Women's network for peace

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Women's Network for Peace
(FNF)
legal form non-profit registered association
founding 1996
Founder Heide Schütz
Seat Bonn
motto Wars are made by people. Peace too.
Members 121
Website www.frauennetzwerk-fuer-frieden.de
Sticker "Thinking and acting from peace" from the Women's Network for Peace eV
Sticker "Thinking and acting from peace" from the Women's Network for Peace eV

The women's network for peace e. V. , also FNF , is a non-profit association based in Bonn.

History of origin

The women's network for peace e. V. was founded in 1996 after the 4th United Nations World Women's Conference in Beijing / Huairu in Bonn.

Content focus

The association sees its purpose in the networking of women and peace politics networks and in their cooperation. One of the main concerns of the FNF is the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution 1325 on "Women, Peace and Security" in Germany and worldwide. He is also working towards a culture of peace by organizing dispute settlement meetings at schools in Bonn and the surrounding area, and commemorates the work of the first female Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bertha von Suttner .

activities

One focus of the association is on events on women and peace issues. These include, for example, lectures by women from home and abroad who are committed to peace and the annual participation in the coordination group of the Bonn Peace Days since 2011.

The association is also active in peace policy in the AG Gender and Peace in the Federation for Social Defense and in the civil society "Alliance 1325".

Another focus is the memory work on the first female Nobel Peace Prize winner Bertha von Suttner, for example by initiating a memorial stele at Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz in Bonn.

Furthermore, the women's network for peace e. V. annual regional dispute settlement meetings in Bonn and the surrounding area.

Club structure

The board of the association consists of a chairperson and two deputies, two assessors and a treasurer.

Networking

Member organizations

The association itself has several member organizations.

Memberships

The women's network is a member of several associations, cooperations, alliances and campaigns.

Honorary members

  • Cathrin Schauer

Awards

  • 2015: Prize from the Else Mayer Foundation
  • 2016: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for the long-term peace work of the chairman of the FNF, Heide Schütz
  • 2017: Helga and Werner Sprenger Peace Prize from the Freiburg INTA Foundation

Fonts

  • Ralf Buchterkirchen, Elise Kopper, Barbara Lochbihler, Heide Schütz, Simone Wisotzki et al .: Gender, women and engagement in peace. Documentation of the anniversary event on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Women's Network for Peace eV In: Science & Peace . No. 1, 2017 ( https://www.wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/seite.php?dossierID=088 ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Women's Network for Peace eV: Women's Network for Peace - What we do. Retrieved on August 14, 2018 (German).
  2. ↑ Women's Network for Peace e. V. (Ed.): Information flyer from the Women's Network for Peace e. V. Bonn 2018.
  3. ↑ Stele commemorates Bertha von Suttner - inauguration on September 21st . In: General-Anzeiger Bonn . April 21, 2013 ( general-anzeiger-bonn.de [accessed on August 27, 2018]).
  4. ^ Women's network for peace eV: Women's network for peace - dispute settlement. Retrieved on August 14, 2018 (German).
  5. ^ Women's network for peace eV: Women's network for peace - board. Retrieved on August 27, 2018 (German).
  6. ^ Women's network for peace eV: Women's network for peace - member organizations. Accessed September 11, 2018 (German).
  7. ^ Women's Network for Peace eV: Women's Network for Peace - Memberships. Retrieved on August 27, 2018 (German).
  8. ^ Women's network for peace: Women's network for peace - Awards. Accessed September 11, 2018 (German).
  9. ↑ Peace Prize - Peace Prize - inta-stiftung.de. Retrieved September 11, 2018 .