221 Open Letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in advance of the annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security [EN/AR/RU]

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