSD) – Syria
120. Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) – United States, Global
121. Center for Migration, Gender, and Justice (CMGJ) – Germany
122. Center for Peace Education (CPE) – Philippines
123. Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at UMass Boston (CWPPP) – United States
124. Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) – United States, Global
125. Center of International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights (CIHLHR) – Yemen
126. Center to Assist and Protect Child Rights of Nepal (CAPCRON) – Nepal
127. Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP) – Germany
128. Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) – South Sudan
129. Centre for Social Concern and Development (CESOCODE) – Malawi
130. Centre for Social Education and Development (CSED) – India
131. Centre for Social and Gender Research “New Life” – Ukraine
132. Centre for Women, Peace and Security, London School of Economics (LSE WPS) – United Kingdom
133. Centro de Justicia y Paz (Cepaz) – Venezuela
134. Centro Ecuatoriano de Desarrollo y Estudios Alternativos (CEDEAL) – Ecuador
135. Centro Studi Difesa Civile (CSDC) – Italy
136. cfd – The Feminist Peace Organisation (cfd) – Switzerland, Global
137. Childhood’s Brilliance Organisation (CBO) – Iraq
138. Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP) – Nigeria
139. Christian Aid (CA) – United Kingdom, Global
140. CIVICUS – South Africa, Global
141. Coalition for Action on 1325 (CoACT) – Uganda
142. Collectif des Femmes Rurales pour le Développement (COFERD) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
143. Collectif pour le Développement Economique, Social et Culturel Intégré (CODESCI) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
144. Colombia Diversa – Colombia
145. Comité Régional de Solidarité des Femmes por la Paix en Casamance/USOFORAL (CRSFPC/USOFORAL) – Senegal
146. هيأة مشاركة المرأه فى صنع القرار (Committee to Support Women Participation in Decision Making) – Libya
147. Community and Family Aid Foundation – Ghana
148. Conciliation Resources (CR) – United Kingdom, Global
149. Congregation of the Mission (CM) – United States, Global
150. Congregations of St Joseph – United States, Global
151. Conseil national de la jeunesse du Sénégal (CNJS) – Senegal
152. Coordination Nationale des Associations des Jeunes pour la Lutte contre le Sida (CONAJELUS) – Chad
153. Corporación de Apoyo a Comunidades Populaes (Codacop) – Colombia
154. Corporación de Investigación y acción social y económica (CIASE) – Colombia
155. Corporación Humanas Colombia – Colombia
156. Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu) – United Kingdom
157. Counselling Line for Women and Girls (CLWG) – Albania
158. Crown the Woman-South Sudan (CREW) – South Sudan
159. Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA) – Palestine
160. Cynthia Enloe, Research Professor at Clark University, Women’s and Gender Studies – United States
161. Danish Knowledge Center for Gender, Equality and Diversity (KVINFO) – Denmark
162. Dawlaty – Syria
163. Deepti Bhuban (DB) – Bangladesh
164. DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) (EHAHRDP) – Uganda
165. Defis & Objectifs Centrafrique (DOC) – Central African Republic
166. Democracy Development Center NGO (DDC) – Ukraine
167. Democratic Solutions Organization (Demos) – Syria
168. Denis Miki Foundation (DMF) – Cameroon
169. Dianova – Spain, Global
170. Dominican Leadership Conference (DLC) – United States
171. DRCC Foundation – Democratic Republic of the Congo
172. Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership – ICAN (DSAP/WASL/ICAN) – Tunisia
173. DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung) – Germany, Global
174. Dukingire Isi Yacu – Burundi
175. Dynamique des femmes jurists (DFJ) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
176. Echoes of Women in Africa Initiatives (ECOWA) – Nigeria
177. Equality Bahamas – Bahamas
178. Equanimity Foundation (EQF) – United States, Global
179. Equity Watch Initiative (E-WIN) – Nigeria
180. Escola de Cultura de Pau (School for a Culture of Peace) (ECP) – Spain
181. Etihad Peace Minorities Welfare Foundation – India
182. EU-CORD – Belgium
183. European Institute of Peace – EIP – Belgium, Global
184. European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW) – Belgium
185. Eve Organization for Women Development – South Sudan
186. Farmers and Herders Initiative for Peace and Development Africa (FHIPD Africa) – Nigeria
187. Faudar Rural Educational Society for Harijans – India
188. FeminismoINC – Venezuela
189. Feminist Humanitarian Network (FHN) – Global
190. Feminist Legal Clinic Inc. (FLC) – Australia
191. Feministes Libre (FL) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
192. Femmes en Action Tosangana – Democratic Republic of the Congo
193. Femmes et Droits Humains (F&DH) – Mali
194. FIAN Colombia – Colombia, Global
195. FIDA Cameroon (International Federation of Women Lawyers) – Cameroon
196. FireCircle! – Trinidad and Tobago
197. Fondation Millennia2025 Femmes et Innovation (Millennia2025) – Belgium, Global
198. Fondazione Pangea Onlus (Pangea) – Italy, Global
199. Fonds pour les femmes Congolaises (FFC) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
200. Food4Humanity Foundation (F4H) – Yemen
201. Forum de la Femme Ménagère (FORFEM) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
202. ملتقي النساء المشاركات في السياسة بالمنطقة العربية (Forum for Women in Politics in the Arab Region) – Lebanon, Global
203. Forum Social Sénégalais – Senegal
204. Franciscans International (FI) – Switzerland
205. Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e.V. (Women’s Network for Peace) – Germany
206. FRI – The Norwegian Organisation for Sexual and Gender Diversity (FRI) – Norway, Global
207. Frontiers for Peace and Development in Africa – Uganda
208. Fundacion Arcoiris por el respeto a la diversidad sexual (FARDS) – Mexico
209. Fundación Justicia y Genero – Costa Rica
210. Fundación Mujer & Mujer (M&M) – Ecuador
211. Fundación Unidas: Mujeres Construyendo Tejido Social (Fundación Unid@s) – Colombia
212. Futures Without Violence – United States, Global
213. Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa-USA – United States
214. Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) – United Kingdom
215. Gender and Adolescence Initiative (GAI) – United Republic of Tanzania
216. Gender and Development Action (GADA) – Nigeria
217. Gender, Peace & Security – United Kingdom, Global
218. الاتحاد العام لنقابات عمال ليبيا (General Federation of Libya Trade Unions) (GFLTU) – Libya
219. Gestos – Brazil
220. Ghana Centre for Education, Training & Research (Ghacetar NGO) – Ghana
221. Ghasin Al-Zaiton Organization for Youth (G.Z.Y) – Iraq
222. Girl, Peace & Security (GPS) – Indonesia
223. Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (GCENR) – United States, Global
224. Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) – United States, Global
225. Global Health Justice and Governance (GHJG) – United States, Global
226. Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF) – Ghana
227. Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation (GSCDM) – Nepal, Global
228. Global Youth Taskforce on Beijing 25 (Beijing25 Taskforce) – Global
229. Graduate Women Wellington (GWW) – New Zealand
230. Groupe Canada Pour l’Afrique (CPA-CFA) – Canada
231. Groupe de Travail Femmes, Jeunes, Paix et Sécurité en Afrique de l’Ouest et au Sahel (GTFJPS-AOS) – Sénégal
232. GZO Peace Institute (GZOPI) – Philippines
233. Health and Human Rights Info (HHRI) – Norway, Global
234. HEKS/EPER Switzerland – Switzerland, Global
235. Héritiers de la Justice (HJ) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
236. Hope Alert Network for Development and Local Empowerment (HANDLE) – Uganda
237. Hope for Her Organization (HFHO) – South Sudan
238. Hope Restoration South Sudan (HRSS) – South Sudan
239. Hope Revival Organization (HRO) – Turkey
240. Housing and Land Rights Network – Habitat International Coalition – United States, Global
241. Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa (HRREC) – Canada, Global
242. Human Health Aid in Burundi (HHA) – Burundi
243. Human Rights Advocates (HRA) – United States
244. Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) – Pakistan
245. IANSA Women Network Nigeria (IANSAWNN) – Nigeria
246. Ilula Orphan Program (IOP) – United Republic of Tanzania
247. Impact: Center against Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence in Conflict (Impact) – Netherlands, Global
248. Impunity Watch – Netherlands, Global
249. Insight Public Organization (Insight) – Ukraine
250. Inspiring Africa – Zimbabwe
251. Institute for International Women’s Rights (IIWR-MB) – Canada
252. International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law (IANGEL) – United States
253. International Alliance of Women (IAW) – Greece, Global
254. International Association World Peace Advocates (IAWPA) – Nigeria, Global
255. International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion (ICWRSA) – United Kingdom, Global
256. International Center for Policy and Conflict (ICPC) – Kenya
257. International Centre for Eritrean Refugees and Asylum Seekers (ICERAS) – United Kingdom
258. International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) – United States, Global
259. International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) – United Kingdom, Global
260. International Planned Parenthood Western Hemisphere (IPPFWHR) – United States, Global
261. International Presentation Association (IPA) – United States, Global
262. International Rescue Committee (IRC) – United States, Global
263. International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) – Switzerland, Global
264. International Women’s Anthropology Conference (IWAC) – United States
265. International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) – Australia, Global
266. International Women’s Rights Project (IWRP) – Canada, Global
267. Ipas – United States, Global
268. جمعية الامل العراقية (Iraqi Al-Amal Association) (IAA) – Iraq
269. Iraqi Journalists’ Rights’ Defense Association (IJRRD) – Iraq
270. Iraqi Women Network (IWN) – Iraq
271. Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) – United Kingdom, Global
272. ISOKO Partners for Peace and Gender Equality (ISOKO PARTNERS) – United States, Global
273. Itach Ma’aki Women Lawyers for Social Justice (Itach Ma’aki) – Israel
274. Italian Association for Women in Development (AIDOS) – Italy
275. James Blake, Journalist, Analyst and Advisor on international security, humanitarian crises and refugee and migration issues – United States
276. Janroj Yilmaz Keles, Senior Research Fellow on Gender, Migration and Displacement Stream of the GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub, Middlesex University – United Kingdom
277. Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development – India
278. Joke Buringa, Political Analyst
279. Jusoor Center for Studies and Development (Jusoor Libya) – Libya
280. Justice Coalition of Religious (JCoR) – United States, Global
281. KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation (KAFA) – Lebanon
282. KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives (KAIROS Canada) – Canada
283. Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) – Philippines
284. KFUK-KFUM Global (YGLOBAL) – Norway, Global
285. KFUK-KFUM (Yglobal Uganda) – Uganda, Global
286. Kiverstein Institute (KI) – Israel
287. Kırmızı Biber Derneği (KBD) – Turkey
288. جمعية الحقوقيين الكويتية (Kuwait Legal Association) – Kuwait
289. LakanBini Advocates Pilipinas (LKNBN) – Philippines
290. Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP) -United States
291. Legacy for African Women and Children Initiative (LAWANCI) – South Sudan
292. Let There Be Light International – United States, Global
293. LGBT Centre – Mongolia
294. Kirsten Ainley, Associate Professorial Research Fellow, LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security
295. Krasnodar LGBT social movement “REVERS” – Russia
296. Professor Laura J. Shepherd, FHEA, ARC Future Fellow, Co-Director of the UKRI GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub – United Kingdom
297. Ligue pour la solidarité congolaise (LSC) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
298. LIM-Voice – Norway
299. Local Capacities for Peace International (LCPI) – Kenya
300. Madhok Foundation – India
301. ОО “Мадина” (NGO Madina) – Tajikistan
302. Make Mothers Matter (MMM) – France
303. Malawi Women Human Rights Defenders Coalition (MWHRDC) – Malawi
304. Manitoba Women for Women of South Sudan (MW4WSS) – Canada, Global
305. Marie Stopes International (MSI) – United Kingdom, Global
306. Mario Gomez, Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies – Sri Lanka
307. Marguerite Helou, Expert on Gender, VAW in Lebanon and MENA – Lebanon
308. MARTA Centre – Latvia
309. Maruah – Singapore
310. Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, Inc. – United States, Global
311. منظمة مزايا النسائية (Mazaya Women Organization) – Syria
312. medica mondiale e.V. (mm) – Germany
313. Men’s Association for Gender Equality Sierra Leone (MAGE SL) – Sierra Leone
314. MenEngage Alliance – United States, Global
315. MenEngage RDC (MERDC) – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Global
316. Mercy and Peace Creation (M&P Cre8) – Nigeria
317. Midlands State University – Zimbabwe
318. Millennium Environmental Organization of Nigeria – Nigeria
319. Mongolian Women’s Fund – Mongolia
320. Morogoro Saving the Poor Organization (MOSAPORG) – United Republic of Tanzania
321. Movement of Women and Girls for Peace and Security in Burundi (MFFPS) – Canada, Global
322. Mukomeze Foundation (Mukomeze) – Netherlands
323. Murna Foundation (MF) – Nigeria
324. بيتي أنا بيتك (My Home is Your Home) – Syria
325. Nassawiyat – Morocco
326. منظمة نتاج لتنمية قدرات المراة (Nataj Organization for Capacity Development of Women) (Nataj) – Libya
327. National Alliance of Women Lawyers (NAWL) – South Sudan
328. National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (UK) (NAWO (UK)) – United Kingdom
329. National Campaign for Sustainable Development Nepal (NACASUD Nepal) – Nepal
330. National Center for Development Cooperation (CNCD-11.11.11) – Belgium
331. National Coalition of Civil Society Organizations of Liberia (NACCSOL) – Liberia
332. National Council of Jewish Women Australia (NCJWA) – Australia
333. National Council of Women, New Zealand (NCWNZ) – New Zealand
334. National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN) – Nepal, Global
335. National Indigenous Women’s Federation (NIWF) – Nepal, Global
336. نظرة للدراسات النسوية (Nazra for Feminist Studies) – Egypt
337. مؤسسة نداء للتنمية الانسانية (Nida Foundation for Human Development) – Yemen
338. Nonviolent Peaceforce – United States, Global
339. Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform (NIWEP) – United Kingdom
340. Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) – Norway
341. Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) – Norway, Global
342. Observatoire du Sahara pour la Paix, la Démocratie et les Droits de l’Homme (OSPDH) – Morocco
343. ODRI Intersectional Rights (ODRI) – Perú, Global
344. Ohaha Family Foundation (Ohaha) – Nigeria
345. One Nation Under God (ONUG-PWANI) – Kenya
346. ONG ADOKA – Côte d’Ivoire
347. Operation 1325 – Sweden
348. OurCause (OC) – Canada, Global
349. PA Women’s Organization Alga (PA Alga) – Kyrgyzstan
350. PAI – United States, Global
351. المركز الفلسطيني للاتصال والسياسات التنموية (Palestinian Center for Communication and Development Strategies) (PCCDS) – Palestine
352. الائتلاف النسوي لتطبيق القرار1325 (Palestinian NGO Coalition on 1325) – Palestine
353. Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development (PWWSD) – Palestine
354. Pambansang Koalisyon ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan Inc (National Rural Women Coalition) (PKKK) – Philippines
355. Paramount Young Women Initiative (PAYOWI) – Liberia
356. Parlement des Jeunes Leaders de la Société Civile Guinéenne (PAJELESCG) – Guinea
357. Partners West Africa (PWA-Sénégal) – Senegal
358. Partnership for Peace and Security (PfPS) – Kenya
359. Pathways for Women’s Empowerment and Development (PaWED) – Cameroon
360. PAX – Netherlands, Global
361. Peace Action Centre (PAC) – Guinea, Global
362. منتدى المحبة والسلام للطلبة والشباب (Peace and Love Forum for Students and Youth) – Iraq
363. Peace Direct (PD) – United Kingdom, Global
364. Peace Movement Aotearoa – New Zealand
365. Peace Track Initiative (PTI) – Canada, Global
366. Permanent Peace Movement (PPM) – Lebanon, Global
367. Plan International – United States, Global
368. Plataforma CIPÓ (CIPÓ) – Brazil
369. Plateforme des Femmes pour la Paix en Casamance (PFPC) – Senegal, Global
370. Positive Men’s Union (POMU) – Uganda
371. الجمعية المهنية للنساء القانونيات (Professional Association of Legal Women) – Armenia
372. Progressive Voice – Myanmar
373. Promundo-US – United States, Global
374. Prosecute; don’t perpetrate – Australia
375. Quhramaana Kakar, Founding Director of Women for Peace and Participation and Senior Strategic Advisor for Women Mediators across the Commonwealth Network
376. Radha Paudel Foundation (RPF) – Nepal, Global
377. Radio Souriat – Syria
378. Raise Your Voice Saint Lucia Inc (RYVSLU) – Saint Lucia
379. Rana Khalaf, Researcher and Consultant – Syria
380. Reach Out Cameroon (ROC) – Cameroon
381. Red de Mujeres y Hombres por una Opinión Pública con Perspectiva de Género en Campeche AC (REDMYH AC) – Mexico
382. Red Latinoamerica de Organizaciones no Gubernamentales de Personas con Discapacidad y sus Familias (Riadis) – Ecuador, Global
383. Red por los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en México (ddeser) – Mexico, Global
384. Red Temática de la Diversidad Sexual LGBTIQACDPM+ de Nicaragua (RTDSLGBTIQ) – Nicaragua
385. Regional Centre for International Development Cooperation (RCIDC) – Uganda
386. Repsfeco – Sénégal
387. Réseau Femme et Développement (REFED) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
388. Réseau Genre et Droits de la Femme (GEDROFE) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
389. Réseau Ouest africain des Défenseurs des Droits Humains (West African Human Rights Defenders’ Network) (ROADDH/WAHRDN)
390. Réseau Ouest Africain des Jeunes Femmes Leaders de Côte d’Ivoire (ROAJELF-CI) – Côte d’Ivoire
391. Réseau Paix et Sécurité des Femmes de la CEDEAO (Repsfecoci) – Côte d’Ivoire
392. Réseau Ressources Naturelles (RRN) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
393. Réseau SOS Équilibre – Senegal
394. Rien Sans les Femmes (RSLF) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
395. Rights for Peace (RfP) – United Kingdom
396. Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI-South Sudan) – South Sudan
397. Rutgers – Netherlands
398. RW Welfare Society (RWWSBD) – Bangladesh
399. Safe Space – Yemen
400. Saferworld – United Kingdom, Global
401. Sam for Peace and Human Rights Initiative (SPHR) – Yemen
402. SAMYAK – India
403. Santhi Medical Information Centre (SMIC) – India
404. منظمة سواسية لحقوق الإنسان (Sawasia Organization for Human Rights) (SO4HR) – Yemen
405. SecurityWomen – United Kingdom
406. Shifting the Power Coalition – Pacific (STP Coalition)
407. Shirakat – Partnership for Development (Shirakat) – Pakistan
408. Shoura for Building National Consensus (ShouraBNC) – Jordan
409. Siren – Protectors of the Rainforest, Inc (SIRENPROTECT) – United States, Global
410. Sisters of Charity Federation – United States, Global
411. Sisters Trust Canada (STC) – Canada
412. Social Transformative Action Network for Development (STAND) – Sri Lanka
413. Society for Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Development (SEEED) – Nigeria, Global
414. Society for Orphan, Neglected and Youths (SONY) – India
415. Society for the Improvement of Rural People (SIRP) – Nigeria
416. Solar Health Uganda (SHU) – Uganda
417. Solidarité Active (SA) – Senegal
418. Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Integral (SOFEPADI) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
419. Somali Women Development Centre (SWDC) – Somalia
420. Soroptimist International (SI) – United Kingdom, Global
421. South Sudan Women’s Coalition for Peace (SSWCP) – South Sudan
422. التكتل النسوي الجنوبي (Southern Feminist Bloc) – Yemen
423. Southwest Native Cultures (SWNC) – United States, Global
424. Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice (SLC) – United Kingdom
425. Star Children Development Initiative – Nigeria
426. Stara Volyn Sustainable Development Found (SVSDF) – Ukraine
427. Stefanus Alliance International – Norway, Global
428. Stichting Umoja ni Nguvu – Netherlands
429. Success Capital Organisation – Botswana
430. Support for Women in Governance Organization (SWIGO) – South Sudan
431. Swedish Women’s Lobby (SWL) – Sweden
432. Synergie des femmes pour les victimes de violences sexuelles (SFVS-RDC ) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
433. Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) – United States, Global
434. المركز السوري للإعلام وحرية التعبير (Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression) (SCM) – France
435. المنصة المدنية السورية (Syrian Civic Platform) – Syria
436. Syrian Female Journalists Network (SFJN) – Syria
437. التجمع النسوي السوري (Syrian Feminist Society) (SFS) – Syria
438. الرابطة السورية للمواطنة (Syrian League for Citizenship) (SL4C) – Syria
439. رابطة النساء السوريات (Syrian Women League) (SWL) – Lebanon
440. الحركة السياسية النسوية السورية (Syrian Women’s Political Movement) (SWPM) – Syria, Global
441. مركز تفوق الإستشاري للتنمية (Tafawuq Consulting Center for Development) – Bahrain
442. Tanggol Bayi – Philippines
443. Terre des Femmes e.V. – Germany
444. Tetratech International – Kenya
445. The Awakening – Pakistan
446. The Gender Agency – Australia
447. The Gender Security Project (GSP) – India
448. The Jo Cox Foundation – United Kingdom
449. The Kosova Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims (KRCT) – Kosovo
450. The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation – Sweden, Global
451. The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy-MIFTAH (MIFTAH) – Palestine
452. The Power of Equality – Russia
453. The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) – Sweden
454. The Well Health Company (TWHC) – South Africa, Global
455. The WomanStats Project – United States, Global
456. Theresa de Langis, Independent Scholar, Researcher and Practitioner on gender and armed conflict and feminist security studies – United States
457. Titi Foundation (TF) – South Sudan
458. مؤسسة أكون للحقوق والحريات (To be Foundation) (TOBEF) – Yemen
459. Tremendas – Chile, Global
460. Tripla Difesa Onlus (G.I.N.V.) – Italy
461. Tumainiel Mangi Child Watch – United Republic of Tanzania
462. الجمعية التونسية للنساء الديمقراطيات (Tunisian Association of Democratic Women) (ATFD) – Tunisia
463. UKPAC (UKPAC SIGBI) – United Kingdom, Global
464. منظمة أور لثقافة المرإة والطفل (Ur Organization for the Culture of Women and Children) – Iraq
465. UN Women Aotearoa – New Zealand, Global
466. UN Women Germany – Germany, Global
467. Unanima International – United States, Global
468. Undivided: Women, War & The Battle for Peace (UWWBP) – United States
469. UNIKS Sénégal – Senegal
470. Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) – United States
471. United Against Inhumanity (UAI) – France, Global
472. United Children Integrated Development Action Uganda (UNCIDA) – Uganda
473. United Methodist Church-General Board of Church and Society (UMC-GBCS) – United States, Global
474. United Nations Association of Sweden (UNA Sweden) – Sweden, Global
475. Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA) – Colombia
476. Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative, University of Denver (IGLI) – United States
477. University Youth Foundation for Development (UYFD) – Yemen
478. Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights (UAF) – United States, Global
479. أورنمو للعدالة وحقوق الإنسان (Urnammu for Justice and Human Rights) – Syria
480. Vanuatu Young Women for Change (VYWC) – Vanuatu
481. Venezolanas Globales – Venezuela, Global
482. Visionary Foundation Pakistan (VFP) – Pakistan
483. VIVAT International – United States, Global
484. Vrouwen voor Vrede op de Molukken (VvVM) – Netherlands
485. مركز وشم لدراسات المرأة (Washm Women Studies Center) (WcWs) – Libya
486. West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) – Nigeria
487. Wi’am, Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center (Wi’am) – Palestine
488. WIDE Austria – Austria
489. WIDE+ – Belgium
490. Widows for Peace through Democracy (WPD) – United Kingdom, Global
491. WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform (WO=MEN) – Netherlands
492. Women Action for and with Society (WAS) – South Sudan
493. Women Advocacy & Development Initiative (WADI) – Sudan
494. نساء ضد العنف (Women Against Violence) (WAVO) – Israel
495. Women Against Violence and Expediency Handling Initiative (WAVEHI) – Nigeria
496. Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) – Afghanistan
497. Women and Modern World Social Charitable Center (CWMW) – Azerbaijan, Global
498. Women Deliver – United States, Global
499. Women Education Development Organization of Liberia (WEDOL) – Liberia
500. Women Empowerment Against Poverty of Nepal – Nepal
501. Women Empowerment Centre South Sudan (WECSS) – South Sudan
502. Women Empowerment Network (WEN) – Liberia
503. Women Engaged in Action on 1325 (WE ACT 1325) – Philippines
504. Women for Afghan Women (WAW) – United States, Global
505. Women for Lebanon (WNLB) – Lebanon
506. Women for Peace in the World (W4PW) – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Global
507. Women for Women International (WfWI) – United States, Global
508. Women in Humanitarian Response in Nigeria Initiative Network (WIHRINI) – Nigeria
509. Women in International Security (WIIS) – United States, Global
510. Women Inspiring Women (WIW) – Philippines
511. Women Now for Development (WND) – Syria
512. Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS) – United States, Global
513. Women Problems Research Union (WPRU) – Azerbaijan
514. وحدة دعم وتمكين المرأة (Women Support Unit) (WSU) – Syria
515. Women with Disability Self Reliance Foundation (WWDSRF) – Nigeria
516. Women Working Group (WWG) – Indonesia, Global
517. Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) – United States
518. Women’s Action for Self-Empowerment (Wase Africa) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
519. المجموعة الاستشارية النسوية لممثلة الامين العام للامم المتحدة في العراق (Women’s Advisory Group for the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq) (WAG) – Iraq, Global
520. Women’s Center for Guidance and Legal Awareness (WCGLA) – Egypt, Global
521. Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling – Palestine
522. Women’s Council Denmark – Denmark
523. Women’s Humanitarian Organization (PWHO) – Lebanon
524. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Australia (WILPF Australia) – Australia
525. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Burkina Faso (WILPF Burkina Faso) – Burkina Faso
526. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Aotearoa (WILPF Aotearoa) – New Zealand
527. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Centrafrique (WILPF-RCA) – Central African Republic
528. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Denmark (WILPF Denmark) – Denmark
529. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Lebanon (WILPF-LB) – Lebanon
530. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Norway (WILPF Norway) – Norway
531. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Sénégal (WILPF SG) – Senegal
532. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Spain (WILPF España) – Spain
533. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Togo (WILPF Togo) – Togo
534. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, United Kingdom (WILPF UK) – United Kingdom
535. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Ghana (WILPF Ghana) – Ghana
536. Women’s International Peace Centre – Uganda, Global
537. Women’s Rights Center – Montenegro
538. Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF) – Switzerland, GLobal
539. Women’s Right to Education Programme (WREP) – Nigeria
540. Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAHP) – Nigeria
541. Women4nonviolence (W4NV) – Norway, Global
542. Women4Yemen Network – Yemen
543. World Council of Churches (WCC) – Switzerland, Global
544. World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy (WFM/IGP) – United States
545. World Refugee & Migration Council (WRMC) – Canada, Global
546. Women’s UN Report Network (WUNRN) – United States, Global
547. مركز اليمن لدراسات حقوق الانسان (Yemen Center for Human Rights Studies) (YCHRS) – Yemen
548. اتحاد نساء اليمن (Yemen Women Union) – Yemen
549. Young Women Advocacy for Inclusion (YWAI) – South Sudan, Global
550. Young Women’s Christian Association of Bangladesh (YWCA Bangladesh) – Bangladesh
551. Young Women’s Christian Association of Palestine (YWCA Palestine) – Palestine
552. Youth and Women for Development (YWD) – Uganda
553. Youth and Women for Opportunities Uganda – Uganda
554. Youth Association for Development (YAD Pakistan) – Pakistan
555. Youth for Environment Education and Development Foundation (YFEED Foundation) – Nepal
556. Youth in Technology Arts Network (YOTAN) – Liberia
557. Youth Voice Network of Organizations (YVNO) – Albania
558. Zakho Small Villages Projects (ZSVP) – Iraq