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New instrument: Women's influence on peace processes

In a graphic representation of the different stages of peace processes, we place the role of women at the centre. It shows where they exert influence to drive the peace process and prevent setbacks. The graphic is available in English, German, Spanish and Ukrainian.

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Feminist Peace Initiative: Empowering Afghan women to play an active role in peacebuilding

In online training sessions, Afghan women peace activists strengthened their peacebuilding skills and built a network across several provinces of Afghanistan. We supported these training sessions as part of our Feminist Peace Initiatives.

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Feminist Peace Initiatives: Sudan: Strengthening women-led organisations building peace

Two workshops for Sudanese women peacebuilders focused on strengthening their capacity to increase the visibility of their peace work and to advocate for their inclusion in peace processes. We supported these workshops with our Feminist Peace Initiatives.

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Article in Fem*Fém 68 magazine: Sustaining peacebuilding efforts in post-armed conflict settings

In Fem*Fém magazine, our colleagues Liv Halperin and Camille Bernheim write about the decisive factors for creating a peaceful society after armed conflict.

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Position paper on militarisation: Security through weapons and feminist peacebuilding: navigating the dilemma

In a position paper, we take a firm stand in favour of non-violent conflict transformation. We are convinced that lasting security can only be achieved through inclusive dialogue and not through weapons or military deterrence.

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Peace processes

We use a graphic representation to illustrate how women exert influence at the different stages of peace processes and to put the focus on the role women play in driving peace processes forward and preventing setbacks.

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Women, Peace and Security

The WPS agenda lies at the core of our work across our programmes, in our advocacy and in our work with our global network Feminists Connecting for Peace.

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Demilitarisation

Militarisation means more than "just" spending on armed forces: this spending is the consequence of a security policy geared towards war. As a feminist peace organisation, we oppose the claim that more weapons lead to more security. We demand demilitarisation and disarmament because that is the only way to achieve genuine peace and comprehensive security.

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