Women, peace and conflict

Maggie with the students of a primary school funded by Maison Shalom.Marguarite Barankitse (Maggy) founded Maison Shalom (the House of Peace) a Burundian NGO which helps orphans from both sides of the Burundian ethnic divide. Ruygi, Burundi

The women that ActionAid work with often tell us how their experiences of violence during and after conflict are ignored – by their own governments and by the international community. Yet they still bravely work for peace in their communities.

A Minister for women

October 2010 marks the tenth anniversary of the landmark Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. Yet violence against women is still a tactic of war, attackers are not brought to justice - and only 1 in 40 peace agreement signatories have been women over the last 25 years.

It is time for the UK to match women’s courage by appointing a Minister on International Violence Against Women with the authority and resources to make a real difference to women’s lives.

'It is now more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in modern conflict.' - Major General Patrick Cammaert, former UN Peacekeeping Commander

No Women No Peace

ActionAid is a member of the No Women No Peace Campaign which works to end the exclusion of women from peacebuilding.

>> Find out more about the No Women No Peace Campaign
>> Watch women in the Congo speak out against violence
>> Find out how women stood against violence after the Haiti earthquake
>> Help change the world: campaign with ActionAid
>> Read our report how violence against women is undoing development