On Jan 30, the International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG, Chairwoman Na Yeong Jeon) held the 2026 International Branch Annual General Meeting online at 8 PM with 1,000 participants from all around the world.

This event was a large-scale international event that invited 700 IWPG staff—both from the HQ and branches, 200 Peace Committee Representatives, and 200 advocates from Korea and abroad.

During the event, IWPG reflected upon its achievements in 2025 and announced its new vision and core initiatives for 2026.

During her opening remarks, IWPG Chairwoman Na Yeong Jeon said, “As a ‘Global Women’s Peace Network’ in solidarity with 4 billion women around the world, we must create a world where every woman can enjoy a peaceful daily life. Even at this moment, conflicts and wars continue across the globe, and the international landscape is more turbulent than ever. However, if we, as women, take the lead as agents of peace, practicing it in our daily lives, standing in solidarity, and never ceasing to work toward the institutionalization of sustainable peace, then the dream will surely become a reality.”

IWPG Advisory Woo Ok-ran, President Gil Nisetaz B. Villarino of Leyte Normal University in the Philippines, Rector Guillermo Narváez Osorio of Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco in Mexico, and Mevlüt Karakaya, a Member of Parliament in Ankara, congratulated IWPG on hosting the event.

IWPG Secretary General Kyungnam Choi presented IWPG’s achievements of the past year and announced IWPG’s new vision, “Women and Girls Shaping the Future of Sustainable Peace.” She emphasized that women are “not as beneficiaries of peace, but as active agents who create peace,” which will become the foundation of all IWPG initiatives.

IWPG Introduction

IWPG is an international women’s NGO registered in the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Department of Global Communications (DGC). IWPG has 115 branches in 123 countries and also works with 900 partner organizations worldwide to realize sustainable peace. With female solidarity as the foundation, IWPG strives to realize a world of peace without war through peace education for women, peace art competitions for children, and a strong global peace network.