International Peace Activities

For the time being, peace work is a particular challenge for civil-society actors. Not only wars but also food, climate, care, economic and financial crises in correspondence to the internationalisation of conflicts demand specific engagement and diverse knowledge and expertise. Women and womens' organisations have deserved in this area and they are a driving force behind many peace processes - unfortunately they receive far too little consideration. They are indispensable for a gender-equitable and sustainable peace policy.

Advocacy Paper

The Challenge of Becoming Invisible:Understanding Women’s Security in Kabul

- Although the overthrow of the Taliban opened up new opportunities for women, it did not give rise to the “women’s liberation” many were expecting. Currently, there are growing concerns about an “apparent backlash against the empowerment of women and their participation in public life.” The current situation in Afghanistan demonstrates that while conflict and its aftermath can shake up gender roles, rapid social change can also provoke “a retreat to conservative notions of masculinity and femininity.” more»

CAMPAIGN CALL

Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict

- May 4, 2012 - The Nobel Women's Initiative calls to join the campaign Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict.
The campaign will be launched in the Week of Action May 6-13. more»

Nobel Peace Prize goes to three women's rights activists! An encouraging sign.

- Leymah Roberta Gbowee and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf – both from Liberia – and Tawakkul Karman (Yemen), three outstanding women's rights and peace activists, have been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. They have, for years, campaigned in different ways and in different forms against the exploitation of women, oppression, war and violence, and for women's rights and those of other suppressed people, doing so at times under extreme conditions and at high personal risk. Gitti Hentschel more»

Peace Direct

- Support to local peacebuilders. The aim of the NGO ist to empower local people to prevent, resolve and heal conflicts and to build their own future without depending on outside help.  more»