In advance of the October 2025 Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, this open letter was sent to UN Member States on behalf of 661 civil society signatories from 106 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 defend the fundamental tenets of the WPS agenda.

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Dear Ambassadors,

We, the undersigned organizations working across the globe on gender justice, human rights, and peace and security, write to you ahead of the 25^th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) to deliver one simple message — it is time to fight back.

This year, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda turns 25. This agenda was forged from the vision, sacrifices and courage of women peacebuilders in conflict zones — women who put their lives on the line to advance bold solutions to conflicts by speaking truth to power, mediating disputes, delivering critical services and advocating for human rights, justice and accountability.

Yet, when we should be paying tribute to the hard-fought achievements of these feminist movements, we are instead confronting an alarming backlash against women’s autonomy and rights, and against those who advocate for them, at a time when the consequences of armed conflict and crises on the lives of women and girls could not be more devastating.^[1] The very term gender — a core concept in international human rights law mobilized by feminist movements for decades to challenge the systematic oppression of women and LGBTQIA+ people^[2] — is today being blatantly undermined by anti-gender movements globally, including at the United Nations (UN). Civil society and human rights defenders around the world, especially those defending gender equality, women’s rights, sexual and reproductive rights, and LGBTQIA+ rights, are being targeted for who they are and the work they do. Combined with rising militarism, erosion of respect for international law, capitalist exploitation and slashing of funding for gender equality and women’s rights organizations, these attacks have thrown our work and our movements into crisis, even as the vision of the WPS agenda is more necessary than ever.

A founding principle of this agenda is that no peace is possible without the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation and leadership^[3] of women and girls in all their diversity,^[4] or respect for their human rights. As the Security Council has reiterated for 25 years,^[5] violations of women’s rights are a threat to peace and security, and the Security Council, the primary body tasked with maintaining international peace and security, must uphold its obligation to protect women’s rights. To remain silent as the WPS agenda and those who advocate for it are attacked, defunded and abandoned not only undermines decades of commitments to uphold gender equality and women’s rights, but jeopardizes peace and security for everyone.

At this year’s Open Debate on WPS, at a moment when the fundamental tenets of the WPS agenda are being violated globally and the voices of those most impacted by conflicts and crises are increasingly excluded, we urge you to defend the values this agenda represents.

Member States should prioritize four critical actions:

• Stop arming violence against civilians. A foundational demand of feminist peacebuilders is to stop war altogether, not to make it safer for women. Empty condemnation of attacks against civilians while continuing to arm violence against them is unacceptable. As we confront record levels of armed conflict, militarization and military spending, Member States must commit to stopping 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, or if they risk being used to commit 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).
• Uphold international law. Respect for international humanitarian and human rights law are paramount obligations of Member States. This includes compliance with decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ); upholding the obligation to prevent and punish genocide; and ending impunity for human rights violations. These obligations must be upheld consistently across all conflict situations on the Security Council’s agenda. Selective application of international law and its specific protections for women and girls not only blunts an irreplaceable tool of the international community, it erodes the foundations of justice and accountability, enables impunity and undermines the credibility of Member States to uphold human rights and resolve conflict across the globe. The WPS agenda demands that the totality of women’s rights — including their sexual and reproductive health and rights,^[6] their right to equal participation in decision-making and public life, and their right to live free from all forms of gender-based violence — are upheld in all conflicts and crises, regardless of context or perpetrator.
• Defend women’s rights and gender equality. Although spaces for consensus are shrinking and the cost of defending women’s rights, gender equality and the WPS agenda is increasingly high, nothing is more central to the founding principles of the UN Charter than the prevention of conflict and the protection of those most affected by it. Defending the WPS agenda today means that Member States must speak out when the human rights of women, girls and LGBTQIA+ people, the independent voices of civil society, and the integrity of the multilateral system are under attack. We urge you to double down on, not retreat from, integrating women’s rights, gender equality and respect for international law in all decisions of the Security Council, and to firmly reject any outcomes that damage or fail to advance the core tenets of the WPS agenda.
• Support the civil society movements that sustain this agenda. Women civil society are the heart of the WPS agenda and are essential for holding the Security Council and the UN accountable for their obligations. The Security Council cannot make monumental decisions affecting the lives of millions of women and girls without transparency or considering the crucial perspectives of conflict-affected communities. Support for women civil society means supporting their full, equal, meaningful and safe participation in decision-making on peace and security; fully implementing a zero-tolerance approach^[7] 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; ensuring direct, long-term and flexible funding to diverse local women-led, women’s rights and LGBTQIA+ organizations, networks and movements;^[8] and supporting civil society organizations and human rights defenders, especially those working on contested issues, to ensure that they are able to carry out their work independently and free of repression.

We are a long way from full realization of the WPS principles, norms and commitments we have collectively established over 25 years. Today, however, the WPS agenda itself hangs on the edge of a precipice. At this year’s Open Debate on WPS, we urge you to stand strong and hold the line on the WPS agenda — or risk losing it entirely.

We will not be silent, and neither should you.

Feminist resistance to war, patriarchal oppression, inequality and injustice laid the foundation for the WPS agenda — and principled resistance when the agenda is under attack is the only way forward.

We stand with the women of Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, 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. We urge you to do the same by upholding the WPS agenda in solidarity with the millions of diverse women and girls daily confronting the brutal realities of conflict: they deserve your courage, your resources, but most importantly, your moral clarity that their lives are not dispensable.

Sincerely,

1. NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG) – United States, Global
2. Amnesty International (AI) – United Kingdom, Global
3. Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) – United States, Global
4. Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights (CGSHR) – United States, Global
5. Global Justice Center (GJC) – United States, Global
6. Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) – United States, Global
7. Human Rights Watch (HRW) – United States, Global
8. International Alert (IA) – United Kingdom, Global
9. MADRE – United States, Global
10. Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) – Canada, Global
11. Outright International – United States, Global
12. Oxfam International – Kenya, Global
13. Refugees International (RI) – United States, Global
14. Women Enabled International (WEI) – United States, Global
15. Women for Women International (WfWI) – United States, Global
16. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) – Global
17. Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) – Global
18. ABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality – Lebanon
19. رابطة أمهات المختطفين (Abductees’ Mothers Association) (AMA) – Yemen
20. Abortion Access Front (AAF) – United States
21. منظمة عبس التنموية للمرأة والطفل (Abs Development Organization for Woman and Child) (ADO) – Yemen
22. Accepting Others Organization (AOO) – Iraq
23. ACT Alliance – Switzerland, Global
24. Action de Protection Mère et Enfant (APME) – DRC
25. Action des Volontaires pour la Solidarité et le Developpement (AVSD) – DRC
26. Action for Women Initiative Network (AWIN) – South Sudan
27. Action Humanitaire pour les Initiatives du Développement Nord-Sud au Sahel – Mali
28. ActionAid International (AAI) – South Africa, Global
29. Actions pour la Réinsertion Sociale de la Femme (ARSF) – DRC
30. Adéquations – France
31. Afghan Women News Agency (AWNAO) – Afghanistan, Global
32. Afghan Women Rights Organization (AWRO) – Afghanistan
33. Afghanistan Justice Organization (AJO) – Afghanistan
34. Afghanistan Women’s Political Participation Network – Canada, Global
35. African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS) – Gambia, Global
36. African Initiative for SDG (AISDG) – Burundi
37. African Resilience Concern (ARC-Africa) – Ethiopia, Global
38. African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) Liberia – Liberia
39. AfrikElles – Togo
40. AFRO-BENIN – Benin
41. Agir ensemble pour les droits humains (AEDH) – France
42. منظمة الرونق للمرأة والطفل (Al-Rawnaq Organization for Women and Children) – Libya
43. Al-Ufoq (UFOQ) – Palestine
44. Albanian Women Empowerment Network (AWEN) – Albania
45. Alliance Congolaise pour les Foyers et Combustibles Améliorés (ACFCA) – DRC
46. Alliance des Femmes Leaders pour la Parité en Guinée (AFLPAG) – Guinea
47. Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT) – Cambodia
48. Alliance for Women and Children Development (AWACD) – Liberia, Global
49. Alliance Internationale des Femmes (AIF) – Switzerland, Global
50. Alliance pour la Défense et Conseil de la Femme (ACDF-Togo) – Togo
51. GLOBAL – Ukraine
52. Angat Bayi – Philippines
53. Anne Marie Goetz, Clinical Professor, Center for Global Affairs, New York University
54. Arab Women Organization (AWO) – Jordan
55. Arid Lands Development Focus (ALDEF) – Kenya
56. ASEAN Youth Forum (AYF) – Indonesia, Asia
57. Asia Justice Coalition (AJC) – Netherlands, Asia
58. Asociación Coordinadora de la Mujer (ACM) – Bolivia
59. Asociación de Trabajadoras del Hogar a Domicilio y de Maquila (ATRAHDOM) – Guatemala
60. Asociación Diente de León – Colombia
61. Asociación Española para el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos (AEDIDH) – Spain
62. Assistance and Promotion for Afghan Women (APAW) – Afghanistan
63. Associação Cabo-Verdiana de Luta Contra Violência Baseada no Género (ACLCVBG) – Cabo Verde
64. Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres (APEM) – Portugal
65. Association Appuis au Développement Locales (2ADL-Savanes) – Togo
66. Association d’Aide à l’Education de l’Enfant Handicapé (AAEEH) – France, Global
67. Association de Lutte Contre les Violences faites aux Femmes et aux Filles Extrême Nord Cameroun (ALVF-EN) – Cameroon
68. Association de Lutte Contre les Violences Sexuelles et Appui à la Promotion du Développement Durable (ALUCOVIS-APDD) – Burundi, Africa
69. Association des Femmes en Mission (AFEMIS) – DRC
70. Association Djazairouna des Familles Victimes du Terrorisme Islamiste – Algeria
71. Association for Farmers Rights Defense (AFRD) – Georgia
72. Association For Promotion Sustainable Development – India, Global
73. Association Gender, Peace and Security (AGPS) – Albania
74. Association Herasun – Mali
75. Association Malienne pour le Suivi et l’Orientation des Pratiques Traditionnelles (AMSOPT) – Mali, Global
76. Association of War Affected Women (AWAW) – Sri Lanka
77. Association pour la Conservation et la Protection des Écosystèmes des Lacs et l’Agriculture Durable (ACOPELAD) – DRC
78. Association pour la Promotion Féminine de Gaoua (APFG) – Burkina Faso
79. Association pour les Victimes du Monde – Cameroon
80. Association Sportive des Aveugles du Bénin (ASAB) – Benin
81. Association Tunisienne des Femmes Democrates (ATFD) – Tunisia
82. Aurat Publication and Information Service Foundation – Pakistan
83. Australian Civil Society Coalition on Women, Peace and Security (WPSCoalition) – Australia
84. Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) – Australia
85. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) – Australia
86. بدائل (Badael) – Syria
87. Baghdad Women Association (BWA) – Iraq
88. Bahri Observatory for Human Rights (BOHR) – Sudan
89. بيتي انا بيتك (Baity Ana Baitac) (BAB) – Syria
90. Balay Mindanaw Foundation Inc (BMFI) – Philippines
91. Bangladesh Mahila Parishad – Bangladesh
92. Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha (BNPS) – Bangladesh
93. Botswana Gender Based Violence Prevention and Support Centre (BGBVC) – Botswana
94. Brighter One Uganda (BoU) – Uganda
95. British Black Anti Poverty Network (BBAPN) – United Kingdom
96. Burmese Women’s Union (BWU) – Myanmar, Thailand
97. Burundian Women for Peace and Development (BWPD) – Burundi
98. Canadian Federation of University Women / Fédération canadienne des femmes diplômées des universités (CFUW-FCFDU) – Canada
99. Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) – Canada
100. Caucus of Women in Politics in the Arab Region (CWPAR) – Lebanon, Global
101. CEDAW Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (CCoTT) – Trinidad and Tobago
102. Center for African Governance and Electoral Systems (CAGES) – Kenya
103. Center for Civil Society and Democracy (CCSD) – United States
104. Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) – United States, Global
105. Center for Human Rights Advocacy (CHRA) – Switzerland
106. Center for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (CIHLHR) – Yemen, Global
107. Center for Peace Education, Miriam College (CPE-MC) – Philippines, Global
108. Center for Strengthening Community Voices (CSCOV) – South Sudan
109. Center for Women and Modern World (CWMW) – Azerbaijan, Global
110. Center for Women’s Awareness and Development (CWAD) – Nepal
111. Center to Assist and Protect Child Rights of Nepal (CAP-CRON) – Nepal
112. Center Women’s Perspectives (CWP) – Ukraine
113. Centre d’aide et de lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes (CALVIF) – Benin
114. Centre de Réflexion et d’Actions pour le Développement Intégré et la Solidarité (CeRADIS) – Benin
115. Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP) – Germany
116. Centre for Inclusive Governance Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) – South Sudan
117. Centre for Social and Gender Research “New Life” – Ukraine
118. Centro de Educación e Investigación para la Paz (CEIPAZ) – Spain
119. Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social (CESIS) – Portugal
120. Centro de Justicia y Paz (CEPAZ) – United States, Global
121. Centro Ecuatoriano de Desarrollo y Estudios Alternativos (CEDEAL) – Ecuador
122. Centro Studi Difesa Civile APS ETS (CSDC) – Italy
123. Charitable Foundation “Unity for the Future” (UFF) – Ukraine
124. Charity & Security Network (C&SN) – United States
125. Chikka Federation of India – India
126. Child is Gold Foundation (CIGF) – Nigeria
127. Children’s Voice Alliance (CVA) – South Sudan
128. CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality – Netherlands, Global
129. CIVICUS – South Africa, Global
130. Club des Amis du Monde (CAM) – Guinea
131. Club des Femmes des Savanes pour la Promotion de la Culture (CFSPC Savanes) – Togo
132. Coalition des Agriculteurs Genrés Femmes Environnementalistes (CAGFE) – DRC
133. Coalition for Action on 1325 (COACT 1325) – Uganda
134. Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM) – Global
135. Collectif Sénégalais des Africaines pour la Promotion de l’Education Relative à l’Environnement (COSAPERE) – Senegal
136. Colombia Diversa – Colombia, Global
137. Comité de Recherches et Actions Multidimensionnelles pour la Paix (CRAM-CRAM) – Mali
138. Comité Jeunes Mon Avenir D’abord (CJMAD) – Guinea
139. Comité Régional de Solidarité des Femmes pour la Paix en Casamance (CRSFPC) – Senegal
140. Commission Diocesaine Justice et Paix-Uvira (CDJP-Uvira) – DRC
141. Commission Diocesaine Justice et Paix, Butembo-Beni (CDJP/BUTEMBO-BENI) – DRC
142. Επιτροπή γυναικείων οργανώσεων για το οικογενειακό δίκαιο και την συναινετική συνεπιμελεια (Committee of Women’s Organizations on Family Law and Consensual Joint Custody) – Greece
143. Community and Family Aid Foundation (CAFAF) – Ghana
144. Community Association for Vulnerable Persons (CAVP) – Cameroon
145. Community Education for Life (CEFLife) – Cameroon
146. Community Healthcare Initiative (CHI) – Liberia
147. Community Initiative Development Association (CIDA) – South Sudan
148. Community Initiative for Development Organization (CIDO) – South Sudan
149. Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility (CSRF) – South Sudan
150. Conseil de la Paix (CAP) – Comoros
151. Consortium for Intersectional Justice (CIJ) – United Kingdom, Global
152. Cordaid – Netherlands, Global
153. Corporación Abe Dua – Colombia
154. Corporación Conciudadanía – Colombia
155. Corporacion de Investigación y Acción Social y Económica (CIASE) – Colombia, Global
156. Cush Consulting Group – United States
157. Cyprus Family Planning Association (CFPA) – Cyprus
158. Czech Forum for Development Cooperation (FoRS) – Czech Republic
159. Dali and Senda Association for Peace (DSAP) – Tunisia
160. Danish Family Planning Association (DFPA) – Denmark
161. Danish Youth Council (DUF) – Denmark
162. Danner – Denmark
163. Dansk Kvindesamfund (Danish Women’s Society) (DWS) – Denmark
164. Dar Justice – Syria, United Kingdom
165. Darfur Advocacy Group (DAG) – Sudan
166. Darfur Women Action Group (DWAG) – United States, Global
167. Darfur Women Gathering Group – Sudan
168. Daryeel Relief and Development Organization – Somalia, Global
169. De Nederlandse Vrouwenraad (NVR) – Netherlands
170. Défis et Objectifs Centrafrique (DOC) – CAR
171. Democracy Today – Armenia
172. ديموس (DemoS) – Syria
173. Deutscher Frauenring e.V. (DFR e.V.) – Germany, Global
174. Development & Ability Organization (DAO) – Afghanistan
175. Development and Empowerment for Women’s Advancement (DEWA) – United Kingdom
176. Development Initiative for Community Impact (DICI) – Nigeria
177. Directoire des Organisations Féminines pour les Actions de Paix (DIOFAP) – DRC
178. Disability People’s Forum Uganda – Uganda, Global
179. Diversability – United States
180. Diversidad e Igualdad a Través de la Ley (DIVERLEX) – Venezuela
181. Double Hope Films – United States
182. Dynamique des Femmes Juristes (DFJ) – DRC
183. Dynamique des Femmes pour la Bonne Gouvernance (DYFEGOU) – DRC
184. Echoes of Women in Africa Initiatives (ECOWA) – Nigeria
185. Edenz India – India
186. Education Defenders Network (EDN) – Canada, Global
187. Education International (EI) – Belgium, Global
188. Elbegdorj Tsakhia, Member of The Elders, former President and Prime Minister of Mongolia
189. Empathy for Life Integrated Development Association (ELiDA) – Ethiopia
190. Empatiku Foundation – Indonesia
191. End Gender Apartheid Campaign – United States
192. Engage & Share – Côte d’Ivoire
193. Engender – South Africa
194. Equal Asia Foundation (EAF) – Thailand, Global
195. Equal Basis Development Initiative (EBDI) – Nigeria
196. Equality Bahamas – Bahamas
197. Equality for Empowering and Developing Women Organization (EEDWO) – Sudan
198. Equality Fund – Canada, Global
199. Equality Now – Kenya, Global
200. Equipop – France, Global
201. Ernesto Zedillo, Member of The Elders, former President of Mexico
202. Escola de Cultura de Pau (ECP) – Spain
203. Espacio de Cooperación y Reflexión (ECORE) – Honduras
204. Eve Organization for Women Development (EVE) – South Sudan
205. EWest Connect – United Kingdom
206. Ewings Independent Center for Empowering Women and Children – Sri Lanka, Global
207. عائلات للحقيقة والعدالة (Families for Truth and Justice) (FTJ) – Turkey
208. منظمة فنارات (Fanarat Organization) – Syria, Global
209. Farah Social Foundation (FSF) – Lebanon
210. Federación de Mutuales para la Defensa Organizada del Consumo (Federacion MUDECO) – Argentina
211. Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas (FAWCO) – United States, Global
212. Femena – United States, MENA
213. Feminature Uganda – Uganda
214. Feminine Solidarity for Justice Organization (FSJO) – Afghanistan
215. Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO) – Nepal
216. Feminist Diplomacy Lab (FDL) – Germany, Global
217. Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) – United States
218. Feminist Task Force (FTF) – United States, Global
219. femLINKpacific – Fiji
220. Femme Plus Togo – Togo
221. Femme Talent – Guinea
222. Femmes en Action Tosangana – DRC
223. Femmes et Droits Humains (F&DH) – Mali
224. Femmes, Actions et Developpement (FAD) – Niger
225. Fiji Women’s Rights Movement (FWRM) – Fiji
226. Finnish Women, Peace and Security Network – Finland
227. Finnish Youth, Peace and Security Network – Finland
228. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School and the Queen’s University of Belfast
229. Florida Coalition to Advance Racial Equity (FCARE) – United States
230. Focus Development Association (FDA) – Madagascar
231. Focus Droits et Accès (FDA) – DRC
232. Fondation des Jeunes Amazones pour le Developpement (FJAD) – Benin
233. Fondation Internationale Femmes Sans Violences (Women Without Violence International Foundation) (WWVIF) – France, Global
234. Fondation MADAMA (FOMAD) – DRC
235. Fondazione Pangea – Italy, Global
236. Fonds pour les Femmes Congolaises (FFC) – DRC
237. Food4Humanity (F4H) – Yemen
238. Forum de la Femme Ménagère (FORFEM) – DRC
239. Forum International des Femmes de l’Espace Francophone (FIFEF) – DRC, Global
240. Forum pour les Droits des Jeunes et Enfants au Congo (FODJEC) – DRC
241. Franciscans International (FI) – Switzerland, Global
242. Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e. V. / Women’s Network for Peace (FNF) – Germany
243. Freedom Now – United States, Global
244. Frieda – the Feminist Peace Organisation – Switzerland
245. Fundacion Arco Irisi Siglo 21 (Fundaris21) – Colombia, Global
246. Fundación Arcoíris por el Respeto a la Diversidad Sexual (FARDS) – Mexico
247. Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (FEIM) – Argentina, Global
248. Fundación Tremendas – Chile
249. Fundación Unidas: Mujeres Construyendo Tejido Social (FUNDACIÓN UNID@S)– Colombia
250. Fundasaun Alola – Timor-Leste
251. Futures Without Violence (FWV) – United States, Global
252. Gen X for Justice – United States
253. Gender Advisory Team (GAT) – Cyprus
254. مركز دراسات وبحوث النوع الاجتماعي (Gender Centre for Research and Training) (GCRT) – Sudan
255. Gender Concerns International – Netherlands
256. Gender Equality Network (GEN) – Myanmar
257. Gender Equality Network (GEN) North Darfur – Sudan
258. Gender Equality Network for Small Arms Control (GENSAC) – United States, Global
259. Gestos – Soropositividade, Comunicação e Gênero – Brazil
260. Girls Leaders Forum (GLF) – Rwanda
261. Girls Learn International (GLI) – United States, Global
262. Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (GCENR) – United States, Global
263. Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) – United States, Global
264. Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) – United States, Global
265. Global Exchange – United States, Global
266. Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF) – Ghana
267. Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation (GSCDM) – Nepal, Global
268. Global Surgery Umbrella (GSU) – Global
269. Global Survivors Fund (GSF) – Switzerland, Global
270. Graça Machel, Deputy Chair of The Elders, women’s and children’s rights advocate; former freedom fighter and first Education Minister of Mozambique; co-founder of The Elders
271. Greenbridge Peace Foundation (GBF) – Somalia
272. Gro Harlem Brundtland, member of The Elders, first woman Prime Minister of Norway; former Director-General of WHO
273. Groupe de réflexion et d’action Femme, Démocratie et Développement (GF2D) – Togo
274. Haitian Women’s Collective (HWC) – Haiti
275. Ham Diley Campaign – Australia, Global
276. Hami – Women Empowerment Organization – Germany
277. HAMRAH Initiative – United Kingdom
278. Hands Across the Divide (HAD) – Cyprus
279. Hargeisa Women Organization (Hawogroup) – Somalia, Global
280. HEKS/EPER – Switzerland, Global
281. Helen Clark, Member of The Elders, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and head of the UN Development Programme
282. Helping Vulnerable Communities Organization (HVCO) – Sudan
283. Héritiers de la Justice (HJ) – DRC
284. Himaya Daeem Aataa (HDA) – Lebanon
285. Hina Jilani, member of The Elders, pioneering lawyer and pro-democracy campaigner
286. HPLGBT – Ukraine
287. HTOI Gender and Development Foundation – Myanmar
288. Human Rights Defenders Network-SL (HRDN-SL) – Sierra Leone
289. Human Security Collective (HSC) – Netherlands
290. Humanity & Inclusion (HI) – France, Global
291. Huquqyat – United Kingdom
292. I CAN South Sudan (ICSS) – Uganda
293. ILGA World – Switzerland, Global
294. ImPact Coalition on Strengthening International Judicial Institutions – United States, Global
295. Inclusive Peace – Switzerland, Global
296. Initiative pour le Developpement des Jeunes (IDEJEN) – Haiti
297. Initiatives des Femmes en Situations Difficiles pour le Développement Durable et Intégré (IFESIDDI) – DRC
298. İnsan Hakları Derneği (İHD) – Turkey, Global
299. Institute for the Rule of Law of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA-IROL) – France, Global
300. Institute of Social Policy and Research (ISPR) – South Sudan
301. Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Loreto Generalate (IVBM – Loreto) – Italy, Global
302. Integrated Community Development Initiative of Nigeria (ICIN) – Nigeria
303. Integrated Social Development Effort (ISDE) – Bangladesh
304. International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law (IANGEL) – United States, Global
305. International Center for Peace, Human Rights, and Development in Africa (IPHRD-Africa) – Kenya, Global
306. International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) – United States, Global
307. International Center for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma (ICMGLT) – United States
308. International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka (ICES) – Sri Lanka
309. International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) – United States, Global
310. International Federation of World Peace Organizations – Denmark, Global
311. International Movement for Advancement of Education Culture Social & Economic Development (IMAECSED) – India, Global
312. International Peace Bureau (IPB) – Germany, Global
313. International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) – Global
314. International Presentation Association (IPA) – United States, Global
315. International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) – Switzerland, Global
316. International Sociological Association (ISA) – Spain, Global
317. International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA)– Australia, Global
318. International Women’s Fund Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan
319. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) – Denmark
320. جمعية الامل العراقية (Iraqi Al-Amal Association) (IAA) – Iraq
321. Iraqi Journalists Rights Defense Association (IJRDA) – Iraq
322. Iraqi Women Network (IWN) – Iraq
323. JAGO NARI – Bangladesh
324. Jagriti Mahila Maha Sangh (JMMS) – Nepal
325. Jeunes Médiateurs du Bénin (JMB) – Benin
326. Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development – India
327. Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights – Iraq
328. Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 1997
329. Jusoor Center for Studies and Development – Libya, Global
330. Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) – Thailand
331. Kalkal Human Rights Development Organization (KAHRDO) – Somalia, Global
332. Karama – Egypt
333. Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) – Thailand
334. Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
335. Karenni National Women’s Organization (KNWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
336. اجسام السلام كسلا (Kassla Peace Collective) – Sudan
337. Kayan Women’s Organization (KyWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
338. Keen and Care Initiative (KCI) – Nigeria
339. Khulumani Justice for Women – South Africa
340. Khurasanian Association – Afghanistan
341. Kidpower Bangladesh – Bangladesh
342. Kirmizi Biber Dernegi (KBD) – Turkey
343. Koalisi Perempuan Indonesia (KPI) – Indonesia, Global
344. Kuki Women’s Human Rights Organization (KWHRO) – Myanmar
345. KVINFO – Denmark
346. La Verità Onlus – International Diplomacy (VOID) – Italy, Global
347. Ladies First Association – Tunisia
348. Lahu Women’s Organization (LWO) – Thailand
349. Lanka Fundamental Rights Organization (LFRO) – Sri Lanka
350. Lantaw Pitad Incorporated – Philippines
351. Laura J. Shepherd, Professor, The University of Sydney
352. Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP) – United States
353. LEARN Afghan – United States
354. Leila Nadya Sadat, Former Special Advisor on Crimes Against Humanity (2013-2023); Chair, International Law Association (American Branch)
355. LesBian WorQ (Jóvenes por una salud integral) – Mexico
356. Let There Be Light International – Uganda, Global
357. Ligue Malienne des Droits des Femmes – Mali
358. Ligue pour la Solidarité Congolaise (LSC) – DRC, Global
359. Local Capacities for Peace International (LCPI) – Kenya, Global
360. LUCHA – DRC
361. Make Mothers Matter (MMM) – France, Global
362. MANODIVERSA – Bolivia
363. Manzil Organization Balochistan (MOB) – Pakistan
364. Mara Mediterranean (Mara-Med) – France, Global
365. Marchons Ensemble et Surement dans l’Assistance Scolaire et Humanitaire (MESAS) – DRC
366. Marib Girls Foundation (MGF) – Yemen
367. Mary Robinson, Member (and former Chair) of The Elders, first woman President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
368. Mayako Pahichan Nepal (MKPN) – Nepal
369. منطمة مزايا النسائية (Mazaya Women’s Organization) – Syria
370. جمعية ميديا للناجين والمفقودين (Media Association for Survivors and the Missing) – Syria
371. Medica Mondiale e.V. – Germany
372. Men’s Association for Gender Equality Sierra Leone (MAGE-SL) – Sierra Leone
373. Mental Health and Human Rights Info – Norway, Global
374. Mines Action Canada – Canada
375. Miriam College-Women and Gender Institute (MC-WAGI) – Philippines
376. Mobilizing Men as Partners for Women, Peace, and Security (MAWPS) – United States, Global
377. Monash Global Peace and Security Centre (Monash GPS) – Australia
378. Mother of Hope Cameroon (MOHCAM) – Cameroon
379. Mothers for Peace (MFP) – Belgium
380. Mouvement Rien Sans Les Femmes (RSLF) – DRC
381. MSI Reproductive Choices – United Kingdom, Global
382. منظمة مساءلة لحقوق الإنسان (Musaala Organization for Human Rights) – Yemen
383. Muwatin Media Network – United Kingdom
384. Myanmar – Women Peace and Security (M-WPS) – Myanmar
385. Nalafem – Kenya
386. Namibia Diverse Women’s Association (NDWA) – Namibia
387. Nassawiyat – Morocco
388. National Indigenous Women Forum (NIWF) – Nepal
389. National Relief and Development Corps (NRDC) – South Sudan
390. الجمعيه الوطنية للمرأة السودانية (National Sudanese Women Association) (NSWA) – Sudan
391. Nazra for Feminist Studies – Syria
392. NÈGÈS MAWON – Haiti
393. NGO “Safe Space” – Ukraine
394. NGO CSW/NY – United States
395. Nidaa Org for Human Development – Yemen
396. Nisa Ul Haqq Fi Bangsamoro (NUHFB) – Philippines
397. Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) – Switzerland, Global
398. Nordic Women Mediators Network (NWM Network) – Denmark, Global
399. North American Climate, Conservation and Environment (NACCE) – United States, Global
400. Observadoras Ley de Aborto (OLA) – Chile
401. Observatoire pour la Défense des Droits des Personnes Handicapées (ODDPH) – DRC
402. Observatorio de Género y Equidad (OGE) – Chile
403. ONG Dimension Humaine (DH) – Togo, Global
404. ONG Femme au Cœur du Développement Africain (ONG FCDA) – Côte d’Ivoire
405. ONG Opinion Eclairée – Côte D’Ivoire
406. Operation 1325 – Sweden, Global
407. Organisation internationale des femmes du millénaire du Tchad (OIFM) – Chad
408. Organisation Paysanne Pour le Développement Durable (OPDD) – DRC
409. Organisation pour le Développement Intellectuel de Madagascar (ODIMA) – Madagascar
410. Organisation pour le Service et la Vie (OSV) – Benin
411. Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies (DROPS) – Afghanistan
412. PA Social Technologies Agency (STA) – Kyrgyzstan
413. Pa-O Women’s Union (PWU) – Myanmar
414. Palestinian Centre for Peace and Democracy (PCPD) – Palestine
415. Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development (PWWSD) – Palestine
416. Panzi Foundation – DRC
417. Paradigm for Social Justice and Development (PSD) – Uganda
418. Parlement d’Enfants Zone-Est RDC (PARDE ZE RDC) – DRC
419. Partners West Africa (PWA) – Senegal
420. PartnersGlobal – United States, Global
421. Pathways for Women’s Empowerment and Development (PaWED-IATC) – Cameroon
422. PAX – Netherlands, Global
423. Pax Christi Toronto (PCT) – Canada
424. Peace and Development Network Trust Kenya (PeaceNet) – Kenya
425. Peace and Freedom Organization (PFO) – Iraq
426. Peace and Justice Institute (PJI) – United States
427. Peace Direct (PD) – United Kingdom, Global
428. Peace Economy Project (PEP) – United States
429. Peace Movement Aotearoa – New Zealand
430. Peaceful Futures LLC – United States, Global
431. PeaceWomen Across the Globe – Switzerland, Global
432. Penal Reform International (PRI) – Netherlands, Global
433. Philippines-Australia Women’s Association (PAWA) – Australia
434. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) – United States, Global
435. Plan International – United Kingdom, Global
436. Plateforme des Femmes Leaders du Mali – Mali
437. Plateforme des Femmes pour la Paix en Casamance (PFPC) – Senegal
438. Portuguese Platform of Development NGOs (PPONGD) – Portugal
439. Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations (PMUN) – United States
440. PRO Global/Pensioners without Borders – Sweden, Global
441. PROGRESSIVE – Bangladesh
442. Progressive Voice – Myanmar
443. Quaker UN Office, New York (QUNO) – United States, Global
444. Rafto Foundation for Human Rights – Norway, Global
445. Rainbow Nation Brussels – Belgium
446. Raise Your Voice Saint Lucia Inc (RYVSLU) – Saint Lucia
447. Rawadari – Afghanistan
448. Reach Out Cameroon (ROC) – Cameroon
449. Red Dot Foundation (RDF) – India, Global
450. Red Nacional de Mujeres de Colombia (RNM) – Colombia
451. Regional Advocacy for Women’s Sustainable Advancement Alliance for African and Arab States (RAWSA) – Egypt
452. Regional Centre for International Development Cooperation (RCIDC) – Uganda, Global
453. Reliant Women Development Organization (RWDO) – Bangladesh
454. Rescue and Hope (RAH) – Benin
455. Researchers Without Borders (REWiB) – Uganda
456. Réseau des Femmes et Développement (REFED) – Togo
457. Réseau des Médiatrice de Paix (REMPCI) – Côte d’Ivoire
458. Réseau Femme et Développement au Nord Kivu (REFED/NK) – DRC
459. Réseau Genre et Droits de la Femme (GEDROFE) – DRC
460. Réseau Ouest Africain des Associations de Lutte contre les Violences Basées sur le Genre (ROAO – LVBG) – Burkina Faso
461. Rights for Peace (RfP) – South Sudan
462. Rights Monitor Media – Afghanistan
463. Romanian Women’s Lobby (RoWL) – Romania
464. Root of Generations (ROG) – South Sudan
465. Rural Area Development Programme (RADP) – Nepal
466. Rural Infrastructure and Human Resources Development Organisations (RIHRDO) – Pakistan, Global
467. RW Welfare Society (RWWS) – Bangladesh
468. Saferworld – United Kingdom, Global
469. Salam for Democracy and Human Rights (Salam DHR) – United Kingdom
470. جمعية سما للتنمية (Sama for Development Organization) (SFDO) – Lebanon
471. Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled – India
472. Santé de la reproduction pour une maternité sans risque (SRMSR-DIMOL) – Niger
473. Sauti Ya Mama Mukongomani (SMM) – DRC
474. Savie Asbl NGO LGBTQ DRC – DRC, Global
475. Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) – Thailand
476. مؤسسة شروق (Shoruq Organization) – Palestine
477. Sierra Leone Action Network on Small Arms (SLANSA) – Sierra Leone
478. Silambam Asia (SILA) – Malaysia, Global
479. Simameni Watoto (SIWA absl) – DRC
480. Sister 4 Sister International – Liberia
481. Sisters of Charity Federation – United States, Global
482. Social Watch Bénin (SWB) – Benin
483. Society for the Improvement of Rural People (SIRP) – Nigeria, Global
484. Society of Local Volunteers Effort (SOLVE-Nepal) – Nepal
485. Solidarité des Femmes Burundaises pour le Bien Être Social et Progrès au Burundi (SFBSP-Burundi) – Burundi
486. Solidarité des femmes, filles et enfants de la RDC pour le développement (SOLIFEDE RDC) – DRC
487. Solidarité Féminine Pour la Paix et le Développement Integral (SOFEPADI) – DRC
488. Solidarity Acts Spark Hope – Denmark
489. Sonke Gender Justice (SGJ) – South Africa, Global
490. Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) – United Kingdom, Global
491. South Sudan Women’s Empowerment Network (SSWEN) – South Sudan
492. مساحة سلام (Space of Peace) (SOP) – Syria
493. Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace & Justice (SLC) – United Kingdom
494. Stara Volyn Sustainable Development Fund – Ukraine
495. Start Point – Canada, Syria
496. Stefanus Alliance International (SAI) – Norway
497. Steps Without Borders NGO – Mongolia, Global
498. Stichting Molukse Vrouwen Raad (Council of Moluccan Women) (MVR) – Netherlands
499. Strømme Foundation (SF) – Norway, Global
500. Sudanese Women Rights Action (SUWRA) – Sudan
501. Sukaar Welfare Organization (SWO) – Pakistan
502. Sunshine – France, Cameroon
503. Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN) – Uganda
504. Support Women Initiative for Progress Organisation (SWIPO) – South Sudan
505. ناجيات من حرب ١٥ ابريل (Survivors from 15th April War) (SFAW) – Sudan
506. Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF) – Thailand
507. Sustainable Human Empowerment (SHE) Associates Inc. – Canada, Global
508. Svenska Kvinnors Vänsterförbund (SKV) – Sweden
509. Syndicat National des Travailleurs Domestiques Malagasy (SENAMAMA) – Madagascar
510. Synergie des Femmes pour les Victimes des Violences Sexuelles (SFVS) – DRC
511. الشبكة السورية الاسترالية لمناصرة قضايا المعتقلين/ات والمختفيين/ات قسريا (Syrian Australian Network for Advocacy of Detainees and Survivors) (SANADS) – Australia, Global
512. Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) – France
513. Syrian Female Journalists Network (SFJN) – Syria
514. Syrian Women’s Network (SWN) – Syria
515. Ta’afi Initiative – Syria, Global
516. Ta’ang Women’s Organization (TWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
517. مركز تفوق الاستشاري للتنمية (Tafawuq Consulting Center for Development) – Bahrain
518. Taiwan Mad Alliance (TMA) – Taiwan
519. Tammuz Organization for Social Development (TOSD) – Iraq
520. Tavoyan Women’s Union (TWU) – Myanmar
521. Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 2011
522. Tawana Services Development & Culture Organization (TSDCO) – Afghanistan, Global
523. Tchowoure Women Empowerment – Togo
524. TERRE DES FEMMES (TDF) – Germany
525. Terre des Hommes Netherlands – Netherlands, Global
526. Tevgera Jinen Azad (TJA) – Turkey, Global
527. The Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) Indonesia – Indonesia
528. The Athena Initiative: Advancing Human Security in International Affairs – United States
529. The Baton Denmark – United Kingdom
530. The Circle – United Kingdom, Global
531. The Elders – Global
532. The Global Sunrise Project – Canada, Global
533. The Institute for African Knowledges (IAK) – Belgium, Global
534. The Kosova Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims (KRCT) – Kosovo
535. The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation – Sweden, Global
536. The Lotus Flower (TLF) – United Kingdom, Global
537. The Moropreneur Inc. (TMI) – Philippines
538. The Rahyab Initiative – Afghanistan
539. The Regional Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders in South West Asia and North Africa (WHRDMENA) – MENA
540. The Shoe Project – Canada
541. The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) – Uganda, Global
542. المنظمة اليمنية للدفاع عن حقوق الانسان والحريات الديمقراطية (The Yemeni Organization for the Defense of Human Rights and Democratic Freedoms) – Yemen
543. TheNextWomenTunisie (TNWT) – Tunisia
544. Tigrayan Advocacy & Development Association (TADAUK) – United Kingdom
545. معا للسلام في الداخل والخارج (Together for Peace) – Yemen
546. Tomorrow Women Educational and Development Organization (TWEDO) – Afghanistan
547. Trans Arc-En-Ciel Guinée (TAECG) – Guinea
548. Trans Rights Now Collective (TRNC) – India
549. ميثاق الحقيقة والعدالة (Truth and Justice Charter) (TJC) – Syria
550. TurkeyEurope Forum of Culture – Germany
551. Uganda Peace Foundation (UPF) – Uganda
552. Un Ponte Per – Ente di Terzo Settore (UPP ETS) – Italy, Global
553. Unen Khatamj – Mongolia
554. Union pour la Promotion/Protection, la Défense des Droits Humains et de l’Environnement (UPDDHE) – DRC
555. Union Women Center (UWC) – Georgia, Global
556. United Funding and Development for Underage Mothers (UFDUM) – Liberia
557. University Women of Europe (UWE) – Netherlands
558. University Youth Foundation for Development (UYFD) – Yemen
559. Upper Nile Youth Development Association (UNYDA) – South Sudan
560. Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism (UAF) – United States, Global
561. US Women’s Caucus – United States
562. Vanuatu Human Rights Coalition (VHRC) – Vanuatu
563. Vikas Adhyayan Kendra (VAK) – India
564. Vision GRAM-International (VGI) – Canada, Global
565. Voces de Mujeres en Accion (VMA) – Mexico, Global
566. Wajir Women for Peace (WWFP) – Kenya
567. Wales Assembly of Women (WAW) – United Kingdom
568. West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) – Nigeria
569. Wi’am: The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center – Palestine
570. WIDE Austria-Network for Women’s Rights and Feminist Perspectives in Development – Austria
571. WILPF Afghanistan – Afghanistan
572. WILPF Aotearoa – New Zealand
573. WILPF Cameroon – Cameroon
574. WILPF Canada – Canada
575. WILPF CI – Côte d’Ivoire
576. WILPF DK (Kvindefredsligaen) – Denmark
577. WILPF España – Spain
578. WILPF Finland – Finland
579. WILPF Germany – Germany
580. WILPF Germany – Germany
581. WILPF Ghana – Ghana
582. WILPF Group Sénégal – Senegal
583. WILPF Guinée – Guinea
584. WILPF Italia – Italy
585. WILPF Lebanon – Lebanon
586. WILPF Norway (Internasjonal Kvinneliga for Fred og Frihet) (IKFF) – Norway
587. WILPF RDC – DRC
588. WILPF Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone
589. WILPF Sweden – Sweden
590. WILPF UK – United Kingdom
591. WILPF US – United States
592. Winam Grassroots – Kenya
593. Window for Hope (WFH) – Afghanistan
594. Благодійна організація Благодійний Фонд Вітри Змін (Winds of Changes Charitable Foundation) (WOC) – Ukraine
595. مؤسسة اجنحة السلام الخيرية للتنمية والاستجابة الانسانية (Wings of Peace Charitable Foundation for Development and Humanitarian Response) – Yemen
596. وجود للأمن الإنساني (WOGOOD for Human Security) (WHS) – Yemen
597. WO=MEN, Dutch Gender Platform – Netherlands, Global
598. Women & Peace Studies Organization (WPSO) – Afghanistan, Canada
599. Women Action Society for Development Peace and Justice (WASDPJ) – South Sudan
600. Women Advocacy Coalition Myanmar (WAC-M)
601. Women Against Violence and Expediency Handling Initiative (WAVEHI) – Nigeria
602. Women and Child Rights Initiatives (WCRI) – South Sudan
603. Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) – Afghanistan
604. Women and Children Research and Advocacy Network (WCRAN) – Canada, Global
605. Women Collective Kenya (WCK) – Kenya
606. Women Committee Access for Humanitarian Foundation (WCHF) – South Sudan
607. Women Deliver – United States, Global
608. Women Development and Youth Education Center (WODYEC) – Liberia
609. Women Education and Development Organization of Liberia (WEDOL) – Liberia
610. Women Empowerment Against Poverty of Nepal (WEAPoN) – Nepal
611. Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) – Netherlands, Global
612. Women for Afghan Women (WAW) – United States, Global
613. Women for Genuine Security (WGS) – United States
614. Women for Justice (WJ) – Myanmar
615. Women for Justice and Equality (WOJE) – South Sudan
616. Women for Peace and Democracy Nepal (WPDNepal) – Nepal
617. Women for Women’s Human Rights – New Ways (WWHR) – Turkey
618. Women Graduates-USA (WG-USA) – United States, Global
619. Women In Development Europe+ (WIDE+) – Europe
620. Women In International Security (WIIS) – United States, Global
621. Women In International Security Switzerland (WIIS Switzerland) – Switzerland
622. Women in Law and Development in Africa – Afrique de l’Ouest (WiLDAF-AO) – Togo
623. Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) – Mali, Global
624. Women Initiative for Humanitarian and Development Organization (WIHDO) – South Sudan
625. Women Insider for Mindanao’n Peace and Development (WIMPAD) – Philippines, Global
626. Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) – United Kingdom, Global
627. Women NGO Federation (WNF) – Nepal
628. Women NGOs Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) – Liberia
629. Women Now for Development (WND) – Syria, Global
630. Women Peace Initiatives (WOPI) – Cameroon
631. Women Peace Makers Organization (WPM) – Cambodia
632. Women Relief Aid (WRA) – South Sudan, Global
633. Women Working Group (WWG) – Indonesia
634. Women’s Center for Guidance and Legal Awareness (WCGLA) – Egypt
635. Women’s Council Denmark – Denmark, Global
636. Women’s Initiative for Peace (WinPeace) – Greece, Turkey
637. Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice (WIGJ) – Netherlands, Global
638. Women’s Intercultural Network (WIN) – United States, Global
639. Women’s League of Burma (WLB) – Thailand
640. Women’s Movement Towards Freedom (WMTF) – Afghanistan
641. Women’s Peace Network (WPN) – Myanmar
642. Women’s Regional Network (WRN) – Pakistan, Global
643. Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) – Nepal
644. Women’s Studies Centre (WSC) – Palestine
645. Women’s UN Report Network (WUNRN) – Global
646. Women’s Voice in Action (WVA) – Ukraine, Global
647. Women4Nonviolence (W4NV) – Norway, Global
648. World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP) – Netherlands, Global
649. World Silambam Association (WSA) – Malaysia, Global
650. World Yoga Association (WYA) – Malaysia, Global
651. Yemen Centre for Human Rights Studies (YCHRS) – Yemen, Global
652. Yemen Future for Culture and Media Development – Yemen
653. اتحاد نساء اليمن (Yemen Women Union) – Yemen
654. You Fondation Guinée (YOUFG) – Guinea
655. Young Women Leaders + for Peace Bangladesh (YWL+ Bangladesh) – Bangladesh
656. Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of India – India
657. Young Women’s Christian Association South Sudan (YWCA) – South Sudan
658. Young Women+ Leaders for Peace Philippines (YW+LP-Ph) – Philippines
659. YoungMoro Professionals’ Incorporated Mindanao (MinYPI) – Philippines
660. Youth and Women for Opportunities Uganda (YWOU) – Uganda
661. Youth Link (YL) – South Sudan

[1] The proportion of women killed in armed conflict doubled from 2022 to 2023. Report of the Secretary-General on protection of civilians in armed conflict, S/2024/385, 6, undocs.org/s/2024/385. The UN documented a 50% increase in documented cases of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) from 2022-2023, and a further 25% increase from 2023-2024. Remarks of SRSG-SVC Pramila Patten at Security Council Open Debate on CRSV, 19 August 2025, undocs.org/s/pv.9981.

[2] LGBTQIA+ refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and other gender-diverse people.

[3] 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, 30 and 40, in addition to Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1889 (2009), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013), 2242 (2015), 2467 (2019) and 2493 (2019).

[4] “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.

[5]  Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2008), 1889 (2008), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013), 2242 (2015), 2467 (2019) and 2493 (2019).

[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 specifically protected by Security Council resolutions 1889 (2009), 2106 (2013) and 2122 (2013).

[7] Both the UN and Security Council members who have signed the Shared Commitments on Women, Peace and Security have committed to a zero-tolerance approach to reprisals. For instance, see Statement of Shared Commitments on Women, Peace and Security, https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/2024_25_statement_shared_commitments.pdf. 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.

[8] In addition to directly sustaining women’s rights organizations, donors should commit to meeting minimum targets for gender equality and women’s participation — namely, 1 per cent of overseas development assistance for women’s rights and women-led peace-building organizations and 15 per cent of funds for programs that advance gender equality as a principal objective — with a firm commitment to increasing such funding in the future.