Global women leaders are uniting in solidarity for peace at a time of escalating war and conflicts. #WomenForPeace – a new global initiative – is demanding to stop the carnage, an immediate humanitarian access, and return to the peace negotiating table with women.
The movement, led by senior women leaders, including UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley; UN Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous and Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, –is launched ahead of this year’s Women, Peace and Security Week.
Unite in solidarity for peace
Women leaders around the world are amplifying voices and leading the call to unite in solidarity for peace, and for ensuring the safety, dignity and rights of civilians caught in the crossfire of war. With so many on the warpath, women are choosing the path to peace.
Today, they call on leaders to ensure the protection of civilians in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory and demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. Let us remember that wherever there is a conflict, women and children often bear the brunt.
- #WomenForPeace is calling for solidarity and action to ensure the safety, dignity and
rights of civilians in all conflicts are upheld.
- #WomenForPeace recognizes that women are active agents for peace, who shape the
future of their communities and contribute to a more peaceful world.
Call to action: join #WomenForPeace
- Stop the carnage!
- Allow immediate humanitarian access
- Return to the peace table with women
Take action
- Join the #WomenForPeace movement and call for action.
- Women, Peace and Security Week – during the week, join us, through your
presence, voice and action.
- Every Friday starting on 27 October – wear a swatch of white and/or raise a white
flag to stand up for civilians, especially women and children, caught in the
crossfire of conflicts, in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory; and other conflict zones.
