The European Union

The Gender & Peacebuilding Programme advocates for the full implementation of the European Parliament Resolution on the Gender Aspects of Peaceful Conflict Resolution. This work is carried out in partnership with the EU NGO Coalition on Women, Peace and Conflict Prevention. Established in 2002, the Coalition is led by the Working Group constituting the European Centre for Common Ground (ECCG), Aprodev, Women's International Leage for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Kvinna Till Kvinna and ourselves, International Alert. For more details on the issues and the work we carry out please see the documents below:

Please click here for a summary of the European Resolution on Women and Conflict Resolution.

Please click here for the European Parliament Resolution on Women in Afghanistan.

Please click here for the paper: From the Margins to Mainstream: Mainstreaming Gender into EU Conflict Prevention Policy & Practice.

Please click here for recommendations for mainstreaming gender into EU conflict prevention policy and practice.

Please click here for the European Union main website.

 

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The European Union must involve the majority of the war affected population in peace processes if they expect to have any chance of achieving sustainable peace…Women’s groups should be supported – politically, technically and financially – in their attempts to explore different conflict resolution and peace building options.

European Parliament Report on Women and Conflict Resolution