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Culture of Peace
“In the last analysis, human security means a child who did not die, a disease that did not spread, an ethnic tension that did not explode, a dissident who was not silenced, a human spirit that was not crushed.”
- Mahbub ul Haq (1934-1998)
WLP's Culture of Peace program aims at cultivating values, attitudes, and ways of life that promote tolerance, pluralism, and cooperation.
Women have often been excluded from conflict-resolution and peace building processes, and the impact of conflict on women frequently ignored. We believe that women have a vital role to play in promoting peace and shaping the future of post-conflict societies.
We hold South-South and South-North dialogues on women’s role in peace, justice, and conflict resolution, including panels and international symposia. These dialogues are shared widely through a range of multimedia materials. We produce print publications on strategies for peacebuilding, such as the anthology Towards a Compassionate Society.
Many of our partner organizations use leadership workshops for women as a peacebuilding strategy. In post-conflict Afghanistan, we have focused on providing both leadership and information communication technology (ICT) training for women, based on the belief that ICT skills will enable women to access information relevant to the challenges they face, engage in online dialogue with women in Muslim-majority societies, among others, and develop skills for activism and employment. In Zimbabwe, training has targeted refugees at the Tongogara Refugee Camp, which is home to displaced people from Sub-Saharan countries including Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Liberia, Rwanda, and the Sudan. In Nigeria, in response to the resurgence in violence among Muslim and Christian groups, workshop participants cooperatively developed strategies for fostering respect for human diversity, embracing differences of opinion, and building trust between Muslims and Christians.
We also participate in social justice networks with peacebuilding goals, such as the Women Leaders Intercultural Forum.
Resources on Culture of Peace
- Profiles of Peace & Conflict Resolution Experts
- Multimedia: Clash or Consensus? Gender and Human Security in a Globalized World; Faith & Freedom: Women From the Three Abrahamic Religions Talk About Terror, War, and Peace; On the Aftermath of Terror: Women Leaders Discuss Peace, Justice & Conflict Resolution In a Globalized World
- Culture of Peace Bibliographies
More Stories and Reports
International Leaders Prioritize Human Security at WLP Conference “Clash or Consensus”
Washington DC - More than 250 activists, academics, policy-makers, and organizational and religious leaders from over 20 countries gathered at WLP's human security conference, "Clash or Consensus: Gender and Human Security in a Globalized World" on October 8-9, 2003. Organized in collaboration with the Global Fund for Women, the conference provided a forum for women leaders and human security experts from the Global South - particularly from Muslim societies - to explore ways to discuss and define human security goals and challenges from a perspective that is people-centered.
While the concept of security has been traditionally concerned with the security of states and the shoring up of borders, the notion of human security encompasses the social, political, economic, and cultural needs and rights of individuals and communities in our increasingly interconnected societies and provides a viable framework for achieving sustainable societal change.
