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GNWP Reports from Istanbul, Türkiye: “Women’s Networks WIN Together” Regional Conference on Networks across Women Peacebuilders and Mediators in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia
24 August 2023 by Natia Kostava* and Sophia Farion** “Nothing survives without action. We need to be strategic, creative, innovative, resourceful and think outside the box to revitalize and sustain networks.” – Mavic Cabrera Balleza, Chief Executive Officer of the Global ...
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GNWP Reports from Indonesia: Advancing Women, Peace and Security (WPS), Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) and Humanitarian Action in Southeast Asia
24 February 2023 by Bianca Pabotoy* and Katrina Leclerc** Two months after the adoption of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security (RPA WPS), the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) ...
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GNWP Reports from the Young Women+ Leaders for Peace in Lebanon: Searching for hope, finding it in each other
7 February 2023 by Alonna Despain* Edited by Shawna Crystal** When reflecting on time spent with the Young Women+ Leaders for Peace (YWL)[1] in Lebanon, there is one word that prevails in its lack and its growth: hope. The Global ...
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The Importance of Women’s Rights in War and Peace: An Eastern Europe and South Caucasus case study
20 December 2022 By Beatriz Valdés Correa* Prior to the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine,[1] Ukrainian women’s organizations were focused on assembling a gender equality agenda covering fundamental women’s rights issues, such as guaranteeing women’s sexual and reproductive rights, fighting ...
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Climate Change Worsens Gender-Based Violence: Here’s How the WPS Agenda Can Help
8 December 2022 By Jenaina Irani* Climate change is a growing threat to progress, peace, security, and human rights. The negative impacts of climate change often have gendered impacts and are another barrier to achieving gender equality. The climate crisis ...
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GNWP Reports from Cauca and Tolima, Colombia
29 November 2022 By Cecilia Lazara* The winds of change are blowing in Colombia. Despite the continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and slow progress in the implementation of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia ...
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GNWP Reports from Krakow, Poland
22 November 2022 By Mavic Cabrera-Balleza* A hand to hold: Survivors of rape in the war in Ukraine need accompaniment and support Tetiana Semikop is a retired police colonel from Odesa city. In her 25 years on the police force, ...
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Testimony from Afghan woman peacebuilder Kochay Hassan*: Life under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Regime
17 August 2022 Disclaimer: This is my experience, and I cannot speak on behalf of the millions of women living in different regions of Afghanistan. I remember the night – scrolling more than 18 hours a day on Twitter to ...
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GNWP condemns the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
June 25, 2022 New York, USA. In the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade – the landmark Constitutional ruling that guaranteed a woman’s right to access abortion – the Global Network of Women ...
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GNWP Reports from Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement, Northwestern Uganda
27 May 2022 By Mavic Cabrera-Balleza* “We are the future of South Sudan! We want to go home, and we appeal to President Salva Kiir to ensure safety and security in our village,” – young South Sudanese refugee women in ...
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