Peace built without women doesn’t last. When women help shape ceasefires, treaties, and post-conflict rebuilding, entire communities heal faster and more fully. Yet women are still overwhelmingly excluded from the rooms where peace is decided — and the world pays the price in conflicts that keep restarting.

Did You Know?

• Between 1992 and 2019, women represented only 13% of negotiators, 6% of mediators, and 6% of signatories in major peace processes globally — despite being among the most directly impacted by conflict and among the most effective at sustaining peace agreements. (UN Women / Council on Foreign Relations)
• Peace agreements are 35% more likely to last at least 15 years when women are meaningfully involved in the negotiation process. Inclusion isn’t just fairness — it is one of the most reliable predictors of durable, stable peace ever measured. (UN Women / Peace Research Institute Oslo, 2015)
• Conflict-related sexual violence remains a deliberate weapon of war, with the UN documenting thousands of verified cases annually across active conflict zones in Africa, the Middle East, and beyond — the vast majority targeting women and girls. The real numbers are believed to be significantly higher due to severe underreporting. (UN Secretary-General Annual Reports on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence)
  Women and children account for the majority of civilian displacement globally — with over 60% of the world’s 110 million forcibly displaced people being women and children, who face compounded risks of violence, poverty, and exclusion in displacement settings. (UNHCR, 2023)