IWPG Signs MOU with Australia's Femme Solidarity for Peace Projects"

By Guardian Correspondent , The Guardian
Published at 02:17 PM Oct 15 2024
"Global Peace Collaboration: IWPG Signs MOU with Australia's Femme Solidarity for Peace Projects"
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"Global Peace Collaboration: IWPG Signs MOU with Australia's Femme Solidarity for Peace Projects"

The Global Region 2 of the International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) (Regional Director of G2: Seo-yeon Lee) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australia’s Femme Solidarity on September 17 at Ha-yeong Hall, Kensington Resort, for the realization of peace projects.

On this day, IWPG Global Region 2 held a meeting for the exchange and cooperation of women leaders with Sarah Chong, Director of Femme Solidarity, to achieve world peace. Femme Solidarity is a community organization that supports and amplifies the voices and rights of marginalized women, such as immigrants, refugees, and women of color, and builds a strengthened women’s network.

 Both sides discussed concrete plans to cooperate on peace activities, including IWPG peace events, Peace Lecturer Training Education (PLTE), and co-hosting a side event at the 69th UN CSW.

 Sarah Chong stated, “Through PLTE, we will introduce new initiatives for world peace, and collective efforts are needed to achieve sustainable peace.” She added, “Next year, I want to attend the conference again with tangible results of peace activities and engage in more exchanges. I will also promote PLTE to Australian women, raise awareness about what true peace is in the community, and introduce women leaders who can work together for peace.”

 

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Seo-yeon Lee, Regional Director of the G2, said, “There are many peace organizations and peace activists worldwide, but peace has not yet been realized. Let us continue to cooperate with IWPG to raise awareness of the importance of peace education and work together for women to take the lead in achieving peace.”

 Meanwhile, IWPG is a global women’s NGO registered with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Department of Global Communications (DGC). With its headquarters in South Korea, IWPG works with over 110 branches and more than 730 partner organizations worldwide. With the vision of "realizing sustainable world peace," IWPG actively promotes solidarity that the world needs, peace culture dissemination, women’s peace education, and the support and advocacy for the legislation of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW).

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