IWPG Women of the World - the Tools that can Help Create a World of Peace

It was announced in October last year that the UN would like to work towards doubling the role women play in peace building operations over next five years.  

A commitment was made by the United Nations, the United Kingdom and other governments to promote the rights and roles of women and girls in conflict, yet have they been able to fulfil these promises when there is such a lack in of resources and political will worldwide?

The UK Government have outlined their intention to put women and girls at the centre of all our efforts to prevent and resolve conflict, to promote peace and stability, and to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls.

What role do women have in creating peace?

History shows us that women have played a critical role in facilitating reconciliation efforts and secured formal roles that allowed them to participate in mitigating the Liberian civil war as it intensified, by confronting rebels directly, while also arranging meetings between Charles Taylor and the leaders of peace building groups. 

Efforts such as this have provided women with a reputation as objective mediators leading to the success of the signing of the 2003 Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement by the warring factions, political parties, and civil society which was able to establish the National Transitional Government of Liberia, whose primary task was to prepare the country for presidential and parliamentary elections in October 2005.

So what are women doing around the world?

IWPG - International Women's Peace Group gather 10,000 Indian Women who are shouting for Human Rights and Peace.

The year of 2015 was concluded with an unprecedented IWPG Network event at a Women's University in Kanyakumari District, India.  10,000 women of India pledged to support the movement led by (IWPG) International Women's Peace Group, Chairwoman Nam Hee Kim to urge for the enactment of an international convention for the cessation of wars and to join the organisation's work for the empowerment of women and world peace.

18 December, 2015  - The 2015 IWPG Network India was held at the Women's Christian College, Nagercoil in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India.

• Participating women leaders from the districts of Tamil Nadu, and from the states of Odisha, Maharashtra, Kerala who discussed women's role in empowering women and achieving peace. Hon. District Collector, the Superintendent of Police, the Additional Director for Rural Development Tamil Nadu Government, and the Principal of WCC delivered keynote addresses.
•  200 female university students from Kanyakumari gave performances for peace and received ovations from the audience. IWPG appointed 41 members of the peace committee, advisors, and peace ambassadors.
• A large gathering of hearts for peace walk across downtown Kanyakumari.

Please see more details here: Press Release

Nam Hee Kim, the chairwoman of IWPG said in her video message:

"Though women in India are struggling with India's custom and social norms, I believe those struggles are what we go through on the way to becoming agents of peace. Now it is the time to show the true potential of Indian women," were the words of Chairwoman Kim Nam Hee.

In his congratulatory message, Man Hee Lee, the chairman of HWPL said, 

"the entire the global village must join one another to leave a peaceful world as a legacy for our future generations." He added, "When all women of India work for peace, that will make the world anew."

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