Women and the Culture of Peace
IPB Co-President Ingeborg Breines wrote an article on 'Women's Contribution to a Culture of Peace' which was published in 2010 by the University of Klagenfurt, Austria, in their 'Yearbook on a Culture of Peace'. She is the former head of the Women and Culture of Peace programme at UNESCO.

A Call for Women Who Truly Support Peace, Justice, Human Rights
Cora Weiss -- UN representative of IPB and President of Hague Appeal for Peace. She was among the drafters of Security Council Resolution 1325.   In my years of peace and gender activism, I developed a stock of one-liners about the role of women. Often I was heard to say, "Women, women everywhere and not enough in power." Or, "Women count if you count the women." Or, holding up a news item – almost any one will do, but I was especially fond of the famous UN Millennium photo of heads of state, "Look at this photo: where are the women?" Or, "One woman does not women make." Now I have changed my tune...http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2011summer/2011summer_weiss.php

Gender: IPB signs Open Letter to Member States of the Security Council Re: Resolution 1960
The need for focus on full implementation of UNSCR 1325. Statement from Global Network of Women Peacebuilders and others (including IPB) January 7.  In October 2010 the world observed the 10th anniversary of UNSCR 1325 on Women and Peace and Security. We must be passionate about preventing and stopping wars, and about recognizing the equal right of women to seats at all tables where decisions are made. If UN member states, particularly those represented in the Security Council, are serious about their commitments to women’s equality and to stopping rape and violence, they would individually and collectively ensure outreach to women and their full participation at all decision making levels in all arenas where issues of peace and security are being decided….http://www.gnwp.org/unscr-1960-and-the-need-for-focus-on-full-implementation-of-unscr-1325

Midwives for Peace - Palestinian & Israeli Midwives - Meet, Share, Network
Midwives for Peace, MADRE's newest sister organization in Palestine, recently organized two meetings between Israeli and Palestinian midwives: one in Tel Aviv, Israel and the other in Ramallah, Palestine. At the meetings, Palestinian and Israeli midwives got to know each other better and exchanged ideas about how to work together in the future...> READ MORE

Cora Weiss speaks at International Women's Day Disarmament Seminar
Geneva, 5-6 March 2008. Former IPB President Cora Weiss, shown at right, came to Geneva in early March to deliver a speech at the International Women's Day Disarmament Seminar organised by the Women's International League for Peace and ... > READ MORE

Engendered : Disarmament & Development
A gender perspective on disarmament challenges existing analysis and solutions for disarmament, and demands that people are put in the centre of the picture: women and men, as victims, survivors and perpetrators of weapons related violence. This ... > READ MORE

Walfare or Welfare - Gender Perspectives (Chap. 6)
A gender perspective is essential in understanding fully all the themes in this book. Weapons, wars and violence affect women in different ways than men, girls differently from boys. How money currently allocated to the military could be spent ... > READ MORE

Women in Peacemaking [ Deutsch ] PDF
1905 bekam die österreichische Baronin Bertha von Suttner als erste Frau den Friedensnobelpreis überreicht. Sie war es auch, die Alfred Nobel überhaupt erst davon überzeugte, den Friedenspreis zu stiften. Das 100-jährige Jubiläum bot eine gute Gelegenheit, aktuelle Friedensarbeit im Licht von Suttners Taten und Ideen zu betrachten. Das Internationale Friedensbüro ... > READ MORE

May 24 - International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament
List of Linked Annual Issues since 2005 READ MORE

No Women, No Peace :
The Importance of Women's Participation to Achieve Peace & Solidarity
As head of the UN effort in Timor-Leste, I saw the remarkable impact that promoting the participation of women can have in peace-building and development. We will pay ... > READ MORE

No Women, No Peace : Shorter Version
The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security argues that gender inequality is a significant threat to global peace and security. In addressing this and other threats, the Panel must use the framework of the ‘3 Ps’— conflict prevention, the participation of women in peace and security, and the protection ... > READ MORE