Women are symbols of social solidarity as they bring more consideration and understanding to the table, and respect diversity for viewing the world through different backgrounds and experiences.
Heo Eun-joo, Regional Director of the Global Region 3 of the International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG), came up with the comment in an opening greeting at a ceremony online (ZOOM) on Saturday evening.

“This diversity is essential for us to understand and empathize with each other. That is why we deserve to take on the role of mediators as well as victims of war and conflict. When women participate, solutions will be presented in a more diverse and inclusive way,” she added.

Global Region 3 of the IWPG organised the online (ZOOM) programme under the theme of “Women achieving peace that the world needs” to mark the 5th commemoration of April 26 as “International Women’s Peace Day.”

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More than 132 representatives under the Global Region 3, consisting 8 countries (the Republic of Korea, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Sao Tome and Principe) joined the online (Zoom) programme.

The event was declared as the “International Women’s Peace Day” on April 26 in 2019 with the wish of realizing peace at the end of war, in which women around the world unite to protect precious lives from war and pass down peace as a legacy to future generations.

It is gaining support from numerous leaders and women, including the first lady, the queen, the ambassador, politicians, journalists, religious leaders.

“Our goal is peace on the global stage, and let’s pass on the world of peace as a legacy to future generations. Peace is a long-cherished dream of mankind and the most basic element for human life, so let’s make a world of peace that must be achieved someday as one of us,” Hyun-sook, IWPG Chairwoman said in her commemorative speech.

In her speech, Jung Ju Won, Chairwoman of Association for Childhood Residents in Geoje of Korea said, “I believe that the IWPG’s activities will turn into a wind of peace and bring peace to our country as soon as possible.”

“Women’s power is essential for Korea’s peaceful unification, and if women from all over the world become one with the IWPG at the center, it will blossom world peace along with the unification of the two Koreas. I promise to continue working hard for peaceful unification and world peace,” she added.

Daybatta Chavan Batil, gender activist & co-founder, DHUP Foundation in India and Jannatul Bakia Sweety, Sustainable Cities and Communities Researcher and founder of Root & Label in Bangladesh were also spoke on the programme.

Meanwhile, IWPG is an international Women’s Peace Group, an NGO registered both in UN DCG and UN ECOSOC and is working actively for various peace activities such as International Women Peace Network, Spreading Peace culture, etc and uniting with UN women organizations together for urging the legislation of DPCW