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24 May International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament

Seminar 'Money for Women Peacemakers', the Netherlands

Forum discussion May 24: Wilma Roozenboom, Malalai Joya, Isabelle Geuskens, Asha Elmi Haji and Elisabeth Porter

"Sustainable peace can only be achieved, if men and women are working together”

“People never thought that slavery would become illegal one day; so maybe, one day, war will become illegal as well”

Above are only two impressions of the interactive, inspiring day with heated debate and impressive women activists, such as Malalay Joya (former MP/Afghanistan), Asha Elmi Hagi (activist, winner of the Virginia Bell Award/Somalia) and Elisabeth Porter (academic/Australia).

For the pictures, click here >

For a (preliminary) report in English, click here >

For the free downloadable 24 May Action Pack 'Money for Women Peacemakers' , click here >

For a hard copy of the 24 May Action Pack 'Money for Women Peacemakers' , contact us >


WPP contributed to Dutch Action Plan 1325

WPP contributed to the creation of the Dutch National Action Plan (NAP) on UN Security Resolution 1325. On 4 December 2007 representatives from the Dutch government and NGO's signed the plan upon its launch at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. WPP will continue to be involved in the implementation of the plan.

For the English version of the Dutch NAP, click here >

Currently the Action Plan is being translated into French; it will be downloadable from this website soonest.


WPP's Publications

The Time is now

It has only been recently that the two young women activists - one from Cambodia and one from Uganda - working at our International secretariat, have left Alkmaar. They participated in WPP's international orientation program. This program includes practical office work, an introduction to international peace work and exposure visits to relevant organizations. They have written the 2008 The Time is now newsletter on their experiences, reflections and views of the orientation.

To read the newsletter, click here > for the downloadable version (490 kb) and click here > for the high-quality version for printing (note: 7 MB)

To read more about the International Orientation Program, click here >

WPP's Newsletter Cross the Lines

WPP's Newsletter Cross the Lines 33 January-March 2008 is out!

For the English issue, click here >
For the Dutch issue, click here >
For the German issue, click here >
For the French issue, click here >
For the Spanish issue, click here >
For the Russian issue, click here >

WPP Opportunities

WPP's e-opportunities contains information about upcoming trainings, seminars, campaigns, recently published materials, and job openings related to the issues of gender, peace and nonviolence.

For the latest issue of the e-list, click here >

WPP in Action

WPP's WPP in Action no 3 is out!

For this latest issue of the quarterly, click here >

You Changed my Life: Lessons Learned from the WPP

IFOR's publication Patterns 10 'Women and Peacemaking. You Changed my Life' explores the lessons learned during the second phase of the Women Peacemakers Program (2001-2005).

For this IFOR publication, click here >

WPP in the Field

WPP Regional Desks: the continuation of Training of Trainers...

From 2002 until 2007 WPP organized international nonviolence Trainings of Trainers (ToT) for women on an annual basis. From 2007 the new WPP regional desks in Africa and Asia (India) took over. IFOR/WPP's partner the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) based in Accra, Ghana, is hosting the African Regional Desk. IFOR/WPP's partner the Cultural Academy for Peace (CAP) based in Cochin, India, is hosting the Asian Regional Desk.

They organized the first regional ToTs in November and December 2007. The African ToT took place in Nairobi, Kenia, the Asian ToT took place in Cochin, India.

For more information on the ToT's, click here >
For more information on the WPP Regional Desks, click here >