2024 Open Letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in advance of the annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security
Source: NGO Working Group on WPS
In advance of the October 2024 Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, this open letter was sent to UN Member States on behalf of 628 civil society signatories from 110 countries working on issues related to gender equality and women’s rights, peace and security, human rights, humanitarian assistance, and protection of civilians. The letter calls on the Security Council and Member States to take decisive action to protect women’s rights in conflicts and crises around the world.
Dear Ambassadors,
Ahead of this year’s annual open debate on women, peace and security (WPS), and one year before the 25th anniversary of Resolution 1325 (2000), we write to you as civil society organizations dedicated to peace, women’s rights and gender equality to urge you to redouble your efforts to fulfill the highest ideals of the WPS agenda.
Today, we are confronted with record levels of armed conflict, militarization and military spending, which undermine gender equality, threaten to reverse decades of progress on women’s rights, and jeopardize global efforts for peace. Women and marginalized groups bear the brunt of conflicts and crises, including conflict-related sexual violence, poverty, forced displacement and hunger. Increased militarization has been accompanied by multi-pronged assaults on universal norms, especially international human rights and humanitarian law; on women human rights defenders and civil society space; and on democracy itself. Further, an escalating global backlash against gender justice and the human rights and bodily autonomy of women and LGBTQIA+[1] people, compounded by their systematic exclusion from international decision-making and peacemaking, means that those most adversely affected by armed conflict are also those whose voices are most marginalized.
The WPS agenda’s vision of peace and equality[2] has never been so important — or so under threat.
The cost of the international community’s failure to fully implement the WPS agenda over the past 24 years can be measured in lives lost, rights denied and conflicts prolonged. Yet, feminist movements continue to fight back against misogyny and repression for a more just and peaceful future. They refuse to accept anything less than their rights — and neither should you.
The UN Security Council cannot afford to let another anniversary pass without meaningful progress on protecting women’s rights in conflict. We therefore urge you to take decisive action in the following 10 areas and implement them in all crises on its agenda[3]:
- Prevent, avert and end conflict. Ending violence is the most effective means to protect the rights of women and girls in all conflicts and crises. As enshrined in the UN Charter, it is the primary responsibility of the Security Council to maintain peace and security. Conflict prevention requires addressing the gendered drivers of conflict, including patriarchy; all forms of inequality, including socioeconomic inequality; multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination; exclusion; and violation of human rights. There is no situation in which gender equality and women’s rights are not relevant. We therefore urge the Security Council to ensure that the rights of women and girls are fundamental to all international peace and security processes, including its own decisions, without exception. Further, the Council must uphold international human rights and humanitarian law, and all relevant Security Council resolutions, including on WPS, and step up preventive diplomacy to ensure inclusive, gender-responsive, long-term and peaceful resolution to all conflicts.
- Reform the Security Council. The credibility of the Security Council to meaningfully fulfill its mandate has been fundamentally shaken by its inability to effectively address conflicts, including, most recently, Israel’s brutal war in Gaza and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, both of which have had devastating consequences for the rights of women and marginalized communities. We urge you to commit to Security Council reform in order to build a more representative, transparent, democratic and accountable multilateral system that can effectively deliver on the UN Charter’s promise of peace. This should include credible, timely and decisive Security Council action to prevent or end the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and lead to ending the use of the veto on resolutions aimed at stopping mass atrocities. We further urge you to sign the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group’s Code of Conduct, thereby pledging not to vote against a credible draft resolution before the Security Council aimed at stopping such crimes.
- Stop arms transfers when there is a substantial risk that they may be used to “commit or facilitate serious acts of gender-based violence or serious acts of violence against women and children,” or if Member States have knowledge or should have known at the time of authorization that they would be used in the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, attacks directed against civilians or civilian objects, or other war crimes, in line with the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Compliance with obligations and norms on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation[4] is critical to conflict prevention, and backsliding on disarmament commitments risks future violence. States have a legal obligation to comply with arms embargoes imposed by the Security Council. We further urge you to cut military spending and instead increase funding for gender equality and global humanitarian responses to ensure no needs go unmet.
- Defend women’s human rights. Women’s civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, as enshrined in international law and Security Council resolutions, are the foundation of the WPS agenda.[5] The Security Council must therefore center human rights, especially the rights of women, girls and LGBTQIA+ people, in all peace and security discussions, processes and decisions; take coordinated action to counter gender backlash; and reject any outcomes that undermine women’s rights. Council members must also consistently, and publicly, demand that warring parties and other relevant actors immediately abolish any laws, policies or practices that prevent or restrict the full enjoyment of women’s human rights in accordance with international standards.
- Advance reproductive justice. Reproductive autonomy, and the right to live in safe, peaceful and sustainable communities, is essential for women in conflicts and crises everywhere. We urge Security Council members to protect and uphold sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in accordance with international standards, including relevant WPS resolutions, in all conflict situations on its agenda.[6] We further urge you to politically and financially support comprehensive, high quality and non-discriminatory SRHR services, including access to contraception, safe abortion and maternal health care, and fully integrate these rights into crisis prevention, response and recovery plans.
- Insist on women at the table. Women have the right to full and equal representation.[7] Politically and financially support the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation and leadership of diverse women[8] at all levels and stages of decision-making, with the target of 50%.[9] In particular, we urge you to prioritize women’s direct participation in formal Track 1 or high-level peace and political processes, especially the meaningful representation of women human rights defenders, peacebuilders and feminist movements. Women must be able to influence the outcome and implementation of negotiations, across all issues. Further, demand the equal, direct and influential participation of women as a standard requirement across all UN-supported peace processes and convenings.[10] The Security Council, the UN and Member States must not endorse, facilitate, participate in or support peace or political processes where women are excluded.
- Support principled humanitarian action. Ensure gender-responsive, locally-led humanitarian action, and safe, unhindered humanitarian access to affected populations of all genders and diversities, as required by international humanitarian law. A principled humanitarian response is only possible when it centers non-discrimination and the fundamental human rights and participation of diverse women.[11] Allowing discriminatory laws, policies and practices to determine or impose constraints on how humanitarian actors operate — such as by deploying male-only response teams or denying access to services based on sexual orientation and gender identity — undermines humanitarian principles, limits access to diverse women and girls, reinforces exclusion and further threatens women’s rights. Support diverse women’s participation in the design and implementation of, and all decision-making on, humanitarian action.
- Demand justice and accountability. All violations of women’s rights, including all forms of gender-based violence, conflict-related sexual violence and attacks against women human rights defenders, must be publicly condemned, thoroughly and swiftly investigated, and perpetrators held accountable. Respect for international humanitarian and human rights law, including compliance with provisional measures of the International Court of Justice (ICJ); upholding the obligation to prevent genocide; and ending impunity, are paramount obligations of Member States and essential for securing justice for survivors. We urge you to pursue accountability strategies that center gender, including by considering codifying gender apartheid, supporting prosecutions of gender persecution at the International Criminal Court, and ensuring accountability for violations of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) at the ICJ. All justice and accountability efforts, including reparations processes, must be rights-based and survivor-centered, in order to avoid replicating harm, promote recovery and address root causes of violations, such as discrimination and inequality.
- Stand with feminist movements, the heart of the WPS agenda. The UN and all Member States must commit to and fully implement a zero-tolerance approach[12] to any form of attack, intimidation, retaliation or reprisal against diverse women for their political participation, human rights and humanitarian work, peacebuilding activities or cooperation with UN mechanisms, including the Security Council. However, protection must never compromise participation. It is critical that independent and diverse women civil society and human rights defenders continue to inform all peace and security policymaking, including Security Council discussions;[13] that their independent selection and views are fully respected; and, most importantly, that their recommendations are acted upon.
- Fund peace, not war. Increase funding to local women-led, women’s rights and LGBTQIA+ organizations, networks and movements, and support initiatives that promote gender equality and feminist leadership. Provide direct, accessible, long-term and flexible funding to, and promote partnerships with, women civil society, in order for them to work safely, sustainably and effectively, free of impediments.[14] Meet the minimum target of earmarking 15% of funds for programs that advance gender equality and allocate a minimum of 1% of overseas development assistance for women’s rights and women-led peacebuilding organizations by 2025 with a firm commitment to increasing it in the future.[15] We further urge you, as donors, to support the independence and integrity of civil society organizations, especially organizations working on contested issues, to ensure that they are able to sustain their indispensable work, free of obstacles or interference.
Over the last 24 years, women civil society, including human rights defenders, peacebuilders and feminist movements, have stood on the frontlines of conflict: advocating for peace, elevating the voices of affected communities, and speaking truth to power — all while charting a clear path toward more just, equal and peaceful societies. Ahead of the 25th anniversary of Resolution 1325, the women, girls and LGBTQIA+ people of Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Western Sahara, Yemen and all other crises on the Security Council’s agenda will be looking to you to deliver on 25 years of promises.
Sincerely,
- NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG) – Global
- Amnesty International (AI) – United Kingdom, Global
- Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) – United States, Global
- Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights (CGSHR) – United States, Global
- Global Justice Center (GJC) – United States, Global
- Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) – United States, Global
- Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) – Netherlands, Global
- Human Rights Watch (HRW) – United States, Global
- International Alert (IA) – United Kingdom, Global
- MADRE – United States, Global
- Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) – Canada, Global
- Outright International – United States, Global
- Refugees International (RI) – United States, Global
- Women Enabled International (WEI) – United States, Global
- Women for Women International (WfWI) – United States, Global
- Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) – Global
- Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) – Global
- منظمة ألعاد (ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality) – Lebanon
- رابطة أمهات المختطفين (Abductees’ Mothers Association) (AMA) – Yemen
- Abortion Access Front (AAF) – United States
- منظمة عبس التنموية للمراة والطفل (Abs Development Organization for Woman and Child) (ADO) – Yemen
- Accepting Others Organization (AOO) – Iraq
- ACT Alliance – Switzerland, Global
- Action de Protection Mère et Enfant (APME) – DRC
- Action for Conflict Resolution (ACR) – South Sudan
- Action for Girls and Women Survival (AGWOMSUR) – Liberia
- Action Network on Forced Displacement – Women as Agents of Change – Germany
- Action pour le Développement de l’Initiative Locale (ADILO) – Mali
- ActionAid – South Africa, Global
- Actions pour la Réinsertion Sociale de la Femme (ARSF) – DRC
- Actions Jeunes et Femmes pour le Développement Durable (AJFDD) – Mali
- Adéquations – France
- Advocacy for Human Rights and Justice-Sierra Leone (ADHRJUST-SL) – Sierra Leone
- Afghan Canadian Civil Society Forum (ACSFo) – Canada
- Afghan Refugees Solidarity Association (ARSA) – Turkey
- جنبش زنان برای عدالت و آزادی (Afghan Women’s Movement for Justice and Freedom) (AWMJF) – Afghanistan
- Afghan Women’s Network International (AWNI) – United States
- Afghan Women’s Organization (AWO) – Canada
- Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization (AHRDO) – Canada, Global
- Afghanistan Justice Organization (AJO) – Afghanistan
- ائتلاف جنبش های اعتراضی زنان افغانستان (Afghanistan Women Protester Movements Coalition) (AWPMC) – Afghanistan, Global
- Afghanistan Women’s Political Participation Network – Afghanistan, Global
- انقلاب زنان افغانستان (Afghanistan Women’s Revolution) – Afghanistan, Global
- African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS) – Gambia, Global
- African Women Leaders Network Liberia (AWLN LIBERIA) – Liberia
- Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) – Nigeria, Global
- Afrikagrupperna – Sweden
- Agir ensemble pour les droits humains – France
- Ágora – Mexico, Global
- Aisling Swaine, Professor of Peace, Security and International Law, University College Dublin, Ireland
- مؤسسة السناء لحقوق الانسان (Al-Sanaa Foundation for Human Rights) (SFHR) – Iraq
- All Survivors Project (ASP) – Liechtenstein, Global
- Alliance congolaise pour les foyers et combustibles améliorés (ACFCA) – DRC
- Alliance for Choice (AfC) – United Kingdom
- Alliance for the Prevention of Atrocity Crimes (APAC) – United Kingdom, Global
- GLOBAL – Ukraine
- منتدى المحبة والسلام (Almahabba Wes Salam Forum) – Iraq
- المستقبل للاستناره والتنميه (Almostagball for Enlightenment and Development Organization) (AEDO) – Sudan
- منظمة الرونق للمرأة والطفل (Al-Rawnaq Organization for Women and Children) – Libya
- Amaana Relief and Social Development Organisation (ARESDO) – Somalia
- Angat Bayi – Philippines
- Arab Network for Knowledge About Human Rights (ANKH Association) – France
- Anne Marie Goetz, Clinical Professor, Center for Global Affairs, New York University
- Aotearoa New Zealand Campaign on Military Spending (ANZCOMS) – New Zealand
- Aquarius Supervivientes – Spain
- Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) – Jordan
- Arab Women Organization of Jordan (AWO) – Jordan
- Arid Lands Development Focus (ALDEF-K) – Kenya
- Armenian Committee of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (HCA-Armenia) – Armenia
- الجمعيه الفلسطينيه لصاحبات الاعمال (ASALA, the Palestinian Businesswomen’s Association) – Palestine
- Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN Indonesia) – Indonesia
- Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) – Malaysia
- Asociación Colectivo Mujeres Al Derecho (ASOCOLEMAD) – Colombia, Global
- Asociación de Trabajadoras del Hogar a Domicilio y de Maquila (ATRAHDOM) – Guatemala
- Associação Cabo-Verdiana de Luta Contra Violência Baseada no Género (ACLCVBG) – Cabo Verde
- Associação de Estudos, Cooperação e Desenvolvimento (EOS) – Portugal
- Associação Luterana para o Desenvolvimento de Angola (ALDA) – Angola
- Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres – Portugal
- Association d’Aide à l’Education de l’Enfant Handicapé (AAEEH) – France, Global
- Association de Développement de l’éducation et de la Paix en Afrique (ADEPA) – DRC
- Association des Cultivateurs des Collectivités de Batangi et Bamate (ACUCOBA) – DRC
- Association Djazairouna des Familles Victimes du Terrorisme – Algeria
- Association Dushirehamwe (ADH) – Burundi
- Association En Terre Indigène – France, Global
- Association Gender, Peace and Security (AGPS) – Albania
- Association pour la Conservation et la Protection des Écosystèmes des Lacs et l’Agriculture Durable (ACOPELAD) – DRC
- Association for Farmers Rights Defense (AFRD) – Georgia, Global
- Association pour le Développement et de la Promotion des Droits Humains (ADPDH) – Mauritania, Global
- Association Najdeh (AN) – Lebanon
- الجمعية الوطنية المرأة في اتصال (Association Nationale Femmes en Communication) (FEC) – Algeria
- Association Nigérienne de Défense des Droits de L’Homme (ANDDH) – Niger
- Association of War Affected Women (AWAW) – Sri Lanka
- Association of Wartime Allies (AWA) – United States
- Association des Femmes de l’Europe Méridionale (AFEM) – France
- Association Promotion Féminine Gaoua (APFG) – Burkina Faso
- Association de Lutte contre les Violences faites aux Femmes et aux Filles Extrême Nord Cameroun (ALVFEN) – Cameroon
- Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice – United States, Global
- Avaaz – United States, Global
- Azadi-e Zan – Afghanistan, Global
- Bahrain Centre for Human Rights – Denmark
- بيتي انا بيتك (Baite Ana Baytac) (BAB) – Syria
- Beautiful Hearts – Mongolia, Global
- Beregynia Poland Foundation – Poland
- Bishkek Feminist Initiatives (BFI) – Kyrgyzstan
- Bonhishikha – Bangladesh
- Botswana Gender Based Violence Prevention and Support Centre (BGBVC) – Botswana
- Brighter One Uganda (BOU) – Uganda
- British Columbia Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC) – Canada, Global
- Burmese Women’s Union (BWU) – Myanmar, Thailand
- Cadire Cameroon Association – Cameroon
- Canada for Africa Group (CanafGroup) – Canada
- CEDAW Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (CCoTT) – Trinidad and Tobago, Global
- Comité Ecuménico para o Desenvolvimento Social (CEDES) – Mozambique
- Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) – United States, Global
- Center for Civil Society and Democracy (CCSD) – Syria
- Center for Human Rights Advocacy (CHRA) – Switzerland
- Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) – South Sudan
- Center for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (CIHLHR) – Yemen, Global
- Center for Peace Building and Democracy in Liberia (CEPEBUD-Liberia) – Liberia
- “Qadın və Müasir Dünya” Mərkəzi (Center “Women and Modern World”) (CWMW) – Azerbaijan
- Centre for Environment, Human Rights & Development Forum (CEHRDF) – Bangladesh, Global
- Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP) – Germany
- Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) – South Africa
- Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú (CHIRAPAQ) – Peru
- Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Francisco de Vitoria, O.P. A.C. (CDH Vitoria) – Mexico
- Centro de Educación e Investigación para la Paz (CEIPAZ) – Spain
- Centro de Justicia y Paz (CEPAZ) – Venezuela
- Centro Ecuatoriano de Desarrollo y Estudios Alternativos (CEDEAL) – Ecuador
- Centro Studi Difesa Civile (CSDC) – Italy
- Благотворительный Фонд “Асарька” (Charity Foundation “Asarkia”) – Abkhazia
- Charity & Security Network (C&SN) – United States
- Благодійна організація Благодійний Фонд Вітри Змін (Charity Foundation Winds of Changes) (WOC) – Ukraine
- Chikka Federation of India – India
- Child is Gold Foundation (CIGF) – Nigeria
- Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP) – Nigeria, Global
- CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality – Netherlands, Global
- Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) – Lesotho
- Canadian Initiative for Refugee Resettlement, Counseling, Localizing and Empowerment (CIRCLE International) – Canada, Global
- Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS) – United States
- CIVICUS – South Africa, Global
- Colectivo Género y Teología para el Desarrollo (CGyT) – Bolivia
- Collectif des Femmes Rurales pour le Développement (COFERD) – DRC
- Colombia Diversa – Colombia
- Comité régional de solidarité des femmes pour la paix en Casamance (USOFORAL) – Senegal
- Common Action for Gender Development (COMAGEND) – Cameroon
- Community and Family Aid Foundation (CAFAF) – Ghana
- Community Association for Vulnerable Persons (CAVP) – Cameroon
- Community Care Collective (CCC) – United States
- Community Education for Life (CEFLife) – Cameroon
- Community Empowerment for Peace and Development West Nile (CEPAD-WN) – Uganda
- Confederation of Sudanese Civil Society Organizations – Sudan
- Conflict Analysis Network (CAN) – United Kingdom
- Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility (CSRF) – South Sudan
- Conseil de la paix (ONG CAP) – Comoros
- Consortium for Intersectional Justice (CIJ) – Sri Lanka, Global
- Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (CRIES) – Argentina
- Corporación Conciudadanía – Colombia
- Corporación de Investigación y Acción Social y Económica (CIASE) – Colombia
- Council for Global Equality – United States
- Counselling Line for Women and Girls (CLWG) – Albania
- Courage for Freedom (CFF) – Canada, Global
- Crown The Woman (CREW) – South Sudan
- Cush Consulting Group – United States
- Danish Family Planning Association (DFPA) – Denmark
- Danish Women’s Society – Denmark
- Darfur Women Action Group (DWAG) – United States, Global
- Democracy Today – Armenia
- Dhobley Women Association (DWA) – Somalia, Global
- Disability People’s Forum Uganda – Uganda, Global
- DIVERLEX Diversidad e Igualdad a través de la Ley – Venezuela
- Dominican Leadership Conference (DLC) – United States, Global
- Dorcas – Yemen, Global
- Double Hope Films – United States, Taiwan
- Dr Paul Kirby, Queen Mary University of London
- Dynamique des Femmes pour la Bonne Gouvernance (DYFEGOU) – DRC
- Echoes of Women in Africa (ECOWA) – Nigeria
- EcoPeace Builders – Lebanon
- Education Defenders Network (EDN) – Canada, Global
- Egale Canada – Canada, Global
- Empatiku Foundation – Indonesia
- Empowering Women and Girls Organization (EWGO) – South Sudan
- Engender – South Africa
- Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas (ECMIA) – Peru
- Equality Bahamas – Bahamas
- Equality Fund – Canada, Global
- Equipop – France
- EQUITA – Slovakia
- Equity and Empowerment (EE) – Turkey
- Escola de Cultura de Pau (ECP) – Spain
- Etihad Peace Minorities Welfare Foundation (EPMWF) – India, Global
- المرصد الأورومتوسطي لحقوق الإنسان (Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor) – Switzerland
- European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) – Netherlands, Global
- Eve Organization for Women Development (EVE) – South Sudan
- Farah Social Foundation (FSF) – Lebanon, Global
- Faudar Rural Educational Society for Harijans – India
- Federation of Business & Professional Women New Zealand (BPWNZ) – New Zealand
- Federation of Medical Women of Canada (FMWC) – Canada
- Femena – United States, Global
- Feminine Solidarity for Justice Organization (FSJO) – Afghanistan
- Femmes et Droits Humains (FDH) – Mali
- Finn Church Aid (FCA) – Finland, Global
- FL National Organization for Women (FL NOW) – United States
- Focus Development Association (FDA) – Madagascar
- Focus Droits et Accès (FDA) – DRC
- Fondation femme plus (FFP) – DRC
- Fondation Millennia2025 Femmes et Innovation – Belgium, Global
- Fondation Nicole Ilunga (FNI) – DRC
- Fondation Solidarité des Hommes (FSH) – DRC
- Food4Humanity (F4H) – Yemen
- Forum International des Femmes de l’Espace Francophone (FIFEF) – DRC
- Fòs Feminista – United States, Global
- Foundation for Innovative Social Development (FISD) – Sri Lanka
- Foundation for Public Interest Law and Development (FPIL&D) (The Pro Bono Centre) – Nigeria, Global
- Franciscans International – Switzerland, Global
- Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e. V. / Women’s Network for Peace (FNF) – Germany
- Free Yezidi Foundation (FYF) – Iraq
- Freedom Now – United States, Global
- Fundación Afrodescendiente por las Diversidades Sociales y Sexuales (SOMOS IDENTIDAD) – Colombia
- Fundación Arcoíris por el Respeto a la Diversidad Sexual (FARDS) – Mexico
- Fundación Mujer & Mujer – Ecuador
- Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (FEIM) – Argentina
- Fundación Tremendas – Chile, Global
- Fundación Unidas: Mujeres Construyendo Tejido Social – Colombia
- GameChangers 360 (GC360) – United States
- Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) – United Kingdom, Global
- Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA) – United States
- Gender Equality Network (GEN) – Myanmar
- Gender-Centru – Moldova
- Gender, Peace & Security – United Kingdom
- Generation Peace Youth Network (GenPeace) – Philippines
- Ghasin Al-Zaiton Organization for Youth (GZY) – Iraq
- Girl Up Chikka – India
- Girl Up Sony – India
- ГО «Дівчата» (Girls NGO) – Ukraine
- Girls Leaders Forum Rwanda (GLF Rwanda) – Rwanda
- Giving Value to Everyone (GIVE) – Liberia
- Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) – United States, Global
- Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) – United States, Global
- Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF) – Ghana
- Global Peace Film Festival (GPFF) – United States
- Global Project Against Hate and Extremism – United States
- Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation – Nepal, Global
- Golden Needle Literary Association – United States, Global
- Good Health Community Programmes (GHCP) – Kenya
- Gramin Punarnirman Sansthan (GPS) – India
- Greater Orlando National Organization for Women (GO-NOW) – United States
- GZO Peace Institute (GZOPI) – Philippines
- Haakro Welfare Association (HWA) – Pakistan
- Haiti Cholera Research Funding Foundation Inc (HCRFF) – United States, Global
- Hands Across the Divide (HAD) – Cyprus
- Health Educational Services for Women and Children Organization (HESWCO) – Afghanistan
- منظمة مساعدة المجتمعات ذات الهشاشة (Helping Vulnerable Communities Organization) (HVCO) – Sudan
- Hero Women Rising (HWR) – DRC
- Himaya Daeem Aataa – Lebanon
- Hope for the Needy Association (HOFNA) – Cameroon
- HPLGBT – Ukraine
- HTOI Gender – Myanmar
- Human Rights Advocates (HRA) – United States
- Human Rights Defenders Network-Sierra Leone (HRDN-SL) – Sierra Leone
- Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) – Myanmar
- Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) – Ghana
- Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa (HRREC – uOttawa) – Canada
- Human Security Collective (HSC) – Netherlands, Global
- Humanitarian Enhancement Aid for Resilient Transformation (HEART) – Bangladesh
- جمعية الإغاثة الإنسانية لنساء تركمان العراق (Humanitarian Relief Society for Iraqi Turkmen Women) (H RSTW) – Iraq
- Humanity & Inclusion (Handicap International) – France, Global
- Hunger Relief Sheroes (HURES) – Cameroon
- Huquqyat – United Kingdom
- IDP Women Association Consent (IDPWA Consent) – Georgia
- ILGA World – Switzerland, Global
- IMAN Research – Malaysia
- Immigration Equality – United States
- Impact: Center against Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence in Conflict – Netherlands, Global
- IMPACT MOLDOVA – Moldova
- In Transformation Initiative (ITI) – South Africa
- Indigenous Women Empowerment Network (IWEN) – Ghana
- Initiative Tilé – Côte d’Ivoire
- Initiatives des Femmes en Situations Difficiles pour le développement Durable et Intégré (IFESIDDI) – DRC
- Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) – Philippines
- ГО Інсайт (Insight Public Organization) – Ukraine
- Institute for International Women’s Rights Manitoba (IIWR-MB) – Canada
- Institute of Local Governance Studies (INLOGOS) – Nepal
- Instituto Think Twice Brasil (TTB) – Brazil, Global
- Inter Pares – Canada, Global
- interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth – United States
- Intergrated Community Development Initiatives of NIgeria (ICIN) – Nigeria
- Internasjonal Kvinneliga for Fred og Frihet (IKFF) (WILPF Norway) – Norway
- International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law (IANGEL) – United States, Global
- International Alliance of Women (IAW) – Switzerland, Global
- International Association of Liberal Religious Women (IALRW) – Switzerland
- Международный центр гражданских инициатив “Наш Дом” (International Centre for Civil Initiatives “Our House”) (ICCI) – Lithuania
- International Center for Peace, Human Rights and Development in Africa (IPHRD-AFRICA) – Kenya
- International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) – United States
- International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka (ICES) – Sri Lanka
- International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) – United States, Global
- International Council of Women (ICW-CIF) – France, Global
- International Federation of Business and Professional Women (IFBPW) – Switzerland
- International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA Cameroon) – Cameroon
- International Movement for Advancement of Education Culture Social & Economic Development (IMAECSED) – India, Global
- International Network of Liberal Women (INLW) – Netherlands, Global
- International Observatory for Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, Geneva (IOPDHR-GENEVA-NGO) – Switzerland
- International Peace Bureau (IPB) – Germany
- International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) – United Kingdom, Global
- International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) – Switzerland, Global
- Intersex Nigeria – Nigeria
- Ipas – Global
- Iraqi Al-Amal Association (IAA) – Iraq
- ISOKO Partners For Peace and Gender Equality – United States, Global
- Jagriti Mahila Maha Sangh – Nepal
- Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development – India
- Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights – Iraq
- Just Futures Collaborative (JFC) – United States, Global
- Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) – Thailand
- Kalkal Human Rights Development Organization (KAHRDO) – Somalia, Global
- Kaos Gay and Lesbian Association – Turkey
- Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) – Myanmar
- Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) – Myanmar
- Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
- Karenni Human Rights Group (KnHRG) – Myanmar
- Karenni National Women’s Organization (KNWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
- Kayan Women’s Organization (KyWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
- Keen and Care Initiative (KCI) – Nigeria
- Koneta Hub – South Sudan
- Kuki Women’s Human Rights Organization (KWHRO) – Myanmar
- KULU – Women and Development – Denmark
- L’Associació Drets Sexuals i Reproductius (ADSiR) – Spain
- Lahu Women’s Organization (LWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
- Lanka Fundamental Rights Organization (LFRO) – Sri Lanka
- مؤسسة دعم القانون والديمقراطية (Law and Democracy Support Foundation) (LDSF) – Germany
- Law and Policy Forum for Social Justice (LAPSOJ) – Nepal
- Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP) – United States
- Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) – Libya
- Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB) – Lebanon
- Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) – Switzerland, Global
- Libya Crimes Watch (LCW) – Libya
- Liga Feminista de Refugiadas Políticas (LigaFeministaRP) – Costa Rica
- Ligue pour la Solidarité Congolaise (LSC) – DRC
- Loretto/BVM at the UN – United States
- Make Mothers Matter (MMM) – France, Global
- Malaysian Action for Justice & Unity (MAJU) – Malaysia
- MANODIVERSA – Bolivia
- Marchons Ensemble et Surement dans l’Assistance Scolaire et Humanitaire (MESAS) – DRC
- مؤسسة فتيات مارب (Marib Girls Foundation) (MGF) – Yemen
- May 17 Association – Turkey
- Mayako Pachian Nepal (MKPN) – Nepal
- Mediationcenter – Denmark
- Men’s Association for Gender Equality, Sierra Leone (MAGE SL) – Sierra Leone
- MenEngage Global Alliance – United States, Global
- Mental Health and Human Rights Info (MHHRI) – Norway, Global
- Middle East and North Africa Partnership for Preventing of Armed Conflict (MENAPPAC) – Lebanon
- Military Women’s Memorial (MWM) – United States
- Mina’s List – United States
- Mines Action Canada (MAC) – Canada
- Molukse Vrouwen Raad (Moluccan Women’s Council) (MVR) – Netherlands
- Monash Global Peace and Security Centre (Monash GPS) – Australia
- Mongolian Women’s Employment Supporting Federation (MWESF) – Mongolia
- Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) – Canada, Global
- Mother and Children Development Aid (MaCDA) – South Sudan
- Mother of Hope Cameroon – Cameroon
- Mothers Legacy Project (MLP) – United States, Global
- Mouvement INAMAHORO – Burundi, Global
- مساءلة لحقوق الإنسان (Musaala Organization for Human Rights) – Yemen
- Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) – Kenya
- Muwatin Media Network – United Kingdom
- Myanmar – Women, Peace and Security (M-WPS) – Thailand
- امي اردنية وجنسيتها حق لي (“My mother is Jordanian, and her nationality is my right” Campaign) – Jordan
- Namibia Diverse Women’s Association (NDWA) – Namibia
- Nari Unnayan Sangstha (NUS) – Bangladesh
- National Coalition of Civil Society Organizations of Liberia (NACCSOL) – Liberia
- National Council of Jewish Women San Francisco (NCJWSF) – United States
- National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL) – India
- National Organization for Women (NOW(SL)) – Sierra Leone
- Network on Peace and Security for Women in the ECOWAS Space (NOPSWECO-Ghana) – Ghana
- Network of African Peace Builders (NAPS) – Zambia
- Network of University Legal Aid Institutions, Nigeria (NULAI) – Nigeria
- New Women Connectors – Netherlands, Global
- NGO Fulcrum UA – Ukraine
- Общественная организация “Взаимодействие” (NGO “Interaction”) – Moldova
- ГО “Безпечний Простір” (NGO “Safe Space”) – Ukraine
- ОО “Агентство социальных технологий” (NGO “Social Technologies Agency”) (STA) – Kyrgyzstan
- مؤسسة نداء للتنمية الانسانية (Nidaa Org for Human Development) – Yemen
- Nitsouwa – Niger
- Nomadic Assistance for Peace and Development (NAPAD) – Kenya
- Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) – Switzerland, Global
- NOVE Caring Humans – Italy
- Observatoire Béninois des Droits de l’Homme (OBDH) – Benin
- Observatoire Kisal – Mali, Sahel
- Observatoire Marocain des Droits de Femmes (OMDF) – Morocco
- Observatorio de Género y Equidad (OGE) – Chile
- Ocalenie Foundation – Poland
- Office against Discrimination, Racism and Intolerance (ODRI) – Ireland, Global
- Université d’Oicha dans l’initiative de la résilience climatique et développement communautaire (UNIO.C.R.I.DC) – DRC
- Oil Refinery Residents Association (ORRA) – Uganda
- Operation 1325 – Sweden, Global
- Organisation Paysanne pour le Développement Durable (OPDD) – DRC
- Organisation pour le Développement Intellectuel de Madagascar (ODIMA) – Madagascar
- Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies (DROPS) – Afghanistan
- Organization for Women’s Empowerment and Development (OWED) – Cameroon
- Oyu Tolgoi Watch (OT Watch) – Mongolia
- Pa-O Women’s Union (PWU) – Myanmar, Thailand
- Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) – Fiji
- Pacific Women Mediators Network (PWMN) – Fiji
- Pacific Women’s Watch (NZ) (PWW-NZ) – New Zealand
- PAIMAN Trust – Pakistan
- Paradigm for Social Justice and Development (PSD) – Uganda
- Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) – United States, Global
- Partners West Africa (PWA) – Senegal
- Некоммерческое партнёрство «Женщины. Дети. Пожилые люди» (Partnership: Women. Children. Elderly) (WCE Partnership) – Moldova
- Pathways for Women’s Empowerment and Development (PaWED-IATC) – Cameroon
- Patriot Educational & Vocational Organisation (PEVO) – Afghanistan
- PAX – Netherlands, Global
- Pax Christi International – Belgium, Global
- Pax Christi Toronto (PCT) – Canada
- Peace and Justice Institute (PJI) – United States
- Peace Direct (PD) – United Kingdom, Global
- Peace Economy Project (PEP) – United States
- Peace for Sudan – Sudan
- Peace Movement Aotearoa – New Zealand
- PeaceWomen Across the Globe – Switzerland, Global
- Permanent Peace Movement (PPM) – Lebanon
- Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) – United States, Global
- Plateforme des Femmes pour la Paix en Casamance (PFPC) – Senegal
- Platform for Dialogue and Peace (P4DP) – Liberia
- Professor Laura J. Shepherd, The University of Sydney
- Programme Amkeni Wamama (PAMA) – DRC
- Programme d’Actions pour le Développement au Congo (PADCO) – DRC
- PSR Research and Consultancies – Nepal
- Громадська Організація “Норма Віта” (Public Organization “Norma Vita”) – Ukraine
- RACIDA – Kenya, Global
- Radha Paudel Foundation – Nepal, Global
- Rafto Foundation for Human Rights – Norway, Global
- Rainbow Railroad (RR) – Canada, Global
- Raise Your Voice Saint Lucia Inc (RYVSLU) – Saint Lucia
- Rawadari – Afghanistan
- Reach Out Cameroon (ROC) – Cameroon
- Red Colombiana de Mujeres por los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos – Colombia
- Red Dot Foundation (RDF) – India, Global
- Red Latinoamericana de Género y Salud Colectiva de ALAMES – Colombia
- Red Nacional Universitaria por la Equidad de Género en la Equidad de Género – Colombia
- Regional Advocacy for Women’s Sustainable Advancement Alliance for African and Arab States (RAWSA Alliance) – Egypt
- Regional Centre for International Development Cooperation (RCIDC) – Uganda
- Reproaction – United States
- Research and Management for Development Results (RMDR) – Netherlands
- Researchers Without Borders Africa (REWiB) – Uganda
- Réseau des femmes élues des collectivités territoriales (REFECTES) – Senegal
- Réseau Femme et Développement au Nord Kivu (REFED/NK) – DRC
- Réseau MUSONET – Mali
- Resilience and Advocacy Organization (Resad Network) – South Sudan
- RNW Media – Yemen, Global
- Root of Generations (ROG) – South Sudan
- RW Welfare Society – Bangladesh
- Sabah Alsudan Organization for Development (SDO) – Sudan
- صدى الجنوب (Sada Aljanub) – Syria
- Saferworld – United Kingdom, Global
- Sauti Ya Mama Mukongomani (Congolese Women’s Voice) (SMM) – DRC
- SecurityWomen – Global
- SEED Malaysia – Malaysia
- Servicio Desarrollo Rural y Agricola (SEDRA) – Chile
- Sustainable Fish Farming Initiative (SFFI) – Nepal, Global
- Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) – Myanmar, Thailand
- Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre (SMRC) – India
- SHERo Mississippi (SHERo MS) – United States
- Shirkat Gah – Women’s Resource Centre (SG) – Pakistan
- Shoura for Building National Consensus (Shoura BNC) – Jordan
- Sierra Leone Action Network on Small Arms (SLANSA) – Sierra Leone
- Siren – Protectors of the Rainforest, Inc (SirenProtect) – United States
- Sister’s Hand Liberia (SHL) – Liberia
- Social Research & Development Institute (SORADI) – Somalia
- Sociedade de Estudos e Intervenção em Engenharia Social (SEIES) – Portugal
- Society for Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Development (SEEED) – Nigeria, Global
- Society for Orphan & Neglected Youths (SONY) – India
- Society for the Improvement of Rural People (SIRP) – Nigeria
- Society Of Local Volunteers’ Efforts (SOLVE-Nepal) – Nepal
- Solidarité des femmes, filles et enfants de la RDC (SOLIFEDE RDC) – DRC
- Solidarité Féminine Pour la Paix et le Développement Integral (SOFEPADI) – DRC
- Solidarity Acts Spark Hope – Denmark
- Somali Gender Hub (SGH) – Somalia
- Sonke Gender Justice (SGJ) – South Africa
- Soroptimist International – United Kingdom, Global
- South Sudan Women’s Empowerment Network (SSWEN) – South Sudan
- Speak for Life Cancer Prevention Initiative (S4L CPI) – Nigeria
- جنبش خودجوش زنان معترض افغانستان (Spontaneous Movement of Protesting Women in Afghanistan) (SMOPWIA) – Afghanistan
- Start Point – Syria, Global
- Steps Without Borders NGO – Mongolia
- STEWARDWOMEN – South Sudan
- Stichting Female Journalists Network (SFJN) – Netherlands
- Strategic Development Groups of Asia (SDGA) – Germany
- Strategic Litigation Project – United States, Global
- Strategies for Northern Development – Kenya
- Sudan Family Planning Association (SFPA) – Sudan
- Sudanese Women Rights Action (SUWRA) – Sudan
- Sudanese Organization for Research and Development (SORD) – Sudan
- جمعيه نساء سودانيات لسلام والتنميه (Sudanese Women for Peace and Development Association) (SWPDA) – Sudan
- Sukaar Welfare Organization (SWO) – Pakistan
- Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN) – Uganda
- Support Women Initiative for Progress Organisation (SWIPO) – South Sudan
- Sustainable Human Empowerment (SHE) Associates – Canada, Global
- Swaziland Massacre Victims and Survivors Association (Swavisa) – Eswatini
- SYCAC – Syria
- Synergie des Femmes pour les Victimes des Violences Sexuelles (SFVS) – DRC
- Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) – Netherlands
- Syrian Women’s League – Germany
- Ta’ang Women’s Organization (TWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
- Tafawuq Consulting Center for Development (TCCD) – Bahrain
- Tamazight Women’s Movement (TWN) – Libya
- Tavoyan Women’s Union (TWU) – Myanmar
- TERRE DES FEMMES e.V. (TDF) – Germany
- The Australian Civil Society Coalition on Women, Peace and Security (WPSCoalition) – Australia, Global
- The Baton Denmark – United Kingdom
- The Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan – Afghanistan
- The Circle NGO – United Kingdom, Global
- The Duty Legacy (TDL) – United Kingdom, Global
- The Finnish Women, Peace and Security Network – Finland
- The Gender Security Project (GSP) – Global
- The Global Sunrise Project – Canada, Global
- The Ham Diley Campaign (HD) – Australia, Global
- The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation – Sweden, Global
- The Lotus Flower (TLF) – Iraq
- The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH) – Palestine
- The Regional Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders in Southwest Asia and North Africa (WHRDMENA) – MENA
- The Scottish Women’s Convention (SWC) – United Kingdom, Global
- The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network – Uganda, Horn of Africa
- The Weaving House (TWH) – New Zealand
- Together for Environment and Community Wellness (TECW) – Benin
- مبادرة معا للسلام بالداخل والخارج (Together for Peace) – Yemen
- Transparency International Madagascar (TI-MG) – Madagascar
- Tumaini Amani Development Foundation (TADF) – Lesotho
- Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (THF) – Bulgaria, Turkmenistan
- Unidad de Defensa Jurídica (UDJ) – Nicaragua
- UnidOSC – Mexico
- Union des Femmes Francophones d’Océanie Nouvelle-Calédonie (UFFO NC) – France
- Union pour la Promotion/Protection, la Défense des Droits Humains et de l’Environnement (UPDDHE/GL) – DRC
- United Funding and Development for Underage Mothers (UFDUM), inc. – Liberia, Sierra Leone
- United Nations Association – UK (UNA-UK) – United Kingdom
- United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY Peacebuilders) – Global
- Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism (UAF-FA) – United States, Global
- S. Campaign for Burma (USCB) – United States
- Vanuatu Human Rights Coalition (VHRC) – Vanuatu
- Visibles – Guatemala
- Vision GRAM-International (VGI) – Canada, Global
- Wajir Women for Peace (WWFP) – Kenya
- WAYVE Foundation – India
- Rețeaua Femeilor pentru Democrație (WDN Moldova) – Moldova
- We Women Lanka (WWL) – Sri Lanka
- West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) – Nigeria
- Wi’am: The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center – Palestine
- Widows for Peace through Democracy (WPD) – United Kingdom, Global
- Widows Rights International – United Kingdom
- WILPF Australia – Australia
- WILPF Austria – Austria
- WILPF Denmark – Denmark
- WILPF España – Spain
- WILPF Finland – Finland
- WILPF Germany (Internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit) – Germany
- WILPF Guinée (Ligue internationale des femmes pour la paix et la liberté Guinée) – Guinea
- WILPF Italy – Italy
- WILPF RDC – DRC
- WILPF Sudan – Sudan
- WILPF Switzerland – Switzerland
- مؤسسة اجنحة السلام (Wings of Peace Foundation) (WPF) – Yemen
- WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform – Netherlands, Global
- وجود للأمن الإنساني (Wogood for Human Security) (WHS) – Yemen
- Women Committee Access for Humanitarian Foundation (WCHF) – South Sudan
- جنبش رفاه و عدالت برای زنان (Woman Welfare and Justice Movement) (WWJM) – Afghanistan
- Womankind Kenya (WOKIKE) – Kenya
- Women Advocacy Coalition – Myanmar (WAC-M) – Global
- Women Advocacy Committee (WAC) – Afghanistan, Global
- Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) – Afghanistan
- Women and Children Research and Advocacy Network (WCRAN) – Afghanistan, Global
- Women & Peace Studies Organization (WPSO) – Canada
- Women and Youth Empowerment Initiative (WAYEI) – South Sudan
- Women Collective Kenya (WCK) – Kenya
- Women Development and Youth Education Center (WODYEC) – Liberia
- Women Empowerment Against Poverty of Nepal (WEAPoN) – Nepal
- Women Empowerment and Human Resource Development Centre of India (WHI) – India, Global
- Women Empowerment Centre-South Sudan (WECSS) – South Sudan
- Women Empowerment for Peace and Development Organization (WEPDO-SS) – South Sudan
- Women Engaged in Action 1325 (WEAct 1325) – Philippines
- Women Environment and Youth Development Initiative (WOYODEV) – Nigeria
- Women for Justice (WJ) – Myanmar
- Women for Justice and Equality (WOJE) – South Sudan
- Women for Peace and Democracy Nepal (WPD Nepal) – Nepal
- Women for Water Partnership – Netherlands, Global
- Women Graduates-USA – United States, Global
- Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRDIC) – Global
- Women in Law and Development in Africa, Mali (WiLDAF Mali) – Mali, Global
- Women in Law and Development in Africa – Afrique de l’Ouest (WiLDAF-AO) – West Africa
- Women in Politics Support Unit (WiPSU) – Zimbabwe
- Women Initiative for Humanitarian and Development Organization (WIHDO) – South Sudan
- Women NGOs Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) – Liberia
- Women Now for Development (WND) – France, Global
- Women Relief Aid (WRA) – South Sudan, Global
- Women Wage Peace – Australia (WWP) – Australia
- Women With Disability Self Reliance Foundation (WWDSRF) – Nigeria
- Women Working Group (WWG) – Indonesia
- Women’s Center for Guidance and Legal Awareness (WCGLA) – Egypt
- Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC) – Palestine
- جمعية ضمة النسائية (Women’s Damma Hug Association) – Lebanon
- Women’s Health and Equal Rights Initiative (WHER) – Nigeria
- Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice (WIGJ) – Netherlands
- Women’s Institute for Alternative Development (WINAD) – Trinidad and Tobago
- Women’s International Peace Centre (WIPC) – Uganda, Global
- Women’s League of Burma (WLB) – Thailand
- جنبش زنان به سوی آزادی (Women’s Movement Towards Freedom) – Afghanistan
- المنظمة النسائية للعدالة الانتقالية (Women’s Organization for Transitional Justice) (WOFTJ) – Turkey
- Women’s Peace Network (WPN) – Myanmar, Global
- Women’s Regional Network (WRN) – United States, Global
- Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) – Nepal
- Women’s Rights Center Montenegro (WRC) – Montenegro
- Women’s Transformation and Development Organization – South Sudan
- Women’s UN Report Network (WUNRN) – United States, Global
- Women’s Voice in Action – Ukraine, Global
- Women4nonviolence (W4NV) – Japan, Global
- Women’s Alliance for Equality (WAfE) – Zambia
- World Federalist Movement – Canada (WFM-C) – Canada
- World March of Women of Kenya – Kenya
- مركز اليمن لدراسات حقوق الانسان (Yemen Center for Human Rights Studies) (YCHRS) – Yemen
- يمن فيوتشر للتنمية الثقافية والاعلامية (Yemen Future for Culture and Media Development) (YFCMD) – Yemen
- Yemen Organization on Women’s Policies (YOWP) – Netherlands
- YGlobal Uganda – Uganda
- Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) – Nigeria, Global
- Young Women’s Christian Association of South Sudan (YWCA) – South Sudan
- Youth Link (YL) – South Sudan
- Youth, Peace, and Security Network – Canada (YPSN-C) – Canada
- Youths Enterprise Development and Innovation Society (YEDIS) – Nigeria
- Youth Transforming Africa Narrative (YOTAN) – Liberia
- Zan Times – Canada
- Zaporizhia Charitable Foundation “Unity for the Future” (UFF) – Ukraine
[1] LGBTQIA+ refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and other gender-diverse people.
[2] Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2008), 1889 (2008), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013), 2242 (2015), 2467 (2019), and 2493 (2019).
[3] Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central African Region, the Central African Republic (CAR), Colombia, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Great Lakes Region, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, West Africa and the Sahel, Western Sahara and Yemen.
[4] Intensify efforts towards reducing the flow of small arms and light weapons (SALW) by implementing all relevant treaties and protocols, including the ATT, Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition (General Assembly Resolution 55/255 (8 June 2001), undocs.org/a/res/55/255) and the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UN PoA) (UN PoA, 2001, A/CONF.192/15, https://undocs.org/en/A/CONF.192/15(SUPP)).
[5] Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 18 December 1979, UNTS 1249, https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-elimination-all-forms-discrimination-against-women; Beijing Declaration and Platform For Action, 15 September 1995, https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/pdf/BDPfA%20E.pdf; Global Study on the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, 2015, https://wps.unwomen.org/.
[6] International humanitarian law (IHL) and customary IHL protect sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including access to safe abortion, through: the right to all necessary medical care without adverse distinction, including for pregnant women (Common Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions; Geneva Convention III, art. 14; Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, Arts. 8, 10; Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions, Art. 7; Customary IHL Database Rule 88); prohibiting rape and other forms of sexual violence (Customary IHL Database Rule 93); and prohibition of “cruel treatment and torture” and “outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment” (Common Article 3). Under international human rights law, SRHR are protected including through the rights to: life (ICCPR Art. 6; CRC Art. 6; UDHR Art. 3; CRPD Art. 10); health (CERD Art. 5(e)(iv); ICESCR Art. 12; CEDAW Arts. 11(1)(f), 12, 14(2)(b); CRPD Art. 25; CRC Art. 24, UDHR Art. 25); privacy (ICCPR Art. 17; CRC Art. 16; UDHR Art. 12; CRPD Art. 22); liberty and security of person; freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (CAT; ICCPR Art. 7; UDHR Art. 5; CRPD Art. 15; CRC Art. 37); freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief (ICCPR Art. 18); equality and non-discrimination (UDHR Art. 2; ICCPR Arts. 3, 26; ICESCR Art. 2; CERD Art. 1; CEDAW Arts. 1 and 2); and to seek, receive, and impart information (ICCPR Art. 19; UDHR Art. 19; CEDAW Arts. 10, 14, 16; CRPD Art. 21; CRC Arts. 13, 17).
SRHR are also protected by Security Council resolutions 1889 (2009), 2106 (2013), and 2122 (2013).
See also WHO Abortion Care Guideline, “Web Annex A: Key international human rights standards on abortion,” 2022, https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/349317/9789240039506-eng.pdf; Center for Reproductive Rights, “Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings,” 7 June 2021, https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SRHR-humanitarian-settings-6-2021.pdf.
[7] Under the equality provisions of international human rights law, women have the right to full and equal representation, and States have a duty to guarantee that women fully exercise their human rights on an equal footing with men, free from discrimination. The binding principles of equality and nondiscrimination form the backbone of the international human rights protection system, and are enshrined in the UN Charter Art. 1(3), UDHR Art. 2, ICCPR Arts. 2, 3, 25, ICESCR Arts. 2, 3, CEDAW Arts. 7, 8, Human Rights Committee General Comment 28, and CEDAW Committee General Recommendations 23, 25, 28 and 30, in addition to Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1889 (2009), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013), 2242 (2015), 2467 (2019) and 2493 (2019).
[8] “Diverse women” includes women from minority, ethnic and religious groups, LGBTQIA+ individuals, young women, displaced and migrant women, women with disabilities, and other marginalized groups. CEDAW General recommendation No. 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations, ¶6, 36, 1 November 2013, undocs.org/CEDAW/C/GC/30.
[9] See “2023 Open Letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in advance of the annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security,” NGO Working Group on WPS, 16 October 2023, https://www.womenpeacesecurity.org/resource/open-letter-un-wps-2023/.
[10] In 2023, the UN led/co-led 4 peace processes, including the Geneva International Discussions on the conflict in Georgia, Libya, Sudan, and Yemen. There are also currently at least 44 countries where UN peace operations and/or special envoys are involved in mediation or peacebuilding: Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Djibouti, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Togo, Western Sahara and Yemen.
[11] The principle of neutrality cannot be used to undermine the guarantee of non-discrimination in humanitarian settings. The principle of ‘do no harm’ cannot be upheld if humanitarian action reinforces discrimination and fails to actively protect and promote human rights. Failing to counter gendered protection risks, for example, undermines the principle of ‘do no harm.’ Center for Reproductive Rights, “Accountability for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings,” 7 June 2021, https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SRHR-humanitarian-settings-6-2021.pdf. See also OCHA, “Policy Instruction on Gender Equality 2021-2025,” https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/world/policy-instruction-gender-equality-2021-2025; UNHCR, “Emergency Handbook: Humanitarian Principles,” 2021, https://emergency.unhcr.org/entry/44765/humanitarianprinciples.
[12] Statement of Shared Commitments on Women, Peace and Security, https://ambasadat.gov.al/united-nations/ova_dep/albanias-priorities-in-the-council/; Report of the Secretary-General on Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, 20 August 2024, https://undocs.org/A/HRC/57/60.
[13] UN Security Council Resolution 2242 (2015), https://undocs.org/S/RES/2242(2015).
[14] This includes removing bureaucratic and administrative barriers to equitable partnerships with women’s organizations in relation to proposal processes, partnership agreements, and reporting requirements.
[15] For example, support the UN Secretary-General’s call to multiply by five direct assistance to women’s organizations. Report of the Secretary-General on women, peace and security, ¶113(d), 25 September 2020, undocs.org/s/2020/946.