On October 31, 2000, the UN Security Council adopted the landmark Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Twenty-five years later, we find ourselves in a moment of reckoning. Conflicts once thought unthinkable have returned to the global stage. Wars are reshaping borders, displacing millions, and eroding hard-won rights. The world is learning again what women and marginalised communities in post-conflict societies have long known: peace is fragile when shaped by only one part of the population, and when responses to insecurity fail to reflect diverse realities.

Peace without Inclusion or Responsiveness does not last

Across continents, the toll of conflict is being measured not only in lives lost but in freedoms curtailed. Women face renewed threats to health, bodily autonomy, safety, and participation in public life. Each crisis reaffirms a simple truth: peace must include women’s safety, freedom, and leadership.

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