This year, we celebrate 25 years since the unanimous adoption of the landmark UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which moved the agenda from treating women only as victims of armed conflict towards recognizing women as key stakeholders and agents of peace building with an inherent right to be part of any peace or political process in which their future is being decided.
The 1325 resolution paved the way for the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda with its four main pillars of Prevention, Participation, Protection and Relief and Recovery. While awareness has increased and progress have been achieved in some areas, the participation of women in peace processes globally has not accelerated as hoped or expected.
On the occasion of the Nordic Women Mediator’s Annual Meeting 2025, hosted in Copenhagen, we wish to highlight new ways forged by women peace builders in different settings to gain access and influence in increasingly polarised environments and to explore ways of disseminating such new methods to challenge the current state of affairs.
To recognize the progress made despite setbacks and celebrate the past 10 years of strong networking, partnerships and knowledge exchange, the Danish NWM Network is honoured to extend this invitation for the NWM Network Anniversary and Annual Meeting in Copenhagen from the 24 to the 25 of November 2025.
The meeting will commence with a High-Level Public WPS Conference on Monday the 24th of November from 2-6 PM at Eigtveds Pakhus at the Danish Foreign Ministry.