UNIFEM Portal on Women, Peace and Security

The WomenWarPeace.org portal provides information and tools to help reduce the costs of conflict for women worldwide.  WomenÌs protection in armed conflict and their centrality to conflict prevention, peacekeeping and peace building is a primary concern of the international community. Yet the deliberate killing, rape, mutilation, forced displacement, abduction, trafficking and torture of women and girls continue unabated in contemporary armed conflicts. As soldiers, as refugees, as survivors of landmine incidents and sexual violence, women experience conflict differently than men.

For almost ten years, the United National Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), in co-operation with governments, other United Nations bodies, international and national organizations and non-governmental partners, has assisted women in conflict situations and supported their participation in peace processes. This work is guided by international humanitarian and human rights standards. UNIFEM provides strategic and catalytic support to mainstream gender and to support womenÌs participation in all efforts to build peace and resolve conflicts.