WUNRN
Asia-Pacific
Women's Alliance for Peace & Security
The Asia-Pacific Women’s Alliance for
Peace and Security : A space for collaboration and conversations across
Women’s rights continue to be violated in conflict. Gender inequality continues to breed violence. Gender-based violence is too often perpetuated with impunity. Women’s roles in building peace remain largely unrecognised. Women in conflict areas are often invisible and their voices go unheard.
Although there are international
instruments intended to promote women’s peace and security, as well as national
legislation in some countries, this policy architecture is not making a
significant difference to women, particularly in conflict-affected communities.
Greater action and accountability is needed for the meaningful implementation of existing instruments, together with new commitments to bring about the kind of peace and security that matters to women.
Recognising the need to work more
effectively and combine efforts to bring about the kind of security that
matters to women, a group of feminist organisations, women human rights
defenders, women peacebuilders and others from across
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This Alliance aims to link up existing
actions, connect organisations, deepen conversations and expand access to
information on the women, peace and security agenda. It is a regional
initiative to respond to the specific concerns of women in Asia-Pacific region,
as well as to generate political will and accountability at the regional and
sub-regional levels.