Women Wage Peace
Israeli grassroots peace movement
Women Wage Peace (WWP; Hebrew: נשים עושות שלום, romanized: Nashim Osot Shalom; Arabic: نساء يصنعن السلام) is an Israeli grassroots peace movement, formed shortly after the Gaza War in 2014. Its primary goal is to prevent future wars and promote a non-violent, respectful, and mutually accepted solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the active participation of women from diverse political and religious backgrounds through all stages of negotiations.
Origin
While originally started by Israeli women, including peace activist Vivian Silver, the movement has worked to build connections with Palestinian women, also reaching out to both women and men of many other local regions and religious backgrounds. It was inspired by similar women's movements in Northern Ireland and Liberia, where women of different faiths had united to help resolve violent conflicts. Inspiration also came from the Four Mothers movement, established in 1997, which ultimately influenced Israel's military withdrawal from South Lebanon. For colors representing the movement, white was chosen to symbolize peace and turquoise, a blend of blue and green, to represent both the Israeli and Palestinian flags.
The movement has its basis on two main objectives:
To encourage peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
To urge the enforcement of UN resolution 1325 which "reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts"
Membership
As of May 2017, Women Wage Peace had more than 20,000 members and supporters. There are 45,000 Israeli members as of 2023.
Recognition
Women Wage Peace along with Women of the Sun and EcoPeace were nominated for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize by academics at the Free University Amsterdam for their efforts to build peace between Israelis and Palestinians. In addition, WWP co-founder and leader Yael Admi has been selected as one of the 2024 TIME Women of the year.
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