Southern African Women's Peace Forum (SAWPF)

The Southern African Women’s Peace Forum is a newly established, international non-governmental organisation dedicated to achieving the full, equal and effective participation of women in formal and informal peace processes in Southern Africa.

The Southern African Women’s Peace Forum aims to:

• Contribute to the emergence of a critical mass of Southern African women working on women, peace and security issues in Southern Africa and the Southern African diaspora;

• Publish and disseminate research on peace and security issues in Southern Africa and the Southern African diaspora from a women-centred perspective;

• Promote laws, policies, research and services that respond to Southern African women’s peace and security needs;

• Build public support for the vital contributions Southern African women make to regional peace processes;

• Monitor and promote the implementation of regional, continental and international commitments relating to women, peace and security such as the African Union’s Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa and UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security; and

• Facilitate communication and cooperation among individuals and organisations working on women, peace and security issues in Southern Africa and beyond.

For more information, contact:

Bokani Moyo
Southern African Women’s Peace Forum
57 Corporation Street
Stafford ST16 3LT
Staffordshire, UK
T: +44-1785-214 071
F: +44-870-131 5824
E: bokani@ntlworld.com