ActionAid UK Founded in 1972, ActionAid has been fighting poverty worldwide for over 30 years. In 2003, ActionAid's work reached almost 13 million people in Africa, Asia and the Americas.Together with more than 2,000 civil society partners worldwide, they work with and support the poorest and most vulnerable people to fight for and gain their rights to food, shelter, work, basic healthcare and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.

Amnesty International UK is the UK section of Amnesty International, the international human rights membership organisation.

Amnesty International has 2.8 million members worldwide who are passionate about human rights and not afraid to take unpopular stands to realise their vision and mission.

Amensty's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments.

Their two main areas of working to acheive universal human rights are through promoting general awareness of human rights through a range of educational activities, and opposing specific human rights abuses through research and action.

Through their Women's Human Rights programme, they champion the rights of women and girls and hold governments accountable for ending discrimination and inequality. They focus on:

• Women, peace and security
• Women human rights defenders
• Sexual and reproductive rights
• Violence against women

CARE International is one of the world’s three biggest aid agencies.
In the last year, they worked in 87 countries, supporting 905 poverty-fighting projects that reached more than 82 million people. Their mission is to create lasting change in poor communities and they put money where it is needed most. Ninety pence in every pound goes towards their poverty fighting programmes - that’s one of the highest rates among all the UK aid agencies. With more than 60 years’ practical and hands-on experience, their programmes tackle the deep-seated root causes of poverty, not just the consequences.

The IANSA Women's Network supports organisations working on women and violence prevention to combat gun violence in their communities and support the global campaign to reduce the proliferation and misuse of small arms. It connects organisations, provides information and resources, raises public awareness, and builds a united and dynamic movement of women resisting gun violence around the world.

IBR Consulting has extensive experience in business and organisational strategy, advising a number of UK-based and multi-national companies at the senior level. Inge Relph is currently working on a strategy for the Human Security Commission, UNIFEM and Harvard to train more women in peace negotiation skills, as well as providing advice on current trends in gender peacebuilding and mentoring Somali women peacebuilders. IBR Consulting in also well-connected with gender and peace/development networks in the UK and internationally.

International Alert is a UK based international peacebuilding NGO. IA’s Gender and Peaceubuilding Programme’s work developed from its involvement with the civil society movement to lobby for a UN Security Council resolution recognising and supporting women’s roles as peacebuilders. IA plays an important role in raising awareness of women’s experiences and perspectives of peace and security, in promoting and increasing support and resources for women in peacebuilding, and in creating new spaces for women’s voices in peace negotiations. IA’s work includes peace audits in West Africa, the Southern Caucasus, South Asia and Latin America; monitoring the implementation of Resolution 1325 and identifying possibilities for local, national and regional organisations to use the resolution as an advocacy tool to support their peacebuilding work and security needs; and global policy research and advocacy work on women, peace and security related issues.

The International Rescue Committee UK is an independent British charity that brings a European voice to the International Rescue Committee global network. The IRC network of emergency relief workers, healthcare providers, educators, community leaders, activists and volunteers provides humanitarian aid, sanctuary and sustainable change for millions of people whose lives have been shattered by violence and oppression.

NIWEP is an umbrella body of local and national groups which cut across social, political, economic, and geographic areas with a primary interest in matters of importance to women. NIWEP aims to facilitate and increase women’s contribution to various policy agendas both domestically and internationally. It takes action at a strategic level, ensuring that women in Northern Ireland (NI) participate in and contribute to debates around women’s concerns at the domestic, European and international levels.

Saferworld is an independent non-governmental organisation that works to prevent and reduce violent conflict and promote cooperative approaches to security.
They work with governments, international organisations and civil society to encourage and support effective policies and practices through advocacy, research and policy development and through supporting the actions of others.

Established in 1989, they work in Africa, Asia and Europe. They have staff based in their offices in London and Nairobi, and in all the regions in which they work.

SI is a voluntary organisation for women in management and the professions working through service projects to advance human rights and the status of women. SI currently has over 99,000 members in 124 countries, including 280 clubs with 11,000 members in the UK. SI’s core purpose is to advance human rights and the status of women and it’s vision is to be a global voice for women through awareness, advocacy and action. All members worldwide, many in countries in conflict and post-conflict situations, are advocating for women’s participation in the peace process to include reconciliation, reconstruction and the humane resettlement of refugees, thus UN Security Council resolution 1325 is at the very heart of SI’s work.

Shevolution and Eyecatcher Associates are professional consultancies based in the UK and Project Parity is a not-for-profit NGO working to increase women’s participation in the development of democracy, civil society, free media and human rights. They can offer practical experience in mainstreaming gender perspectives into all aspects of post-conflict reconstruction operations, planning and policies, as well as training officials in applying a gender perspective. Lesley Abdela has worked in over 40 countries in Southeast Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, and can provide expert advice on mainstreaming gender in elections, transitional governments, democratisation processes, and the media.

UN Women UK is the UK National Committee for UN Women. UN Women UK are the local representative, voice and champion for UN Women (formed in January 2011 from the amalgamation of UNIFEM and three other UN gender bodies) and support the work of UN Women in its mission for gender equality and the empowerment of women through:

Education and awareness building
Lobbying the government for continued support of our activities
Public support of UN Women projects worldwide
Raising funds to ensure ongoing project activity

 

UNA-UK is the leading independent authority on the UN in the UK, and seeks to promote multilateralism and adherence to international law through four policy programmes: the implementation of the UN Millennium Development Goals; peace, security and disarmament; human rights and humanitarian affairs; and UN reform. UNA-UK’s independence allows it to take a critical stance in advocating for the Organisation to be equipped to fulfil its fundamental function of maintaining international peace and security, promoting development, and upholding human rights around the world.

Widows for Peace through Democracy focuses on widowhood issues in conflict and post-conflict environments, and in the context of poverty, violence to women, AIDS, trafficking, and access to justice. Margaret Owen is a consultant to the Kurdish Human Rights Project and the International Commission of Jurists and has undertaken fact-finding and human rights training missions in various conflict-affected countries in Africa, South Asia and the Balkans.

Womankind Worldwide is an international women’s human rights and development organisation working in partnership with 70 organisations around the world, and aims to advance women’s status and well-being through political and civil participation, reduce violence against women, and inform and influence policy and practice at the local, regional and international level. Partner organisations actively seek to promote the implementation of Resolution 1325 in crisis and post-conflict countries, both in the area of women’s equal participation in post-conflict civil and political structures and through protecting women from gender-based violence. Womankind can contribute valid experiences, strategies and lessons learned from the field at sgrassroots and policy level.

WILPF was founded 90 years ago by women in an effort to stop World War One, and peace and security issues remain fundamental to its mission. WILPF runs the PeaceWomen project out of its UN office in New York and maintains a website dedicated to 1325. In the UK, WILPF works on a number of issues such as trade justice, empowering widows in conflict and post-conflict situations, and other issues linked to 1325. WILPF-UK does lobbying, advocacy, seminars and training for members and other interested women.

Women for Women International UK Changing the World One Woman At A Time
Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies. They're changing the world one woman at a time. They do this by helping women go from victim to survivor to active citizen and provide financial aid, job training, rights awareness and leadership education.