No Peace Without Women Conference at WFWPI Geneva

At the conference on No Peace Without Women, Asya Varbanova, Head of the Humanitarian Section at UN Women, presented alarming data on the persistent exclusion of women from peace processes. 

In 2023, women made up only 9.6% of negotiators, 13.7% of mediators, and 26.6% of signatories to peace agreements. Only a quarter of peace accords even mentioned gender, and none included women’s groups as signatories. 

She noted a doubling in the number of women killed in conflicts and a 50% rise in cases of conflict-related sexual violence. 

The conference was organized by WFWPI Geneva and the Universal Peace Federation. 

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