The organizations of the National Summit of Women and Peace celebrated the gender subcommission's inclusion of women's perspectives in points 1, 2, and 4 of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and FARC-EP. This inclusion is key to building an inclusive, sustainable peace process. The Summit has advocated for women's participation in the negotiations, resulting in women negotiators, the gender subcommission, and inclusion of gender perspectives in other agreement points. The Summit reiterates its commitment to the implementation of the agreements and the UN Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. It calls on all parties to sign the final agreement and resume talks with ELN to advance sustainable peace.

1. Public Statement:
Havana, Cuba
24th July 2016
The organizations and platforms members of the National Summit of Women and
Peace are celebrating the gender subcommission's release on the revision results and the
inclusion of the women’s and gender perspective into the points 1:”Towards a New
Colombian Countryside: Integral Rural Reform”; 2: “Political Participation, an Open
Democracy to Build Peace.”; and 4:”A Solution to the Illicit Drugs Problem.” The
aforementioned inclusions are key to the construction of an integral, fair, inclusive,
sustainable and durable peace process.
We are claiming these results as our own because they will contribute towards improving the
lives of the women in Colombia. From the beginning of the negotiations, the National
Summit of Women and Peace have made sure that the agreements integrated a particular
focus on the inclusion and women’s perspective in regards to the disproportionate impact of
war, the recognition of women’s rights, and the prominence we have had in peacebuilding
processes as leaders and as agents of change.
Today we can say that our advocacy work towards women’s participation in this negotiation
process between the government and the FARC-EP, has been echoed in the peace table
resulting in the appointment of plenipotentiary women negotiators, in the creation of the
gender subcommission and in the inclusion of the women’s and gender perspective in the
other points of the agreement -victims and the end of the conflict-.
We hope that the work presented by the subcommission today has been able to bring
together the different voices of women, in particular the proposals and recommendations
presented by the National Summit of Women and Peace about each of the agenda points.
The Summit would like to reiterate our commitment to this process, the endorsement of the
agreements and its implementation, in which women will play a leading role as political
actors and holding accountability for the fulfillment of these agreements. We insist in the
implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on “women, peace,
and security”.
We call upon all parties involved to promptly sign the Final Agreement. We insist on
resuming conversations with the ELN, which is a necessary step in order to advance towards
sustainable peace that will allow us to conquer and transform the conditions of exclusion,
inequality, and discrimination that have been present throughout our history.
Members of the National Summit of Women and Peace:
Alianza Iniciativa de Mujeres Colombianas por la Paz – IMP.
Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Campesinas, Negras e Indígenas de Colombia – ANMUCIC
Casa de la Mujer
Coalición 1325
Conferencia Nacional de Organizaciones Afrocolombianas- CNOA
Colectivo de Pensamiento y Acción Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad
Mujeres por la Paz
Red Nacional de Mujeres
Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres