NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security

The perspectives and recommendations of women civil society are fundamental to discussions at the Security Council.

Read our analysis on women civil society participation at the #UNSC from January-April: wps.ngo/2025briefers

UN Security Council Briefing on South Sudan by Jackline Nasiwa - NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security President, Excellencies, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in South Sudan, where escalating violence threatens a relapse into civil war. I am Jackline Nasiw...

Powerful words to the #UNSC from Jackline Nasiwa: “The people of #SouthSudan cannot afford another senseless and destructive war.”

Read her full statement here: wps.ngo/jackline

At the #UNSC, Jackline Nasiwa underlines how essential the UN is for #SouthSudan at this particular moment and calls on the Council to renew the #UNMISS mandate in full to ensure the protection of civilians, particularly women and girls.

In #SouthSudan, women bear the heaviest burden of conflict and instability, yet are largely excluded from peace and political processes.

"Any political and peace processes must be inclusive of women and civil society…beyond the 35% quota," Jackline Nasiwa tells the #UNSC.

The conflict in #SouthSudan is worsening a dire humanitarian crisis, with devastating impacts for civilians—particularly women and girls, Jackline Nasiwa tells the #UNSC.

As the #UNSC considers the UNMISS mandate renewal this month, we urge Council members to prioritize women's rights in #SouthSudan.

Today, we look forward to hearing from South Sudanese human rights defender, Jackline Nasiwa as she briefs the #UNSC on the need to ensure peace in #SouthSudan.

Watch now: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1i...

UN Security Council Briefing on Afghanistan by Azadah Raz Mohammad - NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security Excellencies, Thank you for the opportunity to brief you on the human rights crisis in Afghanistan. My name is Azadah Raz Mohammad. I am a lawyer from Afghanistan and the co-founder of the Ham Diley C...

Powerful last words to the #UNSC from @azadah.bsky.social: "As a woman from #Afghanistan, I have witnessed how unaddressed legacies of past crimes have trapped my country in a cycle of violence.

If impunity is the disease, accountability is the antidote."

Read her statement: wps.ngo/razmohammad

At the #UNSC, @azadah.bsky.social calls on the #UNSC to take immediate and decisive action to ensure the full protection of women’s human rights in #Afghanistan.

Despite repeated calls from the women of #Afghanistan to hold the Taliban accountable for escalating repression of women's rights, the international community has been taking "alarming steps to normalize the Taliban," @azadah.bsky.social warns the #UNSC.

At the #UNSC, @azadah.bsky.social describes how the Taliban have erased women so thoroughly that they are suffocating in their homes, banned from even looking out the window.

"We, the women of #Afghanistan, call this gender apartheid."

Today, we stand with Afghan human rights lawyer
@azadah.bsky.social as she briefs the #UNSC on the need for accountability for the Taliban’s crimes in #Afghanistan, particularly against women and girls.

Watch at 3pm EST: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10...