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Documentation, Analysis, DisseminationWomen’s successful work in rebuilding societies devastated by war, defending human rights, and instituting democratic structures has frequently been lost or undervalued because it has not been documented.WPP cooperates with existing archives and researchers to document grassroots women's peace initiatives, by continuing to collect and examine contemporary case histories of women’s nonviolent strategies for social inclusion, civil society and conflict resolution. Documentation includes identifying the most difficult obstacles women face in making peace; the most successful strategies women have developed to overcome these obstacles; the specific skills that women have developed or lacked that led to their success or failure; and what training the activists received or developed to implement their strategy.
International Women's Day for Peace and DisarmamentEvery year WPP organizes 24 May, the International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament with a public event and a publication. WPP finds it important to organize its May publications and events around critical issues affecting the realities of women peacemakers on the ground. May 26 2011: Int'l Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament: Religion: a threat for women’s rights or a driving force for social change and women’s peace activism?On May 26, 2011, IFOR’s WPP and its partners discussed faith-based and interfaith peace building, women’s roles in this and strategies to deal with the obstacles women face in their peace work. Download information on speakers and workshops in English. Meer informatie mbt sprekers en workshops in NederlandsA report on the day will be downloadable soon.
May 26 2011: Cassandra Balchin, Lead Researcher for Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms initiative from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID).
May 26 2011: Workshop Peacebuilding: Religion and Spirituality as a Source of Inspiration ( facilitated by Platform Women and Sustainable Peace)
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May 27 2010: International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament; Men, Masculinities and Peacebuilding
Approximately 60 people attended the expert meeting Together for Transformation in The Hague to discuss the relevance of including a masculinities perspective in debates about gender and peacebuilding and the contributions men can make in relation to the topic of women, peace and security. To facilitate participation of WPP’s network in the field, the expert seminar was live broadcasted via the Internet, with the IFOR/WPP Information Officer directly responding to questions and comments received via email.
24 May 2009: Voices of Peace from the Balkans and the Caucasus:
This year the May 24 celebration focused on women peacemakers and musicians working for peace from the Balkans and the Caucasus. Please read the report on the day. Download here more pictures.
24 May 2008: Money for Women PeacemakersThe 2008 ce lebration focused on Money for Women Peacemakers:
It was an inspiring day with heated debate and impressive women activists, such as Malalay Joya (former MP/Afghanistan), Asha Elmi Hagi (activist, winner of the Virginia Bell Award/Somalia) and Elisabeth Porter (academic/Australia).
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