Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)

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The Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) is an international coalition of over 100 women’s rights organizations and civil society groups from around the world focused on women’s rights, youth rights, gender equality, peacebuilding, conflict resolution and conflict prevention.

History

The GNWP was founded in 2010 by Maria Victoria “Mavic'' Cabrera Balleza. Its founding vision was to build an equal and peaceful world in which women’s and girls’ rights are promoted and protected, and they are recognized as peacebuilders and decision-makers.

Mission

The GNWP’s mission is to promote sustainable and inclusive peace by empowering women and young women and amplifying their voices. Through its programs, workshops and resources, the organization seeks to:

• bridge the gap between global policies on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPS) and actions on the ground.
• support meaningful participation and recognition of women in decision-making processes.

Organizational Structure

The GNWP is led by Mavic Cabrera Balleza, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer. The organization is managed, staffed, and supervised by experts in the fields of women’s rights advocacy, peacebuilding, conflict prevention and sustainable peace.. Its governance structure currently includes: a board of directors representing six different countries; a leadership team; and an international advisory council consisting of experts from the United States, Indonesia, Colombia, and the Philippines, including Betty Reardon, Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, Dewi Suralaga, Maria Paulina Davila, and four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Cora Weiss. 

Headquartered in New York City, the GNWP works to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, the supporting resolutions on Women, Peace and Security, UN Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security, and its supporting resolutions. The organization collaborates with numerous local women’s rights organizations, youth rights groups, indigenous leaders, journalists, academics, security sector, local, and national governments, the United Nations, and regional organizations, including the Association for SouthEast Asian Nations and the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe.

Issue Areas

• Localization of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325
• Full-Cycle Implementation Approach of Women, Peace and Security
• Young Women Leaders for Peace (YWL) Program
• Gender-Inclusive Humanitarian Response
• Research on Women, Peace and Security
• COVID-19 and WPS Database

Broad areas of concern include:

• Amplifying Women’s Voices and Empowering Young Women in Leadership
• Monitoring and Evaluation of  the UN Women, and Youth, Peace and Security Resolutions
• Media and Awareness Raising
• Development of National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security
• Implementation through Localization
• Advocacy
• Costing & Budgeting National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security

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The GNWP works closely with partners such as the United Nations, governments, civil society groups, and local women and youth-led organizations from around the world. The organization employs a full-cycle implementation approach to peacebuilding. This involves a localization strategy for UNSCR 1325, which has been recognized by the United Nations as pioneering in localizing national and global policies on Women, Peace, and Security. This strategy is currently implemented in countries such as  Armenia, Burundi, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Georgia, Nepal, Nigeria, Kenya, Liberia, Moldova, Philippines, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda, and Ukraine. The GNWP developed partnerships with more than 5,000 governors, mayors, indigenous leaders, tribal leaders, paramount chiefs and other authorities around the world to develop local action plans and local legislation on women, peace and security.

The GNWP advocates for the joint implementation of CEDAW and the WPS resolutions through the use of CEDAW General Recommendation 30 (GR 30) on women in conflict prevention, conflict, and post-conflict situations as a complementary reporting and accountability mechanism. As part of its advocacy for joint implementation, the GNWP worked closely with the Security Council, which resulted in the Arria Formula meeting on the Synergy between CEDAW and the WPS resolutions in December 2016. The GNWP also conducts capacity-building workshops with civil society and government authorities to improve monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the WPS resolutions using CEDAW.

Young Women Leaders for Peace Program

The GNWP operates the Young Women Leaders for Peace program (YWL), which trains young women in leadership, peacebuilding, economic empowerment, use of media and social media for advocacy, and theater as an instrument for community dialogue. The Young Women Leaders for Peace program is operational in Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Georgia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Sudan and Ukraine. Participants of the program develop leadership skills and explore leadership strategies; learn about Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace and Security resolutions; and work together to analyze local peace and security conditions and design peacebuilding initiatives within their communities. The YWL program has been recognized as a peacebuilding best practice by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in his first report to the Security Council on Youth, Peace, and Security

The goal of the YWL program is to “strengthen the capacities of young women and girls, to promote and protect their rights, and to fully realize their leadership potential.” Participants of the program develop leadership skills and explore leadership strategies; learn about Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace and Security resolutions; and work together to analyze local peace and security conditions and design peacebuilding initiatives within their communities.

COVID-19 and Women, Peace and Security Database

In October 2020, the GNWP, UN Women, and the Government of Ireland, launched the COVID-19 and Women, Peace and Security Database. The purpose of the database is to inform the development and implementation of gender- and conflict-sensitive COVID-19 response and recovery strategies. The database documents the leadership of local women peacebuilders in addressing the pandemic and provides evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on women, and on peace and security in eighteen countries. It is divided into five main categories: (1) Impact on women and gender equality; (2) Impact on women’s rights and peacebuilding organizations; (3) Impact on peace and security; (4) Women-led responses: Humanitarian action; and (5) Women-led responses: Peacebuilding and conflict prevention. The GNWP’s research publications on women in peacebuilding were cited in USAID’s 2021 Gender and COVID-19 Guidance.

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