This open letter, available in Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Russian, was sent to all UN Member States on behalf of 617 civil society signatories across 100 countries in advance of the October 2023 Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security. The letter calls on the UN, Security Council and Member States to take action to ensure women’s full, equal, meaningful and safe participation in all aspects of peace and security.

Dear Ambassadors,

We write to you ahead of this year’s annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) to urge you to take action to realize the foundational demand of Resolution 1325 (2000)—ensuring women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in peacemaking.

For nearly 25 years, the Security Council, the UN and Member States have pledged their support for women’s full, equal, meaningful and safe participation in peace and security. Yet women’s rights today are under ceaseless attack in contexts marked by intensifying conflict, rising authoritarianism, militarization and backlash. Women’s participation in peace processes remains unacceptably low, and is decreasing even in UN-supported peace processes. Meanwhile the credibility of the UN and the Security Council to protect and uphold these rights has been fundamentally shaken by growing geopolitical divides and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Without principled and decisive action to protect women’s rights and ensure their full, equal and meaningful participation in all aspects of peace and security, we not only risk entrenchment of patriarchal norms, but jeopardize any chance of sustainable peace.

We therefore call on you to demand, and to support, the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation and leadership of the women of Afghanistan, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, 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, in accordance with the standards set by the WPS agenda, in ending conflict and building peace in their countries.

We take this opportunity to remind you of these standards and urge you to uphold them

“Full”: Full participation requires politically supporting and fully resourcing inclusion of diverse women at all levels and stages of decision-making, in all contexts, from beginning to end. This means women’s participation in all aspects of peace and security, including the design and implementation of all peace processes, the development and monitoring of all agreements, political processes, humanitarian delivery, constitution-building, economic development, transitional justice, post-conflict reconstruction, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes and security sector reform (SSR) processes. The Security Council must demand and ensure women’s full, equal and meaningful participation, in line with Resolution 1325 (2000) and all other WPS resolutions, in all conflicts and crises on its agenda. Further, it should demand that the UN adopt and implement a principled and consistent approach to women’s rights and women’s participation across all its work, without exception.

“Equal”: Achieving equal representation means taking all possible steps to support diverse women’s participation in all peace and security processes with the target of 50 percent. While women’s participation at all levels of decision-making must be supported, we urge the Security Council, UN and all Member States to publicly and robustly support, and to prioritize, women’s equal, direct and influential participation in formal Track 1 or high-level peace and political processes, where it is most glaringly lacking. This must include meaningful representation of women human rights defenders, peacebuilders and feminist movements. Quotas for women’s participation must be enforced, non-transferrable and publicly advocated for by all actors. Additional specific and targeted measures must be implemented to dismantle structural barriers and ensure that women, in all their diversity, are able to participate on an equal footing as experts and leaders.

“Meaningful”: Meaningful participation means direct, substantive and formal inclusion of diverse women and feminist perspectives to influence the design and the outcome of negotiations, across all issues, as well as their implementation. Failure to uphold women’s right to equal participation, even in conflict-affected situations, undermines the UN Charter, contravenes international human rights and humanitarian law, and jeopardizes sustainable peace. Superficial, last-minute, informal, advisory or other observer status without the opportunity to directly influence decisions and outcomes is not meaningful. We urge Member States to demand that the equal, direct and influential participation of women is a standard requirement across all UN-supported peace processes or convenings. No Member State nor the UN should endorse, facilitate or support peace processes where women are not meaningfully represented. This would send an unequivocal message to conflict parties that international backing is not possible without respect for women’s rights.

“Safe”: Participating safely requires enforcing a zero-tolerance approach 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. Member States and UN leadership must, first and foremost, ensure a safe and enabling environment for civil society in which women human rights defenders, peacebuilders and civil society leaders are protected, supported and their legitimacy is recognized, and eliminate any restrictions or barriers to their work. Further, Member States and the UN must swiftly and publicly condemn any attacks against women human rights defenders, peacebuilders and civil society, hold perpetrators accountable, and, most importantly, take all necessary measures to protect the lives of those at risk. The UN has a critical role to play in this regard—we urge you to call on the UN system to not only thoroughly monitor and report on attacks and violence against women activists, but also provide systematic and scaled-up support to prevent and respond to such violence; so should all peace operations, in accordance with their mandates to protect civilians and promote human rights. Risks and protection must never be used to limit women’s participation or undermine the independent selection or views of civil society, and resources and explicit political support must be mobilized to enable women to participate safely.

In all conflicts and crises, the international community’s uncompromising support for women’s human rights must be matched by unequivocal demands for women’s meaningful participation.

Women’s rights cannot wait.

Sincerely,

1. NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG) – 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. Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) – Netherlands, Global
8. Human Rights Watch (HRW) – United States, Global
9. International Alert (IA) – United Kingdom, Global
10. MADRE – United States, Global
11. Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) – Canada, Global
12. Outright International – United States, 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, Global
19. رابطة أمهات المختطفين (Abductees’ Mothers Association) (AMA) – Yemen
20. منظمة عبس التنموية للمراة والطفل (Abs Development Organization for Woman and Child) (ADO) – Yemen
21. Access Reproductive Justice (ACCESS RJ) – United States
22. ACT Alliance – Global
23. Action des Volontaires pour la Solidarité et le Développement (AVSD) – Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
24. Action for Community Transformation (ACT) – Liberia
25. Action for Conflict Resolution (ACR) – South Sudan
26. Action for Girls and Women Survival – Liberia
27. Action Girls Africa (AGA) – South Sudan
28. Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) – United Kingdom
29. ActionAid – South Africa, Global
30. ActionAid Ireland (AAIre) – Ireland
31. Actions de Protection Mère et Enfant (APME) – DRC
32. Actions pour la Lutte Contre les Injustices Sociales (ALCIS) – DRC
33. Addu Women’s Association (AWA) – Maldives
34. Afghan Refugees Solidarity Association (ARSA) – Turkey
35. Afghanistan Justice Organization (AJO) – Afghanistan
36. Afghanistan Rights Watch (ARW) – Afghanistan
37. African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS) – Gambia
38. African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD) – Uganda
39. African Women Leaders Network, Liberia Chapter (AWLN/Liberia) – Liberia
40. Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) – Nigeria, Global
41. Afrikagrupperna – Sweden
42. Agora – Mexico
43. Albanian Society for All Ages (ASAG) – Albania, Global
44. All India Women’s Conference (AIWC) – India
45. All Survivors Project (ASP) – Liechtenstein, Global
46. Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development (ALFOPED) – Nigeria
47. Alliance Congolaise pour les Foyers et Combustibles Améliorés (ACFCA) – DRC
48. مؤسسة السناء لحقوق الانسان (Al-Sanaa Foundation for Human Rights) (SFHR) – Iraq
49. Aotearoa New Zealand Campaign on Military Spending – New Zealand
50. المعهد العربي لحقوق الإنسان (Arab Institute for Human Rights) (AIHR) – Global
51. Arid Lands Development Focus (ALDEF) – Kenya
52. Armenian Committee of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (HCA-Armenia) – Armenia
53. Articulação Brasileira de Gays (ARTGAY) – Brazil
54. Articulação Brasileira de Lésbicas (ABL) – Brazil
55. ASAL Humanitarian Network (AHN) – Kenya
56. Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) – Indonesia
57. Asmaa Society for Development – Sudan
58. Asociación Coordinadora de la Mujer (ACM) – Bolivia
59. Asociación de Mujeres Afrodescenientes del Norte del Cauca (ASOM) – Colombia
60. Asociación de Trabajadoras del Hogar a Domicilio y de Maquila (ATRAHDOM) – Guatemala
61. Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social, Red de Género (ALAMES) – Guatemala
62. Associação Baiana de Travestis Transexuais e Transgêneros em Ação (ATRAÇÃO) – Brazil
63. Associação Cabo-Verdianas de Luta Contra Violência Basesdo no Género (ACLCVBG) – Cabo Verde
64. Associação Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais do Brasil (ANTRA BRASIL) – Brazil
65. Associação para a Cooperação sobre População e Deenvolvimento (P&D Factor) – Portugal, Global
66. Association d’Aide à l’Education de l’Enfant Handicapé (AAEEH) – France
67. Association de Lutte Contre les Violences Sexuelles et Appui à la Promotion du Développement Durable (ALUCOVIS-APDD) – Burundi, Global
68. Association des Cultivateurs des Collectivités de Batangi et Bamate (ACUCOBA) – DRC
69. Association des Femmes Africaines pour la Recherche et le Développement (AFARD-MALI) – Mali
70. Association des Femmes de l’Europe Méridionale (AFEM) – France
71. Association Development by Young People (ADYP) – Burkina Faso
72. Association Djazairouna des Familles Victimes du Terrorisme – Algeria
73. Association du Développement et de la Promotion de Droit de l’Homme (ADPDH) – Mauritania
74. Association Femmes et Initiatives pour le Développement (FID) – Mali
75. Association for Farmers Rights Defense (AFRD) – Georgia, Global
76. Association for Progressive Communications (APC) – Global
77. الجمعية الوطنية المرأة في اتصال (Association Nationale Femmes en Communication) (FEC) – Algeria
78. Association of War Affected Women (AWAW) – Sri Lanka, Global
79. Asuda for Combating Violence Against Women (ASUDA) – Iraq
80. Australian Civil Society Coalition on Women Peace and Security – Australia
81. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) – Australia
82. مؤسسة اوام التنموية الثقافية (Awam Foundation for Development and Culture) (AWAM) – Yemen
83. AWO Arnstadt – Germany
84. Azadi-e Zan – Australia, Global
85. Baghdad Women Association (BWA) – Iraq
86. Bahrain Center for Human Rights – Bahrain
87. بيتي انا بيتك (Baite Ana Baytac) (BAB) – Syria
88. Bana for Peace and Development – Sudan
89. Barwaaqo Voluntary Organisation (BVO) – Somalia, Global
90. Bella Foundation for Child and Maternal Care (BEFCAMC) – Nigeria
91. Besme Group – Lebanon, Global
92. Better World Organization for Community Development (BWOCD) – Iraq
93. Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC) – Nepal
94. BintiAfrika Konnekt (BAK) – Tanzania
95. Blue Diamond Society (BDS) – Nepal
96. Bolivian Women’s Efforts (BWE) – Bolivia
97. Botswana Gender Based Violence Prevention and Support Centre (BGBVC) – Botswana, Georgia
98. British Black Anti Poverty Network (BBAPN) – United Kingdom
99. Brown Dog Consulting LLC (BDC) – United States, Global
100. Building Blocks for Peace Foundation (BBFORPEACE) – Nigeria
101. Burmese Women’s Union (BWU) – Myanmar, Thailand
102. Caesar Families Association (CFA) – Germany, Syria
103. CamASEAN Youth’s Future – Cambodia
104. Cameroon Women’s Peace Movement (CAWOPEM) – Cameroon
105. Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) – Canada
106. Caring Hearts Liberia Inc. – Liberia
107. CEDAW Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (CCoTT) – Trinidad and Tobago
108. Center for Civil Society and Democracy (CCSD) – Syria
109. Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) – United States, Global
110. Center for Strengthening Community Voices (CSCOV) – South Sudan
111. Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy (CWPPP) – United States
112. Center of International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights (ICHLHR) – Yemen
113. Center to Assist and Protect Child Rights of Nepal (CAP-CRON) – Nepal
114. Centre for Afghanistan Studies (CAS) – India
115. Centre for Environment, Human Rights & Development Forum (CEHRDF) – Bangladesh, Global
116. Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP) – Germany
117. Centre for Human Rights and Development (CHRD) – Mongolia
118. Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) – South Sudan
119. Centre for Peacebuilding & Strategic Studies (CPSS Africa) – Kenya
120. Centre for Social and Gender Research “New Life” – Ukraine
121. Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) – South Africa
122. Centro de Estudios e Investigación sobre Mujeres (CEIM) – Spain
123. Centro de Investigación en Género y Economía (Núcleo de Pesquisa em Gênero e Economia) (NPGE) – Brazil
124. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) – Mexico
125. Centro de Justicia y Paz (CEPAZ) – Venezuela
126. Centro Ecuatoriano de Desarrollo y Estudios Alternativos (CEDEAL) – Ecuador
127. Centro Studi Difesa Civile (CSDC) – Italy
128. لايوجد (Cevher Organization) – Syria, Turkey
129. cfd The Feminist Peace Organization – Switzerland
130. Chanan Development Association (CDA) – Pakistan, Global
131. Charitable Foundation “Unity for the Future” (UFF) – Ukraine
132. Charity & Security Network (CSN) – United States
133. Charity Foundation “Asarkia” – Abkhazia
134. Chikka Federation of India – India
135. Child Care Organization (CHICO) – South Sudan
136. Christian Aid – United Kingdom, Global
137. Christian Vision Organization (CVO) – South Sudan
138. CIVICUS – South Africa, Global
139. Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues (CWI) – United States
140. Club des jeunes pour la vie – DRC
141. Coalición Nacional de Mujeres del Ecuador (CNME) – Ecuador
142. Coalition for Humanity (CH) – South Sudan
143. Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) – Indonesia, Global
144. Coast Education Centre (COEC) – Kenya
145. Collectif des Femmes Rurales pour le Développement (COFERD) – DRC
146. Colombia Diversa – Colombia
147. Comité de Recherches et d’Actions Multidimensionnelles pour la Paix au Sahel (CRAM-CRAM) – Mali
148. Common Action for Gender Development (COMAGEND) – Cameroon
149. Community And Family Aid Foundation – Ghana
150. Community Association for Vulnerable Persons (CAVP) – Cameroon
151. Community Development Association (CDA) – Sudan
152. Community Empowerment for Peace and Development West Nile (CEPADWN) – Uganda
153. Community Empowerment Network (CENET) – Uganda
154. Concertation des Collectifs des Associations Féminines de la région des Grands Lacs (COCAFEM/GL) – Burundi, Global
155. Conciliation Resources – United Kingdom, Global
156. Conflict Analysis Network (CAN) – United Kingdom
157. Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience (CAP LC) – France, Global
158. Corporación Conciudadanía – Colombia
159. Corporación de Apoyo a Comunidades Populares (Codacop) – Colombia
160. Corporación de Investigación y Acción Social y Económica (CIASE) – Colombia, Global
161. Crown The Woman – South Sudan
162. CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness Feminist Group (CPDE FG) – Global
163. Cush Consulting Group – United States, Global
164. Dali & Senda for Peace (D&SFP) – Tunisia
165. Danish Family Planning Association (DFPA) – Denmark, Global
166. Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) – Denmark, Global
167. Danish Women’s Society – Denmark
168. DefendDefenders – Uganda
169. Defis & Objectifs Centrafrique (DOC) – Central African Republic
170. Delawari Productions – United States
171. Democracy Without Borders (DWB) – Ghana, Global
172. ديموس (DemoS) – Syria
173. Dhobley Women’s Association (DWA) – Somalia
174. Disability People’s Forum Uganda – Uganda, Global
175. DUKINGIRE ISI YACU – Burundi
176. Dynamique des Femmes Juristes (DFJ) – DRC
177. Echoes of Women in Africa Initiatives (ECOWA) – Nigeria
178. Education Defenders Network (EDN) – Canada, Global
179. Egale Canada – Canada, Global
180. Empatiku Foundation – Indonesia
181. Empowering Women and Girls Organization – South Sudan
182. Equal Asia Foundation (Equal AF) – Thailand
183. Equality Bahamas – Bahamas
184. Equality Fund (EF) – Canada
185. Equidad de Género, Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia – Mexico
186. EQUITA – Slovakia
187. Equity and Empowerment (EE) – Syria
188. Escola de Cultura de Pau (ECP) – Spain
189. المركز العربي الاوروبي لحقوق الانسان والقانون الدولي (European Arab Center for Human Rights and International Law) (AECHRIL) – Norway, Global
190. European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) – Netherlands, Global
191. Eve Organization for Women Development (EVE) – South Sudan
192. Eyecatcher/Shevolution Associates – United Kingdom, Global
193. منظمة فنارات (Fanarat Organization) – Syria
194. Farah Social Foundation (FSF) – Lebanon
195. Faudar Rural Educational Society for Harijans – India
196. Federation of Women Lawyers South Sudan (FIDA-SS) – South Sudan
197. Feminist Humanitarian Network (FHN) – Global
198. Feminist Legal Clinic Inc. (FLC) – Australia
199. Feminist Majority Foundation – United States
200. Femmes Burundaises pour la Paix et le Développement (BWPD) – Burundi
201. Femmes Droits et Développement en Afrique (WILDAF) – Mali
202. Femmes et Droits Humains (F&DH) – Mali
203. Fiji Women’s Rights Movement (FWRM) – Fiji
204. FL National Organization for Women (FL NOW) – United States
205. Fondation Millennia2025 Femmes et Innovation – Belgium
206. Fondation Nicole Ilunga (FNI) – DRC
207. Fondazione Pangea – Italy, Global
208. Fonds pour les Femmes Congolaises (FFC) – DRC
209. Food4Humanity (F4H) – Yemen
210. Fòs Feminista – United States, Global
211. Foundation for Innovative Social Development (FISD) – Sri Lanka
212. Franciscans International – Switzerland, Global
213. Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e. V./Women’s Network for Peace (FNF) – Germany
214. Freedom Now – United States, Global
215. Front Line Defenders – Global
216. Fundación Afrodescendiente por las Diversidades Sociales y Sexuales (SOMOS IDENTIDAD) – Colombia, Global
217. Fundacion Arcoiris por el respeto a la diversidad sexual (FARDS) – Mexico
218. Fundación Mujer & Mujer – Ecuador
219. Fundacja Autonomia – Poland
220. GALANG Philippines – Philippines
221. GameChangers 360 – United States
222. Gatef Organization – Egypt, Global
223. Gender & Diversity Consulting – Austria
224. Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) – United Kingdom, Global
225. Gender Equality Network (GEN) – Myanmar
226. Gender Harmony Foundation (YGH) – Indonesia
227. Gender Lab – Ghana
228. Gender-Centru – Moldova
229. Gender, Peace & Security – United Kingdom, Global
230. Gender, Peace and Security Centre, Monash University (GPS Monash) – Australia
231. Ghasin Al-Zaiton Organization for Youth (GZY) – Iraq
232. Girl Up Chikka – India
233. Girl Up Sony – India
234. Giving Value to Everyone (GIVE) – Liberia
235. GLAAD – United States
236. Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (GCENR) – Malaysia, Global
237. Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) – United States
238. Global Educational Economic and Social Empowerment (GEESE) – Pakistan
239. Global Fund for Widows (GFW) – United States, Global
240. Global Queer Youth Network (GQYN) – Ireland, Global
241. Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation – Nepal
242. Global Tamil Movement (GTM) – France, Global
243. Good Health Community Programmes (GHCP) – Kenya
244. Graduate Women International (GWI) – Switzerland, Global
245. Graduate Women Wellington (GWW) – New Zealand
246. Grassroot Women Network (GWN) – South Sudan
247. Green Jinub Development (GJD) – South Sudan, Global
248. Groupe de Réflexion et d’Initiative pour l’Avancement de la Grand’Anse (GRIAG) – Haiti
249. Haakro Welfare Association (HWA) – Pakistan
250. Haiti Cholera Research Funding Foundation Inc (HCRFF) – United States, Global
251. Hands Across the Divide (HAD) – Cyprus
252. Hargeisa Women Organization (Hawogroup) – Somalia
253. Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) – South Africa
254. مساعدة المجتمعات ذات الهشاشة (Helping Vulnerable Communities Organization) (HVCO) – Sudan
255. Herasun – Mali
256. Héritiers de la Justice (HJ) – DRC
257. HFX – United States
258. HIMAYA DAEEM AATAA (HDA) – Lebanon
259. HIV Justice Network (HJN) – Netherlands, Global
260. Hope for the Needy Association (HOFNA) – Cameroon
261. Hope Raisers Global Foundation (HRGF) – Nigeria, Global
262. Hope Restoration South Sudan (HRSS) – South Sudan
263. Hope Revival Organization (HRO) – Turkey, Syria
264. Horn Initiatives Development Organization (HIDO) – Somalia
265. HTOI Gender – Myanmar
266. Human Rights Advocates (HRA) – United States
267. Human Rights and Civic Participation Association (PaRiter) – Croatia
268. Human Rights in China – United States, Global
269. Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA) – South Africa
270. Human Security Collective (HSC) – Netherlands, Global
271. Huquqyat – United Kingdom
272. ICAN South Sudan (ICSS) – South Sudan, Uganda
273. IDP Women Association Consent (IDPWA) – Georgia
274. Iman Research – Malaysia
275. Imkaan – United Kingdom
276. Immigration Equality – United States
277. Impact: Center against Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence in Conflict – Netherlands, Global
278. Impunity Watch (IW) – Netherlands, Global
279. Insituto Think Twice Brasil – Brazil
280. Instituto Brasileiro de Transmasculinidades (IBRAT) – Brazil
281. Internacional Feminista – Mexico
282. International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law (IANGEL) – United States
283. International Alliance of Women (IAW) – Switzerland, Global
284. International Center for Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma (ICMGLT) – United States
285. International Centre for Civil Initiatives “Our House” (ICCI “Our House”) – Belarus
286. International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka (ICES) – Sri Lanka
287. International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) – United States, Global
288. International Council of Women (ICW-CIF) – France, Global
289. International Movement for Advancement of Education Culture Social & Economic Development (IMAECSED) – India, Global
290. International Network of Liberal Women – Netherlands, Global
291. International Peace Bureau (IPB) – Germany, Global
292. International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) – United Kingdom, Global
293. International Presentation Association (IPA) – Ireland, Global
294. International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) – Switzerland, Global
295. International Women’s Fund Azerbaijan (IWFA) – Azerbaijan, Global
296. Ipas – Global
297. Iraqi Minorities Council (IMC) – Iraq
298. شبكة النساء العراقيات (Iraqi Women Network) (IWN) – Iraq
299. ISOKO Partners for Peace and Gender Equality – United States, Global
300. Jacqui True, Professor at Monash University, Expert on Women, Peace and Security
301. Jusoor Center for Studies and Development – Libya
302. Just Associates (JASS) – Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras
303. Just Like My Child Foundation (JLMC) – Uganda, Global
304. Justicia, Derechos Humanos y Género – Mexico
305. Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) – Thailand
306. Kalkal Human Rights Development Organization (KAHRDO) – Somalia, Global
307. Karama – Egypt, Jordan
308. Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
309. Karenni National Women’s Organization (KNWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
310. Karima Bennoune, Lewis M. Simes Professor, University of Michigan Law School and Former UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
311. Kayan Women’s Organization (KyWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
312. Khulumani Support Group – South Africa
313. Koneta Hub – South Sudan, Global
314. Kuki Women’s Human Rights Organization (KWHRO) – Myanmar
315. KULU – Women and Development (KULU) – Denmark
316. La Verità Onlus – International Diplomacy (VOID) – Italy, Global
317. Lahu Women’s Organization (LWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
318. Lanka Fundamental Rights Organization (LFRO) – Sri Lanka
319. Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP) – United States
320. Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) – Libya
321. Legal Awareness for Nigerian Women – Nigeria
322. Liberty and Equality Advancement Foundation-Afghanistan (LEAF-A) – United States, Global
323. Ligue pour la Solidarité Congolaise (LSC) – DRC
324. Lulu Care South Sudan (LCSS) – South Sudan
325. Lutheran World Federation (LWF) – Switzerland, Global
326. Make Mothers Matter (MMM) – France, Global
327. Manzil Organization Balochistan (MOB) – Pakistan
328. Marchons Ensemble et Surement dans l’Assistance Scolaire et Humanitaire (MESAS) – DRC
329. مؤسسة فتيات مارب (Marib Girls Foundation) (MGF) – Yemen
330. MARTA Centre – Latvia
331. منظمة مزايا النسائية (Mazaya) – Syria
332. Men’s Association for Gender Equality Sierra Leone (MAGE SL) – Sierra Leone
333. MenEngage Global Alliance – United States, Global
334. Mercy Without Limits (MWL) – Turkey
335. Mesa Amplia de Profesores y Porfesoras de Universidades Públicas (MANPUP) – Colombia
336. Mile Organization for Environmental Protection (MILE) – Iraq
337. Milgo Initiative Organization (MNO) – Somalia
338. Mina’s List – United States
339. Mines Action Canada (MAC) – Canada
340. Mitini Nepal – Nepal
341. MOSAIC MENA – Lebanon
342. Mother and Children Development Aid (MACDA) – South Sudan
343. Mother of Hope Cameroon (MOHCAM) – Cameroon
344. Možnosť voľby/Freedom of Choice (MV/FoC) – Slovakia
345. MPact Global Action – United States, Global
346. Mujeres en Zona de Conflicto (MZC) – Spain
347. Murna Foundation (MF) – Nigeria
348. Muwatin Media Network – United Kingdom
349. Namibia Diverse Women’s Association (NDWA) – Namibia
350. Nasaem Khair (NKO) – Turkey, Global
351. الجمعية الوطنية لتمكين الاسرة (National Association for Family Empowerment) (NAFE) – Jordan
352. National Campaign for Sustainable Development Nepal (NACASUD) – Nepal
353. National Organization for Women (NOW) – United States
354. National Relief and Development Corps (NRDC) – South Sudan
355. National Women Empowerment and Rehabilitation Organisation (NWERO) – South Sudan
356. Natracare – United Kingdom
357. Nazra for Feminist Studies – MENA
358. Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) – Ghana
359. Общественная организация “Взаимодействие” (NGO Interaction) – Moldova
360. NGO “Women Association Sphere” – Ukraine
361. Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) – Switzerland, Global
362. Nordic Women Mediators DK (NWM-DK) – Denmark
363. NOVE Caring Humans (NCH) – Italy
364. Observatorio de Género y Equidad (OGE) – Chile
365. غصن زيتون (Olive Branch) (OB) – Turkey
366. Operation 1325 – Sweden
367. Organisation Paysanne pour le Développement Durable (OPDD) – DRC
368. Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies (DROPS) – Canada
369. Pa-O Women’s Union (PWU) – Myanmar, Thailand
370. Pacific Women Mediators Network/GPPAC Pacific (PWMN) – Fiji
371. PAIMAN Trust – Pakistan
372. جمعية الدراسات النسوية التنموية الفلسطينية (The Palestine Developmental Women Studies Association) (PDWSA) – Palestine
373. Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development (PWWSD) – Palestine
374. Paradigm for Social Justice and Development (PSD) – Uganda
375. Participatory Development Action Program (PDAP) – Bangladesh, Global
376. Partners in Health – United States, Global
377. Partners West Africa (PWA) – Senegal
378. PartnersGlobal – United States, Global
379. Pathways for Women’s Empowerment and Development/Integrated Agricultural Training Center (PaWEDIATC) – Cameroon
380. PAX – Netherlands, Global
381. Pax Christi USA (PCUSA) – United States
382. Peace and Development Network Trust-Kenya (PeaceNet-Kenya) – Kenya
383. Peace and Development Organization (PDO) – Pakistan
384. Peace Corps Organization South Sudan (PCO-ss) – South Sudan
385. Peace Direct (PD) – United Kingdom, Global
386. Peace Movement Aotearoa – New Zealand
387. Peace Track Initiative (PTI) – Yemen, Global
388. حركة السلام الدائم (Permanent Peace Movement) (PPM) – Lebanon
389. Phoenix Business Consulting – Ethiopia
390. Planet Ally – Global
391. Platform for Dialogue and Peace (P4DP) – Liberia
392. Platform Women & Sustainable Peace (PVDV) – Netherlands
393. PMU – Sweden
394. Polish Migration Forum Foundation – Poland
395. Population Aid Services (PAAS) – Somalia
396. Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (Plataforma Portuguesa para os Direitos das Mulheres) (PpDM) – Portugal
397. PRO Global/Pensioners without Borders – Sweden
398. Professor Laura J. Shepherd, FHEA, Professor of International Relations, University of Sydney
399. Programme Amkeni Wamama (PAMA) – DRC
400. Programme d’Actions pour le Développement au Congo (PADCO) – DRC
401. Progressive Voice – Myanmar
402. Psychological Responsiveness NGO (PSR) – Mongolia, Global
403. “Qadın və Müasir Dünya” Mərkəzi (Center “Women and Modern World”) (CWMW) – Azerbaijan, Global
404. Q&A Management Consultancy – South Sudan
405. Radha Paudel Foundation – Nepal
406. Rafto Foundation for Human Rights – Norway, Global
407. Rainbow Railroad – Canada
408. Raise Your Voice Saint Lucia Inc (RYVSLU) – Saint Lucia
409. Reach Out Cameroon (ROC) – Cameroon, Nigeria
410. Red Dot Foundation – India, Global
411. Red Hemisférica Somos Lideresas (RHSL) – Colombia
412. Red Nacional Universitaria por la Equidad de Género en la Educación Superior UdeA (RENUEGES) – Colombia
413. Regional Centre for International Development Cooperation (RCIDC) – Uganda
414. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary NGO (RSHM NGO) – United States, Global
415. Reproaction – United States
416. Réseau des Org Femmes du Bassin du Lac Tchad (RESOF-BLT) – Niger
417. Réseau Femme et Dévéloppement (REFED) – DRC
418. Réseau Femme et Développement au Nord Kivu (REFED/NK) – DRC
419. Réseau MUSONET – Mali
420. Réseau Ouest Africain des Defenseurs des Droits Humains (ROADDH/WAHRDN) – West Africa
421. Réseau Ouest Africain pour l’Édification de la Paix (WANEP-Niger) – Niger
422. Rights for Women Welfare Society (RWWS) – Bangladesh
423. Rights Monitor – United Kingdom
424. مؤسسة رووم لإعمار الأرض (Room Foundation) (RF) – Yemen
425. Rural Women for Development (RWDSS) – South Sudan
426. صدى الجنوب الاعلامية (Sada Aljanub) – Syria
427. Saferworld – United Kingdom, Global
428. Safety and Risk Mitigation Organization (SRMO) – Afghanistan
429. Salam for Democracy and Human Rights (Salam DHR) – United Kingdom, Bahrain
430. جمعية سما للتنمية (Sama for Development) (SFDO) – Lebanon
431. Sautiya Mama Mukongomani (SMM) – DRC, Global
432. Save the Marginalized People Organization (SMP) – South Sudan
433. SecurityWomen – United Kingdom, Global
434. SEEK Feminist Network – Netherlands, Global
435. Servas International (SI) – United States, Global
436. Shafak – Turkey
437. Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) – Myanmar, Thailand
438. She4Society Initiative – Yemen
439. Silambam Asia (SILA) – Malaysia, Global
440. Siren – Protectors of the Rainforest, Inc. (SirenProtect) – United States, Global
441. Sister’s Hand Liberia (SHL) – Liberia
442. Social Research and Development Institute (SORADI) – Somalia
443. Society for Orphan & Neglected Youths (SONY) – India
444. Society for the Improvement of Rural People (SIRP) – Nigeria
445. Society for the Rights of the Excluded and Disempowered (SOREX) – Nigeria
446. Society Of Local Volunteers’ Effort (SOLVE-Nepal) – Nepal
447. Solidarité Féminine Pour la Paix et le Développement Integral (SOFEPADI) – DRC
448. Somali Youth Volunteers Association (SOYVA) – Somalia
449. Somaliland Family Health Association (SOFHA) – Somalia
450. Somaliland National Disability Federation (SNDF) – Somalia
451. Sonke Gender Justice – South Africa, Global
452. Soroptimist International (SI) – United Kingdom, Global
453. Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) – United Kingdom, Global
454. SOS Foundation for Development (SOSFD) – Yemen
455. South Sudan Women with Disabilities Network (SSWDN) – South Sudan
456. Southeastern Women Development Association (SEWODA) – Liberia
457. التكتل النسوي الجنوبي (Southern Feminist Coalition) (SFC) – Yemen
458. مساحة سلام (Space Of Peace) (SOP) – Syria
459. Step Up Youth Initiative – Uganda
460. Steps Without Borders NGO – Mongolia
461. STEWARDWOMEN (STW) – South Sudan
462. Stichting Female Journalists Network/Syrian Female Journalists Network (SFJN) – Syria
463. Student Consortium on Women, Peace and Security (SCWPS) – United States
464. Success Capital Organisation – Botswana
465. جمعية نساء سودانيات للسلام والتنميه (Sudanese Women for Peace & Development Association) (SWPDA) – Uganda
466. Sukaar Welfare Organization (SWO) – Pakistan
467. Suma Veritas Foundation – Argentina
468. Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN) – Uganda
469. Support for Women in Governance Organization (SWIGO) – South Sudan
470. Support Women Initiative for Progress Organisation (SWIPO) – South Sudan
471. منظمة سوار (Supporting & Empowering Women’s Advancement & Rights) (SEWAR) – Syria, Turkey
472. سِكَك (SYCAC) – Syria
473. Synergie des femmes pour les victimes de violences sexuelles (SFVS) – DRC
474. رابطه الاطباء المغتربين السوريين /سيما (Syrian Expatriate Medical Association) (SEMA) – Syria
475. التجمع النسوي السوري (Syrian Feminist Society) (SFS) – Syria
476. Ta’ang Women’s Organization (TWO) – Myanmar, Thailand
477. TALAY’AN NGO – Morocco
478. تستقل (Taskatel) – Syria
479. Tavoyan Women’s Union (TWU) – Myanmar
480. TERRE DES FEMMES (TDF) – Germany
481. Terre des Hommes Netherlands – Bangladesh
482. Terre des Hommes Netherlands – Netherlands, Global
483. Terre des Hommes Netherlands – Philippines
484. The Big Smile Foundation – Nigeria
485. The Canadian Federation of Business & Professional Women (BPW Canada) – Canada
486. The Circle – United Kingdom, Global
487. The Civic Conscious Collective (TCCC) – Sri Lanka
488. The Gender Agency – Australia
489. The Global Sunrise Project – Canada, Global
490. The International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights – United States
491. The Kosova Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims (KRCT) – Kosovo
492. The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation – Sweden, Global
493. The Norwegian Human Rights Fund (NHRF) – Norway, Global
494. The Ocalenie Foundation – Poland
495. The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH) – Palestine
496. The Regional Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders in Southwest Asia and North Africa (WHRDMENA) – MENA
497. The Scottish Women’s Convention (The SWC) – United Kingdom
498. The Shoe Project – Canada
499. The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network) – Uganda
500. Titi Foundation (TF) – South Sudan
501. Trócaire – Ireland, Global
502. S. Campaign for Burma – United States
503. Ukrainian Association for Research in Women’s History (UARWH) – Ukraine
504. Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association “JurFem” – Ukraine
505. Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) – France, Global
506. Union pour la Promotion/Protection, la Défense des Droits Humains et de l’Environnement (UPDDHE/GL) – DRC
507. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) – United States, Global
508. United Against Inhumanity (UAI) – France, Global
509. United Children Integrated Development Action Uganda (UNCIDA) – Uganda
510. United Nations Association – UK (UNA-UK) – United Kingdom
511. United Nations Association, San Diego (UNA_USA, SD) – United States
512. United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY) – Netherlands, Global
513. Universal Network for Child Defence Rights (UNCDR) – South Sudan, Global
514. Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism (UAF) – United States, Global
515. Uror Women Peacebuilding Initiative (UWPI) – South Sudan
516. Vanuatu Human Rights Coalition (VHRC) – Vanuatu, Global
517. Vanuatu Women Against Crime and Corruption Advocacy Group (WACC Vanuatu) – Vanuatu
518. Vanuatu Young Women For Change (VYWC) – Vanuatu, Global
519. Vecinas Feministas por la Justicia sexual y Reproductiva en América Latina – Latin America
520. Venezolanas Globales – Venezuela, Global
521. Vikas Adhyayan Kendra (VAK) – India
522. Vision GRAM-International (VGI) – DRC, Canada
523. VOICE – United States, Global
524. Voice for Change (VFC) – South Sudan
525. VWA FANM AYISYÈN (VFA) (Voice of Haitian Women) – Haiti, Global
526. ورد البلد (Ward Albaalad) – Turkey
527. We Effect – Sweden, Global
528. We Women Lanka – Sri Lanka
529. Wi’am – Palestine
530. Widows for Peace through Democracy (WPD) – United Kingdom, Global
531. WILPF Afghanistan – Afghanistan
532. WILPF Australia – Australia
533. WILPF Austria – Austria
534. WILPF Centrafrique – Central African Republic
535. WILPF Colombia (LIMPAL Colombia) – Colombia
536. WILPF RDC – DRC
537. WILPF Denmark – Denmark
538. WILPF España – Spain
539. WILPF Senegal – Senegal
540. WILPF UK – United Kingdom
541. WILPF Ukraine – Switzerland
542. WILPF US – United States
543. وجود للأمن الإنساني (Wogood for Human Security) (WHS) – Yemen
544. WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform – Netherlands
545. Womankind Kenya (WOKIKE) – Kenya
546. Women & Peace Studies Organization (WPSO) – Canada
547. Women Action Society for Development Peace and Justice (WASDPJ) – South Sudan
548. Women Adults and Youth Organizations (WAY) – Lebanon
549. Women Against Violence and Expediency Handling Initiative (WAVEHI) – Nigeria
550. Women Agency for Progress Organization (WAPO) – South Sudan
551. Women and Child Rights Initiative (WCRI) – South Sudan
552. Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) – Afghanistan
553. Women and Youth Empowerment Initiative (WAYEI) – South Sudan
554. Women Committee Access for Humanitarian Foundation (WCHF) – South Sudan
555. Women Development and Youth Education Center (WODYEC) – Liberia
556. Women Education and Development Organization of Liberia (WEDOL) – Liberia
557. Women Empowerment Against Poverty of Nepal (WEAPoN) – Nepal
558. Women Empowerment Alliance (WEA) – South Sudan
559. Women Empowerment Centre-South Sudan (WECSS) – South Sudan
560. Women Empowerment for Peace and Development Organisation (WEPDO-SS) – South Sudan
561. Women for Justice (WJ) – Myanmar
562. Women for Justice and Equality – South Sudan
563. Women for Peace and Democracy Nepal (WPDNEPAL) – Nepal
564. Women for Peace and Participation (WPP) – Afghanistan, Global
565. Women for Peace and Unity Growth Initiative (WPUGI) – Nigeria
566. Women Graduates-USA – United States, Global
567. Women in AI – France, Global
568. Women In Development Europe+ (WIDE+) – Belgium
569. Women in Global Health Canada – Canada
570. Women In International Security (WIIS) – United States, Global
571. Women in Security Peace and Diplomacy Network (WISPAD) – Nigeria
572. Women Media and Development (TAM) – Palestine
573. Women NGOs Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) – Liberia
574. Women Now for Development (WND) – Syria
575. Women of Sudanese Civic and Political Groups (MANSAM) – Sudan
576. Women Problems Research Union (WPRU) – Azerbaijan
577. Women Relief Aid – South Sudan
578. Women Vision – South Sudan
579. Women with Disability Self Reliance Foundation (WWDSRF) – Nigeria
580. Women Working Group (WWG) – Indonesia, Global
581. Women’s Advisory Council of United Nations Association-UK (WAC-UNA-UK) – United Kingdom
582. مركز شؤون المرأة_غزة (Women’s Affairs Center-Gaza) (WAC) – Palestine
583. Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership (ICAN-WASL) – United States, Global
584. Women’s Center for Guidance and Legal Awareness – Egypt
585. Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC) – Palestine
586. Women’s Democracy Network Africa (WDN Africa) – Zimbabwe
587. Women’s Human Rights Education Institute, Instituto DDHH Mujeres – Canada, Global
588. Women’s International Peace Centre (WIPC) – Uganda, Global
589. Women’s League of Burma (WLB) – Myanmar
590. Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP)
591. المنظمة النسائية للعدالة الانتقالية (Women’s Organization for Transitional Justice) (WOTJ) – Turkey
592. Women’s Peace Network (WPN) – Myanmar
593. Women’s Platform – United Kingdom
594. Women’s Rehabilitation Center (WOREC) – Nepal
595. Women’s Right to Education Programme (WREP) – Nigeria
596. مركز الدراسات النسوية (Women’s Studies Centre) (WSC) – Palestine
597. Women’s UN Report Network (WUNRN) – Global
598. Women’s Voice in Action – United States, Global
599. Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF) – Switzerland, Global
600. Women4Nonviolence (W4NV) – Norway, Global
601. World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy (WFM/IGP) – United States, Global
602. World Silambam Association (WSA) – Malaysia, Global
603. World Yoga Association (WYA) – Malaysia, Global
604. XOESE, Le Fonds pour les Femmes Francophones – Togo, Global
605. Yemen Center for Human Rights Studies (YCHRS) – Yemen
606. يمن فيوتشر للتنمية الثقافية والاعلامية (Yemen Future for Culture and Media Development) – Yemen
607. منظمة مدرسة السلام (Yemen Peace School Organization) (YPS) – Yemen
608. Young Women’s Christian Association of Bangladesh (YWCA) – Bangladesh
609. Young Women’s Christian Association of South Sudan (YWCA) – South Sudan
610. Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) – Nigeria, Global
611. Youth Leadership Development Foundation – Yemen
612. Youth Link – South Sudan
613. Youth Social Advocacy Team (YSAT) – Uganda
614. Zan Times – Canada
615. جمعية زنوبيا للمرأة السورية (Zenobia Syrian Women’s Association) – Syria
616. ГО “Жива-Я” (Zhiva-Ya) – Ukraine
617. Zonta International – United States, Global