2021 Joint NGO letter in advance of the annual UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security
Dear Ambassadors,
The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is, at its heart, an agenda led by civil society, who, in partnership with Member States and the UN, lobbied for the adoption of Resolution 1325 (2000). At this year’s Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, we ask you to stand with the women human rights defenders (WHRDs), peacebuilders, advocates for gender equality and other civil society leaders who play a critical role in advancing our common goal of peace, human rights and gender justice, yet are under relentless attack for doing so.
To be a woman today in many parts of the world, particularly in a conflict zone, means having to choose between fighting for your rights, or fighting for your life.
We are deeply concerned by the crisis in Afghanistan and the plight of the many Afghan women civil society leaders, peacebuilders, human rights defenders (HRDs) and journalists at grave risk, who have either been forced to flee or remain trapped in the country since the Taliban took power. Afghan women have courageously and tirelessly fought for their rights for decades, despite conflict, deeply-rooted discrimination, corruption and poverty — they are now under threat from a regime that has an extensive record of brutality and repression of women’s rights. In recent months, women leaders, activists and journalists have been targeted and prevented from fully exercising their right to participate in all spheres of public and political life in areas under Taliban control. Women who are, or are perceived to be, lesbian or bisexual face additional risks of persecution.
Women human rights defenders in other conflict zones fare little better. In Myanmar, the women who led protests against the coup by the Tatmadaw in February this year are fighting against both the military and patriarchy. They have been detained, tortured and sexually abused for standing up for human rights and democracy, all while continuing to hold leading roles in the resistance movement. In Colombia, HRDs, especially Afro-descendant, Indigenous and LGBTIQ activists, are at heightened risk of gender-based violence for defending their rights, their land and their communities. Yemeni activists have warned that retaliation against women for participating in political life has reached unprecedented levels. South Sudanese defenders and peacebuilders both within and outside the country face routine targeting and surveillance. Palestinian WHRDs who criticize the Israeli occupation regularly face violence, raids, judicial harassment, arrest, assault and movement restrictions for carrying out their work.
This is why they need your support.
Threats and attacks against all HRDs and peacebuilders, wherever they occur, are unacceptable. They deter women and other advocates for gender equality from participation and leadership, especially those from marginalized communities, who must already overcome many other barriers to entering public life. Combined with the already devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for women, adolescents and girls, attacks are likely to further push women leaders back into the home, reversing decades of hard-won progress on gender equality and women’s rights.
The Security Council has repeatedly recognized civil society, particularly women’s groups, as crucial actors in conflict situations. As recently as 2019, the Security Council called upon Member States to put in place measures to protect women civil society and strongly encouraged States to create a safe and enabling environment for all those who protect and promote human rights, women leaders, peacebuilders and other advocates for gender equality, to enable them to carry out their work independently, and to address threats and attacks against them.
Yet attacks continue unabated, and protection of WHRDs and women peacebuilders remains one of the starkest gaps in the Security Council’s implementation of the WPS agenda.
The Security Council has to date failed to address the root causes of this issue or mount an effective response when attacks against civil society occur. In addition, women civil society representatives invited to address the Security Council are increasingly facing backlash following their briefings. They already risk their lives to serve their communities — they should not face further retaliation for engaging with the UN or calling for the international community’s support.
Security Council members must consistently and publicly defend the space, voices and legitimacy of civil society, HRDs and peacebuilders, and condemn any attacks against them. Equally, both the UN and Member States have a duty to respond more effectively to reprisals against civil society who brief the Security Council. The solution is not fewer women civil society briefers, but more support to ensure they can brief safely. At present, few practical resources are available in urgent, life-threatening individual cases of defenders at risk, and the responsibility of providing protective measures falls largely on other civil society organizations. This represents a critical protection gap that both States and the UN must work with civil society to urgently address.
Women’s agency, in all spheres, must not be sacrificed in the name of protection, but actively supported through concrete efforts to ensure they can fully participate. To this end, we call on all Member States, the UN and international leaders to prioritize, resource and actively support the full, equal and meaningful participation of women, in all their diversity, in all aspects of peace and security. Women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in peace processes is the bedrock of Resolution 1325 and already has the overwhelming support of UN leadership, Member States and civil society. We echo the call for the UN to “lead by example,” and make women’s formal and direct participation a requirement across all peace processes it supports. To do so would send an unequivocal message to all parties that women have an equal right to participate, and that any attacks against them for doing so will not be tolerated.
In conclusion, we urge all Member States to:
Immediately stop intimidation, attacks or reprisals against all HRDs, including WHRDs, peacebuilders and civil society leaders; and ensure accountability of perpetrators when such acts occur.
Prevent threats and violence against WHRDs, women peacebuilders, civil society leaders and other advocates for gender equality, and elevate their role in promoting peace and human rights.
Call on Secretary-General António Guterres to ensure that all UN staff understand and champion the important work of diverse women peacebuilders and WHRDs and provide all necessary protection and support to those at risk or who have faced reprisals. This includes ensuring that rapid, flexible and targeted resources for women civil society at risk are available, collaborating with civil society to conduct risk assessments and respond to reprisals, and establishing clear protocols for how UN entities are required to respond in individual cases.
Urge Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris to use her leadership role on reprisals to elevate the issue of attacks against diverse WHRDs, peacebuilders and civil society leaders by regularly issuing public statements and briefing the Security Council and the Informal Expert Group on Women Peace and Security, as well as other relevant stakeholders, to raise awareness about broader trends as well as, where appropriate, the status of specific cases,; and to ensure that her office leads coordination with other relevant UN entities to avert harm, provide support and follow up on individual cases.
Ensure that all peace operations are fully resourced and empowered, including through strengthened partnerships with civil society, to monitor, report on and provide practical, gender-responsive support to all HRDs and peacebuilders at risk, including individuals at risk of reprisal related to engagement with the UN system.
Ensure women civil society representatives continue to regularly brief the Security Council during all relevant discussions, including country-specific meetings in line with Resolution 2242 (2015); that they are selected and supported by their peers in non-governmental organizations; and that their recommendations are acted upon by Security Council members.
More than 20 years after the adoption of Resolution 1325, we are deeply troubled by the backlash against WHRDs, women peacebuilders and other civil society leaders, and the slow implementation of the WPS agenda. Today, we call on the Security Council, UN leadership and Member States to respect and protect those at the heart of the WPS agenda — WHRDs, women peacebuilders and civil society leaders — and to defend their right to continue their work, free of fear of reprisal, harassment or abuse. There can be no just and durable peace without WHRDs and peacebuilders.
Sincerely,
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security (NGOWG) – Global
Amnesty International (AI) – United Kingdom, Global
Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) – United States, Global
Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights (CGSHR) – United States, Global
Cordaid – Netherlands, Global
Global Justice Center (GJC) – United States, Global
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) – United States, Global
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) – Netherlands, Global
Human Rights Watch (HRW) – United States, Global
International Alert (IA) – United Kingdom, Global
MADRE – United States, Global
Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) – Canada, Global
OutRight Action International – United States, Global
Refugees International (RI) – United States, Global
Women Enabled International (WEI) – United States, Global
Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) – Global
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) – Global
“The Awakening” – Pakistan
1325 Network Finland – Finland
منظمة عبس التنموية للمرأة والطفل (Abs Development for Woman and Child) (ADO) – Yemen
ACT for SOCIETY Center (AfS) – Albania, Global
Action for Girls and Women Survival (AGWOMSUR) – Liberia
Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) – UK, Global
Action pour le Développement de l’initiative Locale (ADILO) – Mali
Actions Jeunes et Femmes pour le Développement Durable (AJFDD) – Mali
Actions pour la Lutte Contre les Injustices Sociales (ALCIS) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
African Indigenous Women Empowerment (AIWE) – South Sudan
Afrihealth Optonet Association (CSOs Network) – Nigeria
Aid Organization – Bangladesh
Aisling Swaine, Professor of Gender Studies, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin – Ireland
Alliance Congolaise pour les Foyers et Combustibles Améliorés (ACFCA) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Alliance for Women and Children Development (AWACD) – Liberia
منتدى المحبة والسلام للطلبة والشباب (ALmahabba Wes Salam Forum for Students and Youth) (MWSY) – Iraq
مؤسسة السناء لحقوق الانسان (Al-Sanaa Foundation for Human Rights) (ASFHR) – Iraq
Amal Chariot Foundation (ACF) – South Sudan
Arab Women Network for Parity and Solidarity (Tha’era) – Egypt
Asia Pacific Network of Refugees (APNOR) – Australia, Global
Asian Bridge India – India
Asociacion de genero por la paridad – Argentina
Asociación de Trabajadoras a Domicilio y de Maquila (ATRAHDOM) – Guatemala
ASOCIACION MUTUAL N UEVA SIGLO XXI – Argentina
Associação Caboverdiana de Luta contra violência Baseado no Género (ACLCVBG) – Cape Verde
Association Gender, Security, Peace (AGSP) – Albania
Association de Lutte Contre les Violences Sexuelles et Appui à la Promotion du Développement Durable (ALUCOVIS-APDD) – Burundi
Association Dea Dia (ADD) – Serbia
Association Development by Young People (ADYP) – Burkina Faso
Association du Developpement et de la promotion de Droit de l’Homme (ADPDH) – Mauritania
Association Femmes et Initiatives pour le Développement (FID) – Mali
Association For Promotion Sustainable Development – India
Association for the welfare of women and indigenous people – Cameroon
Association Herasun – Mali
Association Musow Démé Ton (AMDT) – Mali
Association of World Citizens (AWC) – France, Global
Association Promotion Féminine Gaoua (APFG) – Burkina Faso
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) – Australia
Australian National University (ANU) – Australia
Baghdad Women Association (BWA) – Iraq
Bahrain Center for Human Rights – Bahrain
بيتي أنا بيتك (Baite Ana Baytac) (BAB) – Syria
Bamendankwe Rural Development Women Organisation (BARUDWO) – Cameroon
Building Blocks for Peace Foundation (BBFORPEACE) – Nigeria
Bureau d’études sur l’implication des femmes dans les ODD d’ici 2030 (BEIF-ODD2030) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Burundian Women for Peace and Development (BWPD) – Burundi
Cadire Cameroon Association (CADIRE) – Cameroon
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) – Tunisia
Cameroon Youth Economic Forum (CAMYEF) – Cameroon
Canaan Project – Friedensfestival Berlin – Palestine
Cedar Seed Foundation (CSF) – Nigeria
Center for Migration, Gender, and Justice (CMGJ) – Global
Center for Peace Education, Miriam College – Philippines
Center for Security and Peace Albania (CSPA) – Albania
Center for strengthening community voices (CSCOV) – South Sudan
Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) – United States, Global
Center to Assist and Protect Child Rights of Nepal (CAPCRON) – Nepal
Centre for Social and Gender Research “New Life” – Ukraine
Центр Женщина и Современный Мир (Center Women and Modern World) (CWMW) – Azerbaijan
CENTRO MUJERES A.C. – Mexico
Centro Studi Difesa Civile APS (CSDC) – Italy
CHIKKA FEDERATION OF INDIA – India
Christian Aid – United Kingdom, Global
CIVICUS – Global
CNCD-11.11.11 – Belgium
Coalition for Action on 1325 (CoACT) – Uganda
Colectivo Género y Teología para el Desarrollo – Bolivia
Collectif Femmes engagées comoriennes de France (CFECF) – France
Colombia Diversa – Colombia
Commission Episcopale Justice et Paix (CEJP-RCA) – Central African Republic
Common Effort Organization (CE) – Lebanon
Community Development Association (CDA) – Sudan
Concern for Community Resources Development (CCRD) – Tanzania
Conciliation Resources – United Kingdom, Global
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of Good Shepherd (CNDCB) – Italy
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace (CSJP) – United States
Congregations of St. Joseph – United States, Global
Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Profesionales para la Solidaridad Social R.L (CoopeSoliDar R.L) – Costa Rica
Coordinadora de la Mujer – Bolivia
Coordination Nationale des Associations des Jeunes pour la lutte contre le Sida (CONAJELUS) – Chad
Corporación Ágoras – Colombia
Corporación de Apoyo a Comunidades Populares (CODACOP) – Colombia
Corporación de Investigación y acción social y económica (CIASE) – Colombia
Counselling Line for Women and Girls (CLWG) – Albania
CRAM-CRAM – Mali
Crown The Woman (CREW) – South Sudan
CWIN Nepal – Nepal
Défis & Objectifs Centrafrique (DOC) – Central African Republic
منظمة المرأة الديمقراطية (Democratic Women Organization) – Iraq
ديموس (Demos) – Syria
Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente (DHUMA) – Peru
Dochas – Ireland
Dominican Leadership Conference (DLC) – United States, Global
Dynamique des Femmes pour la bonne Gouvernance (DYFEGOU) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Echoes of Women in Africa Initiatives (ECOWA) – Nigeria
Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) – Egypt
EKTA Resource Center for Women – India
Equality Fund – Canada, Global
Equality Now – United States, Global
Equidad de Género, Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia – Mexico
Equity Watch Initiative (E-WIN) – Nigeria
EVE Organization for Women Development (EVE) – South Sudan
Farmers and Herders Initiative for Peace and Development (FHIPD) – Nigeria
Faudar Rural Educational Society for Harijans – India
FeminismoINC – Venezuela
Feminist for Peace Rights and Justice Centre (FPRJC) Kenya
Feminist Humanitarian Network (FHN) – Global
Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) – United States, Global
Femmes Droits et developpement en Afrique/MALI (WILDAF/MALI) – Mali
Femmes en Action Tosangana (FAT) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Femmes et Droits Humains (F&DH-Mali) – Mali
International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA CAMEROON) – Cameroon
Finn Church Aid (FCA) – Finland, Global
Focus Development Association (FDA) – Madagascar
FOKUS – Forum for Women and Development – Norway, Global
Fond pour les femmes Congolaises (FFC) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fondazione Proclade Internazionale-onlus (FPI) – Italy
Foro de Mujeres del Mercosur – Argentina
Forum of Federations – Canada, Global
Franciscans International – Switzerland, Global
Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e.V. – Germany
Front Line Defenders (FLD) – Global
Frontiers for Peace and Development in Africa (FPDA) – Uganda
Fundacion Arcoiris por el respeto a la diversidad sexual (FARDS) – Mexico
Fundación Unidas: Mujeres Construyendo Tejido Social – Colombia
Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa-USA (GPFA-USA) – United States, Liberia
Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) – United Kingdom, Global
Gender-Center Moldova – Republic of Moldova
Generation Equality Youth Task Force (YTF) – Global
Ghana Centre for Education, Training & Research (GhacetarNGO) – Ghana
غصن الزيتون للشباب (Ghasin Al-Zation Organization for Youth) (GZY) – Iraq
Girl, Peace and Security – Indonesia
Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (GCENR) – United States, Global
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) – United States
Global Exchange – United States
Global Fund for Women – United States
Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders (GIRWL) – Global
Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation (GSCDM) – Nepal, Global
Global Sunrise Productions Inc. – Canada, Global
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF) – United States, Global
Global Women’s Institute (GWI) – United States
Good Living Initiative (GLIN) – Nigeria
Graduate Women International (GWI) – Global
Graduate Women New Zealand (GWNZ) – New Zealand
Gramin Punarnirman Sansthan (GPS) – India
Grassroots Women Initiative Network (GWIN) – Kenya
Haus of Khameleon (HK) – Fiji
Heartland Alliance International (HAI) – United States
مركز الخليل المجتمعي لتعليم الشباب و الكبار (Hebron Community Center for Youth and Adult Education) (HCCYAE) – Palestine
Hope for Her (HFH) – South Sudan
Hope for Peoples – Sudan
Human Rights Advocates (HRA) – United States, Global
Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA) – South Africa
Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa (HRREC) – Canada
I CAN South Sudan (ICSS) – Uganda
Impact: Center against Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence in Conflict – Netherlands
Impunity Watch (IW) – Netherlands
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Loreto Generalate (IBVM UN NGO) – Italy
Instituto de Enseñanza para el Desarrollo Sostenible (IEPADES) – Guatemala
Общественная организация «Взаимодействие» (Interaction) – Republic of Moldova
Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA) – Ghana
Internasjonal kvinneliga for fred og frihet (IKFF) (WILPF Norway) – Norway
International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law (IANGEL) – United States, Global
International Center for Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma (ICMGLT) – United States, Global
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) – United States, Global
International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) – United States, Global
International Peace Bureau (IPB) – Germany
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) – Global
International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPFWHR) – United States
International Presentation Association (IPA) – Ireland, Global
International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) – Switzerland, Global
Интерсекциональная феминистская квир инициатива “Сила равенства” (Intersectional feminist queer initiative “The Power of Equality”) – Russia
Iraqi Al-Amal Association – Iraq
Iraqi Women Network (IWN) – Iraq
Irish Peace and Conflict Network – Ireland
Itach-Maaki – Women Lawyers for Social Justice (IM) – Israel
Jewish Women International (JWI) – United States
Jusoor Center for Studies and Development (Jusoor Libya) – Libya
Just Like My Child Foundation (JLMC) – Uganda
Justice Coalition of Religious (JCoR) – United States, Global
U.L.U.-Women and Development (KULU) – Denmark
Kennedy Institute Peacebuilding Group (KIPG) – Ireland, Global
Khulumani Support Group (KSG) – South Africa
KONETA – United States
Korea Women’s Alliance (KWA) – South Korea
Last Mile4D (LM4D) – United States, Global
Professor Laura J. Shepherd, FHEA, ARC Future Fellow, Co-Director of the UKRI GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub – United Kingdom
Ligue pour la solidarité Congolaise (LSC) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ligue Tchadienne des Droits de l’Homme (LTDH) – Chad
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) – Switzerland, Global
Madhok Foundation – India
Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) – Bangladesh
MARYKNOLL Sisters Japan – Japan
Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, Inc. – United States, Global
منظمة مزايا النسائية (MAZAYA Women) – Syria
MenEngage Global Alliance – Global
Mercy International Association (MIA-Global Action) – Ireland, Global
Midlands State University – Zimbabwe
Mother of Hope Cameroon (MOHCAM) – Cameroon
Movement for Rural Development Organization (MRDO) – Pakistan
Muwatin Media Network – United Kingdom
Namibia Diverse Women’s Association (NDWA) – Namibia
National Council of Jewish Women Australia – Australia
National Organization for Women (NOW) – United States
National Organization for Women Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone
تيار التوافق الوطني (National Reconciliation Movement) (NRM) – Yemen
National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWC) – Ireland
Nationality for All (NFA) – Australia
Network of Disabled Women (NDW) – Nigeria
New Women Connectors (NWC) – Netherlands , Global
North American Climate, Conservation and Environment (NACCE) – United States
North American Men Engage Network (NAMEN) – Other
Observatoire Kisal – France, Global
Observatorio de Género y Equidad – Chile
Oganizacion Pana africana de mulheres, OPM (PAWO) – Angola
منظمة اللاعنف بالصحراء الغربية (Organization of Nonviolence) (NOVA) – Algeria
Ohaha Family Foundation – Nigeria
ONG ADOKA – Côte d’Ivoire
ONGDH Forum de la Femme Ménagère (FORFEM) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pacific Women’s Watch (NZ) (PWW(NZ)) – New Zealand
Partners West Africa Sénégal (PWA Sénégal) – Senegal
Pathways for Women’s Empowerment and Development (PaWED – Cameroon
PAX – Netherlands, Global
Pax Christi International (PCI) – Belgium, Global
Pax Christi Philippines – Philippines
Pax Christi USA (PCUSA) – United States
PCAsia – Cambodia
Peace and Development Network Trust (PeaceNet-Kenya) – Kenya
Peace Direct – United Kingdom, Global
Peace is Loud – United States, Global
Peace Movement Aotearoa – New Zealand
Peace Track Initiative (PTI) – Canada, Global
Permanent Peace Movement (PPM) – Lebanon
Plan International – Global
Plan International EU Office – Belgium, Global
Planet Ally – Australia, Global
Plateforme des femmes pour la paix en Casamance (PFPC) – Senegal
Population Institute – United States
Population Media Center (PMC) – United States, Global
Professional Association of Legal Women – Morocco
Progressive Voice – Myanmar
Punjab Women Collective – India
Queer Hindu Alliance – India
Rafto Foundation for Human Rights – Norway
Raise Your Voice Saint Lucia Inc – Saint Lucia
Reach Out Cameroon NGO (REO) – Cameroon
Red de educación Popular entre Mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe (REPEM LAC) – Bolivia
Red Dot Foundation (RDF) – India, Global
Red Nacional Universitaria por la Equidad de Género en la Educación Superior (RNUEGES) – Colombia
Regional Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders in MENA (WHRDMENAC) – Spain
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM NGO) – Global
RESEAU MUSONET MALI (MUSONET) – Mali
Réseau Ressources Naturelles (RRN) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Общественное движение ЛГБТ “Реверс” (“REVERS” LGBT social movement) – Russia
Rural Women Peace Link (RWPLKenya) – Kenya
Saathi and 1325 Action Group (1325AG) – Nepal
Salam for Democracy and Human Rights (Salam DHR) – United Kingdom, Global
مرصد الصحراء للسلم والديمقراطية وحقوق الانسان (Sahara Observatory for Peace, Democracy and Human Rights (OSPDH) – Morocco
SALVAGINAS Colectiva Ecofeminista – Bolivia
SAUTI YA MAMA MUKONGOMANI (SMM) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Servicio Desarrollo Rural y Agricultura (SEDRA) – Chile
SEEK Feminist Research Network (SEEK) – Netherlands, Global
Self Awareness Resource and Learning (SARAL) – India
Servicios Ecumenicos para Reconciliacion y Reconstruccion (SERR) – United States
Sex og Politikk, IPPF Norway – Norway
Shoura for Building National Consensus (Shoura BNC) – Jordan
Sierra Leone Action Network on Small Arms (SLANSA) – Sierra Leone
SINDER Universidad Nacional de Colombia (SINDER) – Colombia
Sisters of Charity Federation – United States, Global
Sisters Trust Canada (STC) – Canada, Global
Society for Appraisal and Women Empowerment in Rural Areas (SAWERA) – Pakistan
Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN) – Nigeria
Society for Economic, Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Development (SEEED) – Nigeria
Society for Orphan Neglected and Youths (SONY) – India
Society for the Improvement of Rural People (SIRP) – Nigeria
Solidarité Féminine Pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral (SOFEPADI) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sonke Gender Justice – South Africa
Soroptimist International – United Kingdom, Global
SOS Center for Youth Capabilities Development – Yemen
Sos Equilibre/Plateforme pour la Paix – Senegal
South Sudan Women with Disability Network (SSWDN) – South Sudan
South-Eastern Women Development Association (SEWODA) – Liberia
Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice – United Kingdom
Sri-Lanka Doctors for Peace and Development – Sri Lanka
Stichting Molukse Vrouwen Raad (MVR) – Netherlands
Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network) – Uganda
Success Capital Organisation – Botswana
Support for Women in Governance Organization (SWIGO) – South Sudan
Support Trust for Africa Development – Netherlands
Swedish Women’s Lobby (SWL) – Sweden
SYNERGIE DES FEMMES POUR LES VICTIMES DES VIOLENCES SEXUELLES (SFVS) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) – France
التجمع النسوي السوري (Syrian Feminist Society) (SFS) – Syria
صدى الجنوب السوري (Syrian South Echo) – Syria
مركز تفوق الإستشاري للتنمية (Tafawuq Consulting Center for Development) (TFCCD) – Bahrain
Tanggol Bayi – Philippines
TERRE DES FEMMES – Menschenrechte für die Frau e.V. (TDF) – Germany
The Center of International Humanitarian Law & Human Rights (CIHLHR) – Yemen, Global
The Gender Security Project (GSP) – India
The Hunger Project – United States, Global
The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation – Sweden, Global
The Norwegian Human Rights Fund (NHRF) – Norway, Global
المنظمة اليمنية للدفاع عن حقوق الانسان والحريات الديمقراطية (The Yemeni Organization for the Defense of Human Rights and Democratic Freedoms) – Yemen
Titi Foundation – South Sudan
TMB Consulting International – United States
Trócaire – Ireland, Global
Ukrainian Association for Research in Women’s History (UARWH) – Ukraine
United Against Inhumanity (UAI) – Global
United Children Integrated Development Action Uganda (UNCIDA) – Uganda
United Stateless (USL) – United States
University Youth Foundation for Development (UYFD) – Yemen
Vision GRAM-International (VGI) – Canada, Global
Vita Books – Kenya
VIVAT International (VI) – United States, Global
West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) – Niger
War Stories Peace Stories (WSPS) – United States, Global
“WE” Network for WHRDS – United Kingdom
West Africa Citizen Think Tank (WATHI) – Senegal
Widows for Peace through Democracy (WPD) – United Kingdom, Global
WILPF-Centrafrique (WILPF-CAR) – Central African Republic
WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform – Netherlands
وجود للأمن الإنساني (Wogood for Human Security) (WHS) – Yemen
Woman Advancement for Economic and Leadership Empowerment in Africa Foundation (WAELE) – Nigeria
Women 4Nonviolence (W4NV) – Norway
Women Against Violence and Expediency Handling Initiative (WAVEHI) – Nigeria
Women and Children Initiatives Inc (WCI) – Liberia
Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) – Afghanistan
Women Cross DMZ (WCDMZ) – Uganda
Women Deliver – United States
Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) – Netherlands, Global
Women for Lebanon (WNLB) – Lebanon
Women for Peace and Democracy Nepal (WPD) – Nepal
Women for Women International – United Kingdom
Women Fund Azerbaijan (WFA) – Azerbaijan
Women Graduates-USA (WG-USA) – United States
Women in Adult and Vocational Education (WAVE) – Australia
Women NGOs Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) – Liberia
Women Now for Development (WND) – Syria
المجموعات النسوية السياسية و المدنية (Women of Sudanese Civic and Political Groups) (MANSAM) – Sudan
Women Peacebuilders Network (WOPEN) – Cameroon
Women Peacekeepers-Philippines (WePeace) – Philippines
Women Pillar Alliance (WOPA) – Kenya
وحدة دعم وتمكين المرأة (Women Support Unit) (WSU) – Syria
Women With Disability Self Reliance Foundation (WWDSRF) – Nigeria
Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC) – Palestine
Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) – Philippines, Global
Women’s Initiatives Network (WIN) – Netherlands, Global
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – Aotearoa (WILPF Aotearoa) – New Zealand
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Denmark – Denmark
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Ghana (WILPF Ghana) – Ghana
Women’s International Peace Centre – Uganda
Women’s League of Burma (WLB) – Myanmar, Global
Women’s Rights Center (WRC) – Montenegro
Women’s UN Report Network (WUNRN) – United States, Global
World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy (WFM/IGP) – Netherlands, Global
World March of Women (WMW) – Kenya, Global
World Pulse – United States, Global
منظمة مدرسة السلام (Yemen Peace School Organization) (YPS) – Yemen
YGlobal Uganda (YUganda) – Uganda, Global
Youth and Women for Opportunities Uganda (YWOU) – Uganda
Youth Leadership Development Foundation (YLDF) – Yemen
Youth Sustainable Development Centre (YSDC) – Eswatini
Zonta International – United States, Global
Source: Amnesty International