Since the 1995 UN World Conference on Women in Beijing, the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and the International Peace Bureau have published an annual pack to raise awareness of and increase support for women's peace initiatives. The pack includes news of women's peace actions, profiles of women's peace groups and networks, a list of suggested actions, and an international directory of women's peace groups.

IFOR’s Women Peacemakers Program (WPP) began in 1997 and works to support and strengthen women's peacemaking initiatives. This is accomplished through an annual international training for nonviolence trainers, gender and nonviolence trainings, campaigns such as the annual May 24 International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament, and through the documentation of women's peace initiatives.

Download the free 24 May Action Pack 'Money for Women Peacemakers' by the Women Peacemakers Program.

Other News - May 2008

Uganda: National workshop for researchers on small arms and human security
Canon Joyce Nima, UJCC
15 May 2008

Internacional: Es muy fuerte cuando las mujeres luchan por la paz
MDZ Online, Argentina
14 May 2008

International: Viewpoints - Reflections on Guns, Fighters and Armed Violence in Peace Processes
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
13 May 2008

Iceland: National Action Plan on UN SCR 1325
WUNRN
12 May 2008

DRC: Leadership féminin dans la construction et la consolidation de la paix
RODHECIC
8 May 2008

Fiji: Women to be represented in national peace and security matters
Fiji Government Online
6 May 2008

Liberia: Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Women in Peacebuilding Network
4 May 2008

Uganda: The state of female youth in Northern Uganda
Survey of War Affected Youth (SWAY)
2 May 2008

International: Country visits of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

UNHCR

1 May 2008

International: 1325 Peacewomen e-news #100: Celebrating 100 editions
WILPF
1 May 2008