You can change the world, step by step
Step 1 Empowerment
 Educate
yourself. Knowledge is power. Read WPP materials like Women
and Peacemaking or The Life of Bertha von Suttner.
Educate
others. Share what you know. Donate WPP videos to your local
school or place of worship or a subscription of the WPP newsletter
to your local library.
Step 2 Peace
Form a
women peacemakers group in your community. Peacebuilding
is a group activity. Ask for our leaflet ‘How to Start and Maintain
a Women’s Action Group’.
Twin with
a women’s peace group in another country. Ask for a
copy of the WPP’s annual May 24 International Women’s
Day for Peace and Disarmament, with its international directory of
women’s peace groups and suggestions for actions.
Step 3 Development
Become
a supporter. See in the donations section how you can support women
overcoming violence.
Stay connected.
Join our mailing to keep in touch with women peacemakers around the
world.
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Further suggestions
Translate and
reprint articles from the May 24 action packs (please credit the pack
and don't forget to send us a copy!) to educate others about the issues.
To read one of the previous May 24 packages, please go to the archive
Invite
members of your community to write and submit poems, which reflect how
violence against women during conflict has affected their lives as well
as the lives of close friends and relatives.
Ask your local newspaper
to publish some of these poems or articles on women and peace. Ask a local bookstore to hold
poetry reading, which features these poems and their authors. Hold a
silent candle light vigil at the end of the readings in memory of all
women and girls who have lost their lives to war.
Create a
web site about what women are doing for peace and justice in your
community, or link your existing site to websites listed in our annual May 24 packages.
Have yourself invited during a gathering or lectures series for students in the field of conflict and gender studies, discuss issues on women peacemakers, brainstorm about ways for improvement and report on it. Invite students to do research on the topic.
Each year, IFOR's WPP publishes a May 24 package. In addition to several articles, it also contains suggestions for actions. Please go to the archive to read previous editions of May 24 packages.
For a highlight of suggestions for actions, please click on one of the links below:
2008 suggestions, theme: 'Money for Women Peacemakers'
2007 suggestions, theme: Girls change the world
2006 suggestions, theme: Women resisting violence
2005 suggestions, theme: Women's Nonviolent Work for Peace in the Pacific Area
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