International
Fellowship Of Reconciliation
Women
Peacemakers Program
Without
peace, development is impossible, and without women, neither peace nor
development can take place.
The Women Peacemakers
Program (WPP) empowers women world-wide through gender-sensitive nonviolence
training and education.
WPP is a program of the
International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR). Founded in 1919, IFOR is an
inter-faith movement committed to active nonviolence, with branches and
affiliates in 43 countries.
IFOR has consultative
status at the United Nations (ECOSOC) and has included six Nobel Peace Prize
Laureates among its members.
Given that women and girls begin from a disadvantaged position,
empowerment is a key step towards gender equality in peacebuilding. While there has been progress towards women’s empowerment, much work still remains. The WPP believes that programs that specifically
empower women peacemakers, and encourage women and girls to become involved in peacebuilding and civil society building, are essential for development. WPP‘s objective is to increase the |
WPP’s work has led to an increase in the number of women, and men, involved in peace building Participants return to their home countries and form women-led groups for peace; raise awareness of the need for more women to be involved in peacebuilding, and create a climate that opens more space for women, especially young women, to engage in peacebuilding. It has increased the skill and capacity of women peacebuilders. It has The WPP has received recognition from peace The WPP’s Training of Trainers Program and To read more about WPP trainings, click here > |
Painting by Helen Lurye IFOR was founded in October 1919 during a meeting held in Bilthoven, the Netherlands by Christian pacifists. IFOR is a registered non-profit organization, with tax deductible status, under Dutch law. Since its continuous existence from 1919 IFOR has grown to some 140,000 members in 62 branches, groups and affiliates, from five continents. In the 1970s, IFOR began to welcome members of other faiths. The IFOR international secretariat in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, IFOR has six Nobel Peace Prize Laureates among it former and present For For more information about the IFOR Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, click here > For more information about the IFOR nominees for the 1000 Peace Women, |
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