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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · 2d

Noura Erakat to the #UNSC on #Palestine: "Our survival cannot be conditioned on surrendering our right to build a collective future on this land, which makes life worth living."

Read her statement here: wps.ngo/erakat

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · 2d

At the #UNSC, Noura Erakat issues a call to action to Member States on #Palestine: “You cannot permit brute power to unravel our humanity.” The Council must uphold international law, ensure accountability and stop the genocide in #Gaza—now.

Read her full statement here: wps.ngo/erakat

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · 2d

"As emphasized by UN experts, the political outcome that we all so desperately want cannot be based on outright violations of international law." Noura Erakat to the #UNSC on #Palestine

Read here:
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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · 2d

At the #UNSC, Noura Erakat detailed how attacks on the reproductive capacity of Palestinian women and girls collectively aim to eliminate the possibility of a Palestinian future.

NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · 2d

Nowhere is the promise of the #WPS agenda more apparent than in #Palestine, "where for decades, courageous Palestinian women have resisted dispossession, removal, apartheid, and now genocide," Noura Erakat told the #UNSC.

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · 2d

Today, we were proud to stand in solidarity with Noura Erakat, Palestinian-American human rights attorney and author, as she briefed the #UNSC at the Open Debate on #WPS, highlighting the situation of women and girls in #Palestine.

Watch here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1e...

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · 9d

Today, we are proud to publish our 2025 Open Letter on #WPS on behalf of 661 civil society signatories from 106 countries.

Read our collective call for the #UNSC & Member States to uphold women's rights and defend the values of the WPS agenda: wps.ngo/2025letter

NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · 15d

Over 450 organizations have joined our call for the #UNSC and Member States to defend 25 years of the #WPS agenda.

🤝 Read our letter and join us here: wps.ngo/sign

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · 23d

This October marks 25 years of the #WPS agenda. The best way to celebrate? By taking action to ensure its future.

Join us in telling Member States it's time to act to defend the values of the WPS agenda: wps.ngo/sign

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ahead of tomorrow's #UNSC Open Debate on conflict-related sexual violence, we remind Member States that protection of women's rights and women's participation in all conflicts and crises is essential, not just to end #CRSV, but to achieve peace.

Read our full recs here: wps.ngo/MAP08-2025

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · May 21

The perspectives and recommendations of women civil society are fundamental to discussions at the Security Council.

Read our analysis on women civil society participation at the #UNSC from January-April: wps.ngo/2025briefers

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Apr 16

Powerful words to the #UNSC from Jackline Nasiwa: “The people of #SouthSudan cannot afford another senseless and destructive war.”

Read her full statement here: wps.ngo/jackline

UN Security Council Briefing on South Sudan by Jackline Nasiwa - NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security

President, Excellencies, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in South Sudan, where escalating violence threatens a relapse into civil war. I am Jackline Nasiw...

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Apr 16

At the #UNSC, Jackline Nasiwa underlines how essential the UN is for #SouthSudan at this particular moment and calls on the Council to renew the #UNMISS mandate in full to ensure the protection of civilians, particularly women and girls.

NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Apr 16

In #SouthSudan, women bear the heaviest burden of conflict and instability, yet are largely excluded from peace and political processes.

"Any political and peace processes must be inclusive of women and civil society…beyond the 35% quota," Jackline Nasiwa tells the #UNSC.

NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Apr 16

The conflict in #SouthSudan is worsening a dire humanitarian crisis, with devastating impacts for civilians—particularly women and girls, Jackline Nasiwa tells the #UNSC.

NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Apr 16

As the #UNSC considers the UNMISS mandate renewal this month, we urge Council members to prioritize women's rights in #SouthSudan.

NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Apr 16

Today, we look forward to hearing from South Sudanese human rights defender, Jackline Nasiwa as she briefs the #UNSC on the need to ensure peace in #SouthSudan.

Watch now: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1i...

NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Mar 10

Powerful last words to the #UNSC from @azadah.bsky.social: "As a woman from #Afghanistan, I have witnessed how unaddressed legacies of past crimes have trapped my country in a cycle of violence.

If impunity is the disease, accountability is the antidote."

Read her statement: wps.ngo/razmohammad

UN Security Council Briefing on Afghanistan by Azadah Raz Mohammad - NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security

Excellencies, Thank you for the opportunity to brief you on the human rights crisis in Afghanistan. My name is Azadah Raz Mohammad. I am a lawyer from Afghanistan and the co-founder of the Ham Diley C...

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Mar 10

At the #UNSC, @azadah.bsky.social calls on the #UNSC to take immediate and decisive action to ensure the full protection of women’s human rights in #Afghanistan.

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Mar 10

Despite repeated calls from the women of #Afghanistan to hold the Taliban accountable for escalating repression of women's rights, the international community has been taking "alarming steps to normalize the Taliban," @azadah.bsky.social warns the #UNSC.

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Mar 10

At the #UNSC, @azadah.bsky.social describes how the Taliban have erased women so thoroughly that they are suffocating in their homes, banned from even looking out the window.

"We, the women of #Afghanistan, call this gender apartheid."

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NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security @ngowgwps.bsky.social · Mar 10

Today, we stand with Afghan human rights lawyer
@azadah.bsky.social as she briefs the #UNSC on the need for accountability for the Taliban’s crimes in #Afghanistan, particularly against women and girls.

Watch at 3pm EST: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...

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