After three years of horrendous fighting, a death toll now exceeding
100,000 and more than seven million Syrians forced to leave their homes,
Syrian peace talks will finally take place in Switzerland on January 22,
2014.
In response, CODEPINK and a coalition of women's groups have launched
Women Lead to Peace, a global alliance of women and male
allies calling for an immediate ceasefire in Syria, an embargo on arms
sales, greater humanitarian aid for the refugees and displaced, and the
full participation of women at the peace negotiations. The group mobilized
a physical presence in Geneva and Montreux from January 20-22, for a Women
Lead to Peace Summit. We are now working to keep the Syrian women's
voice in the negotiations, pushing for a cease-fire and access of humanitarian
aid to all victims of the conflict.
UN Resolution 1325 states that the United Nations must recognize the
important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts
and promote their equal participation in all efforts to maintain and promote
of peace and security. Women Lead to Peace is calling on Lakhdar Brahimi,
the UN and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria, to ensure that this mandate
is implemented at the Syrian peace talk table.
The people of Syria have suffered too much, for too long. Let's show
them that we will take a stand to end the violence and alleviate the hardships
they are enduring. Read
a response to demands to include Syrian women at the negotiation table
by Russian official Vladimir Sergeev.
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Hosting Organizations Women's International
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Endorsers
Luisa Morgantini, European Union former Vice President; Mairead Maguire,
Nobel Peace Prize winner; Alice Walker, Author; Eve Ensler, Author, V-Day
Founder; Geena Davis, Actress; Chris Hedges, Journalist; Shirin Ebadi,
Judge, Lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Madeleine Rees, Secretary General
of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. See
the full list here!
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