International Women's Peace Group Gwangju Jeonnam Branch (IWPG, Branch Manager Lee Seo-yeon) held an '2022 Peace Project Annual Plan Briefing Session’ online at 9 pm (local time) on the 29th with more than 100 people from 15 countries attending the session

The objective of the briefing session was to look back on activities in 2021 and to brief the members from cooperative countries with Gwangju Jeonnam annual activity plan for each country in 2022.

At the briefing session, members of each country directly briefed their annual action plans which focused on the possibilities and effects for reaching peace.

In accordance with the 2022 goal of ‘Women’s cooperation for the realization of sustainable peace’, 2022 Peace Projects of IWPG Gwangju Jeonnam Branch was introduced to support and urge DPCW as UN's agenda, to promote women's peace education, to spread a culture of peace, and to promote exchanges and cooperation with global women's civic groups.

Yayesh Tesfahuney Kiflay (Head of the Child department of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Social Affairs, IWPG Ethiopia Branch Manager) announced her New Year's resolution and said, "I will help organizations and governments work in peace with the IWPG for women's human rights and peace."

IWPG’s Gwangju Jeonnam branch includes: Kaltham Abdulla Yusuf Zainal, (IWPG Ambassador in Bahrain), Philbert Yoseph Kato, (CEO of Community's Expertise for Development Contributions in Tanzania), Maha Alsakban, (CEO of Women’s Rights Center, IWPG Ambassador in Iraq), and Achamelysh Asrat (Executive Director of Saved to Save in Ethiopia), Khalid Obeid Azeez, (Director of For You Institute in Iraq), Shefaa Sawan (IWPG Member in Syria), and Richard Lazarus Ngonyani (Executive Director of Gigimanjani Comfort Basic Needs For Disables, Elderly and Orphans in Tanzania) were presented with a Certificate of Appreciation.

In addition, 'Exchange and Cooperation Organization Award' was awarded to ‘Community's Expertise for Development Contributions’ of Tanzania, ‘Sandigan Kuwait’ of Kuwait and 'Youth Support Volunteer Group' of Egypt.

Seo-yeon Lee, the branch manager, said, “Thank you for voluntarily preparing and presenting various peace activities in each country. Our hope and wishes for peace will become a spark to start a positive impact not only on your country, but also to the world.”

IWPG is an international NGO with special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC) with a vision to pass on the world of peace as a legacy to future generations. is actively unfolding.