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IWPG (International Women's Peace Group)

Introduction
The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) was first established on September 2013. IWPG is an international peace NGO, currently registered under the UN Department of Global Communication (DGC) and is in ‘Special Consultative Status’ with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In the Republic of Korea, it is registered under the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

History
2013

On September 24, there was an IWPG Foundation Ceremony to make a world of peace by uniting women all around the world. It was a historic day where the same IWPG Foundation ceremony was simultaneously held in 16 different countries..

2014

[January] Hosted Philippines Women’s Peace Conference (300 women leaders of Philippines participated)

[February] Hosted Seoul Peace Lecture (250 women leaders participated)

[March] Celebration Event of 3.8 International Women’s Day (peace campaigns held simultaneously in 10 cities with 3,500 participants)

[September] 303 international women leaders participated the inauguration ceremony of women’s network at 9.18 World Peace Summit

2015

[January] Co-hosted UN Global Peace Forum for Cessation of War

[March] Peace Campaign for Celebration of 3.8 International Women’s Day

[November] IWPG Peace Conference for Women Leaders in Africa

[November] Registered under UN DPI

[November] Hosted 2015 IWPG Peace Network Forum in Seoul (200 international women leaders participated)

[November] Hosted ‘IWPG Peace Network Forum’ London, England

[December] Hosted Youth • Women Peace Urging Convention between Israel and Palestine

2016

[January] Hosted 2016 IWPG Peace Network Forum

[March] Opened IWPG Peace campaign to celebrate UN International Women’s Day, participants from 132 countries gathered

[March] Proclamation Ceremony of Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War

[March] Inauguration Ceremony of International Peace Law Committee

[May] Hosted 3rd Commemoration Ceremony of World Peace Declaration and Peace Walk for the Cessation of War

[September] Co-hosted the 2nd Annual Commemoration of 9.18 World Peace Summit, Hosted Women’s Peace Network

2017

[March] Co-hosted 4th Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace and Peace Walk

[June] Hosted ‘Peace Concert’ for Commemorating 64 Anniversary of Ceasefire 64

[August] Hosted Commemoration Ceremony of the 72nd 8.15 Korean Independence Day, “Hurray for the Independence of Korea”

[August] Hosted 'Only Peace Conference' in 14 cities in Republic of Korea

[September] Co-organized the 3rd Annual Commemoration of 9.18 World Peace Summit, Held Women’s Network Forum

[October] Opened IWPG International Branches Gathering Exhibition

[November] Urging for a Peace Agreement for the Cessation of War on the Korean Peninsula (67 branches in Republic of Korea were announced)

[November] Press conference reporting the results of the 10 Million Signature Campaign for "Urging for a Peace Agreement for the Cessation of War on the Korean Peninsula"

[December]Announced IWPG official position and hold a rally on ‘Anti-state, Anti-social, Anti-religion’ acts of CBS & CCK (The Christian Council of Korea)

2018

[January] Statement Announcement of IWPG and Rally on ‘Anti-national, Anti-social, Anti-religion’ Acts of CBS and CCK (simultaneously held by 62 branches in Republic of Korea)

[January] 10 Million Signature Campaign for "Urging for a Peace Agreement for the Cessation of War on the Korean Peninsula" organized in international branches

[January] Wish for Successful 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Festival 'We are the World' (held in 15 branches in the Republic of Korea)

[February] Organized 2018 HWPL & IWPG Malaysia Peace Forum ‘United Malaysia, United Asia and United World’

[February] Memorial of late Gu Ji-in was organized in 56 places in Republic of Korea

[February] 110th Commemoration of the 3.8 International Women’s Day “Light Festival to Hope for World Peace” (held simultaneously in 40 countries and 100 cities)

[March] IWPG Peace Talks on the Role of Women in Myanmar for Peace

[April] Participated on the 62nd Annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Event to Wish for the Successful Hosting of the 3rd Inter-Korean Summit (Held in 5 countries and 58 cities)

[May] Received special consultative status under the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

[May] New York International Women Peace Forum “Role of Women for the Realization of Peace (Cessation of War and World Peace)”

[June] LA International Women Peace Forum “Role of Women for the Realization of Peace (Cessation of War and World Peace)”

[June] 1st Peace-Loving Drawing Competition “Peace, Let’s Be Friends!” (held by 62 branches in Republic of Korea)

[July] Held the World Women’s Human Rights Restoration Campaign “Rally for the Violation and Disregard of Women’s Human Rights

[July] 1st Peace-Loving Drawing Competition “Peace, Let’s Be Friends!” Award ceremony  (held by 62 branches in Republic of Korea)

[August] Africa Peace Conference “Role of Women in Changing Africa That We Desire” South Africa

[August] Addis Ababa Women's Peace Conference held in Ethiopia to call for peace and cessation of war, harmony and urge through DPCW

[August] Women Leader Invitation Peace Talk (held in 40 countries and 100 cities)

[August] Only Peace Conference (held in 5 countries and 58 cities)

[September] Co-hosted the 4th Annual Commemoration of 9.18 World Peace Summit, Hosted World Women’s Conference (held a peace forum with former and current First Ladies around the world)

Vision
All human beings have right to be happy and are born to live happily. However, the world is hurting humans and threatens lives with wars and conflicts. IWPG would like to build a world where all the people live in happiness with maternal love and dedication of women. Many women agree with IWPG's vision, "Motherly Heart," to protect our children from wars and to leave a legacy of peace to our future generation. The IWPG motivates and connects everyone around the world, from high-level leaders to NGOs and individuals, and leads them to voluntary participation.

Mission
The IWPG is currently emphasizing the need for peace to prevent war elements that are threatening the international community and realizing happiness sharing, cessation of war, and world peace through the motherly heart of all women around the world. In order to accomplish this mission, IWPG is developing new activities and campaigns every year.

Organization and Cooperating Relations
The IWPG has headquarters in Seoul, Republic of Korea. It currently has 280 affiliating organizations (MOA) in 52 countries with 100 branches in Korea and abroad. Women who want to work for peace, transcending countries, religions, and peoples, can become members of the IWPG.

Introduction of Peace Initiatives
Women in the world are doing peace activities with IWPG. The IWPG is promoting the DPCW to be enacted as a legally binding international law by supporting and urging the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW). All women around the world are learning and practicing the spirit of peace through peace education. 'Plant Peace' is a project that transforms the culture of discrimination, violence, conflict and war into a culture of peace. Every September, women leaders from around the world come together to discuss practical ways to achieve peace and exchange ideas. It has become a representative peace conference of IWPG and it is becoming a place of emotional harmony and solidarity.

1. Support and Urge for the Implementation of Peace Law DPCW
In order to create a peaceful world without war, we need more practical laws and institutions than simply desiring peace. It must be kept consistently in all countries, and peace culture should be spread widely in each region based on the spirit of the law. The IWPG strongly supports the establishment of a ‘International Peace Law', a practical and innovative way to achieve peace. This is a project to support and promote the ‘Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War' (DPCW hereafter called Peace Declaration), which is from HWPL, a peace cooperation organization of the IWPG.

1) Signature Campaign
The signature campaign is held together with city and government branches to promote the Declaration and to legalize it.

2) DPCW Advocacy Campaign
To promote each clause of the Declaration, and carry out various campaigns such as promotional campaigns based on declarations, campaigns to stop arms production, and women's human rights campaigns.

3) Conferences and Forums
Detailed explanations of the 'Peace Declaration' are presented through these conference and forums. The 'September IWPG Network Forum' is a representative forum with women leaders and guests from around the world.

4) 9.18 World Peace Summit
The 'Peace Summit, which has been held in Seoul, Korea every year since September 2014, is hosted and organized by HWPL. It is a peace festival where politicians, religionists, lawyers, journalists, educators, organization leaders, women, youth, and citizens of the world gather and participate. The Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW 10 articles, 38 clauses), declared on March 14, 2016 by HWPL, will be the answer to achieve peace. As 80% of all wars root from religious conflict, the discussion of bringing religions together is also an important topic during the Summit. As IWPG is a wing of HWPL, it co-hosts the Peace Summit every year and is making peace.

2. Women's Peace Education
The IWPG peace education is a process that helps people know why and what they should do for the world' s 3.7 billion women to come together for world peace. The Peace Workshop, an integral part of the IWPG education, will awaken the spirit of peace and plant seeds of peace in women's hearts. IWPG Women's Peace Education is an education in stages that awakens the role and mission of women in peace and fosters women peace leaders. The IWPG Peace Lecturer training program is designed to train professional educators to operate various education programs for peace in their own regions and countries. IWPG Peace Education encourages all women around the world to learn and practice the spirit of peace. Peace education has enabled us to realize that peace that originates from myself can be extended to home, society, the nation and the whole world. This education is helping to grow women around the world as peace leaders.

3. Plant Peace
'Plant Peace' is a project to cultivate a culture of peace throughout the world where the culture of war, such as discrimination, violence and conflict has permeated. The IWPG is carrying out Plant Peace in all peace-building activities in the community.

1) Peace Culture Campaign
The IWPG is systematically and continuously launching various campaigns to spread peace. Campaigns for expulsion of violence, awareness-raising, environmental improvement, and others fitting to each nation, region, and situation is actively being carried out.

2) Peace Culture Arts Event
Culture and art can quickly bring together the hearts of the global families. IWPG is planting peace throughout the world through a variety of peace and art activities ranging from small to large-scale events such as concerts, exhibitions, theater and cultural festivals.

3) Commemorative Events
The IWPG remembers world memorials related to peace and anniversaries related to war and peace in each country, and carries out related memorial events in the respective regions.

4) Activities to restore women's human rights
The IWPG is taking the lead in restoring women's human rights, which is the basic right of women, through the global women's human rights campaigns.

5) Regional Peace Activities
The IWPG is engaged in a variety of activities to promote peace in the local community and to promote regional change and development. A variety of volunteer activities centered around activities required for each country and regions such as nursery visits, mural drawings, and various environmental improvement activities are being held voluntarily.

World Peace Tour
IWPG has been traveling around the world with HWPL, a peace cooperation organization, to realize world peace. Through these tours, many representatives including former and current Presidents, First Ladies, Queens, Ambassadors, National Assembly members, politicians, legal persons, journalists, religious persons, organization leaders and women were met. The IWPG shared its vision and motto and strongly called for the cessation of war and the participation in peaceful activities.

IWPG Peace Network
Since its establishment in September 2013, IWPG has formed a global network that transcends borders, races, religions and ideologies to realize world peace. It currently has 100 branches worldwide and works with 280 cooperating organizations. In particular, in September every year, women leaders around the world gather together to discuss practical ways to achieve peace and exchange ideas. It has become a representative peace conference of IWPG and it is a place of emotional harmony and solidarity. IWPG's Advisory Board and Publicity Ambassadors is a strong strength for solidarity of IWPG network. In addition, women's networks centering around IWPG are actively being formed in each country and region.

IWPG Peace Committee
The IWPG has an organization called the Peace Committee to actively promote peace activities in the global community. The IWPG Peace Committee consist of three or more members in each region and plan and implement IWPG's initiative and peace activities that are appropriate to the social and cultural characteristics of each region. In the case of the Republic of Korea, where the HQ of IWPG is located, a peace committee is being set up to the smallest administrative units such as towns, townships, neighborhoods, and villages throughout the whole country. All women in Korea are becoming members of IWPG.