Women Building Peace Campaign
The international campaign Women Building
Peace: From the Village Council to the Negotiating Table was the first
phase of the Gender & Peacebuilding Programme's work. Launched by International
Alert in May 1999 with the support of over 200 women’s organisation, it
ended in 2001, having contributed to placing the issues of women, peace
and security firmly onto the international agenda.
The aims of the campaign were to:
- Support the full implementation of international resolutions and commitments that relate to women, peace and security.
- Raise awareness of women's experiences and perspectives of peace and conflict.
- Promote women’s peace building activities and advocate for an increase of resources for women and women's organisations involved in peace and security issues.
- Create spaces for raising women's concerns about their inclusion at all levels of peacebuilding, negotiation and reconstruction processes.
Through influencing policy, raising public awareness and building partnerships globally the campaign impacted the implementation of international standards on peace, security and development to ensure that gender perspectives are integrated and that the specific needs of women and men are addressed.
Campaign successes included:
- Collaboratively campaigning with partner organisations for the unanimous adoption of United Nations Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
- The joint launch & delivery with UNIFEM, of the first Millennium Peace Prize for Women.
- Delivering a Global Petition of over 100,000 signatures in support of women’s demands to the United Nations.
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Writing and disseminating policy briefings to the international community to provide recommendations for integrating an effective gendered approach to peace and security.
- Supporting the adoption of a Resolution by the European Parliament on the Participation of Women in Peaceful Conflict Prevention
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