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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

4 April 2022 by Shayne Wong[1] and Katrina Leclerc[2] Rwanda is often remembered internationally for the genocide perpetrated on its territory in 1994. However, increasingly the country has been recognized within the African continent and the wider international community for ...