Comments on: Fostering Hope & Harmony: AIWC in Action https://womenalliance.org/fostering-hope-harmony-aiwc-in-action/ Equal Rights – Equal Responsibilities Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:27:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alison Brown https://womenalliance.org/fostering-hope-harmony-aiwc-in-action/#comment-3304 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:29:00 +0000 https://womenalliance.org/?p=21043#comment-3304 As 2025 draws to a close we see violence increasing around the world. Formerly relatively peaceful places like the United States see an upswing, particularly in political violence, to the dismay of our Associate there. Members of our two Affiliates in Nigeria must constantly be on the lookout for attacks by terrorist militias. Israel is wracked by the effects of military activities causing our Affiliate WIZO much distress. In Cameroon, Bali Women’s Union of Farming Groups, one of our three Associates, has been driven from its home region by militias and is valiantly hanging on in internal exile. The situation of Solidarité des femmes pour le développement, environnement et droits de l’enfant au Congo (SOFEDEC), our Affiliate in the Democratic Republic of Congo is also a life in hiding from military violence and the peace mission of Board Member Ntakebuka Wene Mwafizi Wilhelmine is never-ending. Countries with no affiliation or association with IAW, like Sudan or Myanmar/Burma are also on our minds.

The All India Women’s Conference, in a country suffering stresses both on its borders and between ethnic communities within its borders, has embarked on a multi-year campaign striving for Communal Harmony to work against the escalation of conflicts. This fits within the framework of “Women, Security and Peace’, promoted by the United Nations

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