On 12-13 June the "Women, Peace and Security International Conference: "From Gender Justice to Sustainable Peace – A 25-Year Vision", took  place  in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Promoted by UN Women, UNFPA, and IOM under the leadership of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, the event brought…

The Mediterranean Women Mediators Network actively participated in the strategy meeting convened by the Global Alliance (GA) of Regional Women Mediator Networks in Brussels on 25-27 March 2025 to develop priorities and a work plan for the 25th anniversary year of the UN Security…

Hajer Sharief and Loredana Teodorescu, together with representatives from over 50 countries and regional organisations, including the Italian Coordinator for WPS and YPS agendas, Luca Fratini, attended the convening of the Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network held in Oslo from 13 to 14…

On the 17 th July 2025 the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network Cyprus Antenna hosted a screening of the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008). The screening of this acclaimed documentary, which tells the remarkable story of a group of women in Liberia…

On July 1, 2025, the NATO Strategic Direction-South Hub, in collaboration with the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network (MWMN), hosted a workshop in Naples on “The Role of Women in (De)Radicalization in Africa and the Middle East.” The event brought together experts and institutional representatives…

The Mediterranean Women Mediators Network has participated in a CSW69 (Commission on the Status of Women) side-event on “Taking Stock of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Through the Implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS)…

On 10 October 2024, the MWMN and its members, in cooperation with IAI, WIIS Italy and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, promoted an online, behind closed doors roundtable to take stock of the issue of refugees’ return to Syria. The topic has been discussed from the perspective of international practitioners, women…

The Mediterranean Women Mediators Network (MWMN) Cyprus Antenna and the PEACERETURN Project together hosted the implementation of the Café Diplomatico Skill-Building Initiative on the 31st October 2024, the 1st in a series of events. This interactive Negotiations Skill-Building: Finding your Voice training, led by Professor…

The Mediterranean Women Mediators Network participated in the UN WPS Week in New York with two side-events: "Women-led Mediation Amidst Intersecting Climate and Humanitarian Crises: The Role of Women Mediator Networks” The Mediterranean Women Mediators Network co-organized a side-event on “Women-led Mediation Amidst Intersecting Climate and Humanitarian Crises:…