News and Announcements:

From the WPP Office

12 June 2009: New The Time is Now!

The past six weeks, two interns from Kyrgyzstan and Fiji have been working at the International Secretariat. They have produced a newsletter in which they share their experiences: Read The Time is Now!

11 June 2009: WPP concerned about Sri Lanka

The military defeat of the Tamil Tigers have not resulted yet in a peaceful situation for all parties involved. IFOR’s Women Peacemakers Program has been receiving disturbing responses from the field. Read more

3 June 2009: New WPP e-opportunities: issue 58

WPP's e-opportunities contains information about upcoming trainings, seminars, campaigns, recently published materials, and job openings related to the issues of gender, peace and nonviolence. Please find here issue 58, our latest version!

9 March 2009: International Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security, Monrovia, Liberia

On 7 and 8 March 2009, women and men from all over the world gathered in the Samuel K. Doe Stadium in Monrovia to landmark a historic moment: Women peacemakers rising to their feet, in order to effect lasting change in the world.

Read the article “This is our Time” by Isabelle Geuskens, WPP Program Manager, and see photos of this historic event with the participation of IFOR's WPP.

Read more here about this exciting event in this article by Euphemia A. Dzathor, WPP Afica Desk Coordinator.

22 January 2009: International Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security

WPP has been part of a working group coordinated by the International Women's Tribune Centre (New York) which is coordinating NGO input for the upcoming 1325 Expert Group Meeting in the lead up to the International Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security. (Read the NGO Statement in Spanish). The Colloquium, to be held in Liberia, Monrovia from 7-8 March, 2009, will empower women to be more effective leaders by linking with their peers from around the world and sharing and implementing best practices on economic empowerment, influencing climate change and sustainable development. The Colloquium will promote progress on women’s leadership on peace and security, and women’s leadership and empowerment in general. For more information on the colloquium, please visit their website.

15 June 2009: Short stories of ordinary African women acting for change and peace amidst challenging circumstances

This article, written by the Regional Officer of the Women Peacemakers Program, describes three strong, pioneering women peacemakers, who have been trained by the Africa Desk of the WPP or are involved in its work. Read more

10 April 2009: Women in Transition

More than two hundred women, including several WPP Zimbabwe representatives, gathered in Harare to discuss the Global Political Agreement (GPA), the country’s current operational document, and to work out its use regarding the different aspects of women’s life in the country. Read more

02 February 2009: WPP Pilot Project: gender perspective in civilian-based peace work

In recent years IFOR’s Women Peacemakers Program has been receiving signals from the field that civilian-based peace services are struggling to implement a gender perspective in their work. Based on this observation the WPP decided to conduct a one-year pilot research on how to incorporate a gender perspective in civilian-based peace work. Read more

05 November 2008: Africa Desk Newsletter

By empowering and amplifying the voice of African women through women’s peace activism we hope to create a continent where women’s voice will be added to the list of important voices making decisions at grassroots, national and regional levels on the continent. Read the first newsletter of the Africa Regional Desk

16 October 2008: Africa Desk receives funding from MDG3 Fund

WPP is proud and very happy to announce that the Africa Regional Desk has received funding from the MDG3 Fund in order to continue the highly important work they are doing for the upcoming three years! Read the website of Minbuza for more general information or for more information on the beneficiaries of this fund.

More on WPP news from the International Secretariat:

09 February 2009: Celebration March 8: Launch of 'We-Can-campaign'

On March 8, Movisie will launch the 'We Can-campgain' in the Netherlands. WPP will participate in this event, by organizing a workshop on gender and violence. The campaign is part of an international one focusing on ending violence against women. The core of the campaign are changemakers and coalition partners; individuals and organisations that take action to stop violence against women. Read more on the public manifestation on March 8 (in Dutch) and a factsheet on We Can.

20 January 2009: Biography Hildegard Goss-Mayr

“In reading Richard Deats’ compelling account of the truly astonishing life of Hildegard Goss-Mayr, I am filled with a sense of the magnificence of the human person when transformed into compassion and love through the gifts of the Holy Spirit. No task is too much, no place too far to travel, no one in whom the person of God is not seen and served, such is the kindness and generosity of Hildegard Goss-Mayr, and we are all touched and grateful for such a soul force in our world.” - Mairead Corrigan Maguire - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1976

Read the foreword of the book by Mairead Maguire. Read the preface of the book by Richard Deats. For more information on Richard Deats, click here


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