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New web site for women working for peace |
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 | Women's contributions to conflict prevention and peace-building and their role in trengthening international security are largely under-reported. A web portal is now open aimed at information and knowledge sharing and providing a comprehensive online information source on women, peace and security |
The PeaceWomen Portal is a tool that can be sued to search PeaceWomen.org. Many of its sub-sections covering Resources, Initiatives, Advocacy and Education Tools, and Useful Links have an otion to submit other organization’s project information, allowing users of the site to be full participants in its development.
The PeaceWomen Project promotes the role of women in preventing conflict, and the equal and full participation of women in all efforts to create and maintain international peace and security. PeaceWomen facilitates monitoring of the UN system, information sharing and the enabling of meaningful dialogue for positive impact on women’s lives in conflict and post-conflict environments.
PeaceWomen monitors and advocates the rapid and full implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions on women, peace and security, Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) and the subsequent Security Council resolutions 1820 (2008); 1888 (2009); and 1889 (2009).
In particular, PeaceWomen focues on six core areas of action: monitoring the UN Security Council’s implementation of SCR1325; providing a comprehensive online information source on women, peace and security at www.peacewomen.org; monitoring the UN system’s implementation of SCR1325; advocating for the rapid and full implementation of SCR 1325 and related resolutions; managing the translation initiative and general outreach related to women, peace and security.
PeaceWomen is a project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and is located in WILPF's United Nations Office in New York City. The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is an ECOSOC accredited non-governmental organization, the oldest women's peace group in the world.
WILPF's aims and principles are:
• To bring together women of different political beliefs and philosophies who are united in their determination to study, make known and help abolish the causes and legitimizations of war;
• To work toward world peace; total and universal disarmament; the abolition of violence and coercion in the settlement of conflict and their transformation by negotiation and reconciliation processes; the strengthening of the United Nations system; the continuous development and implementation of international law; political, social, and economic equality; co-operation among all people; and environmentally sustainable development. See also WACC's own programme on 'Communication for Peace'. |
