The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG, Chairwoman Hyun Sook Yoon) hosted the 2025 International Branch Annual General Meeting at the Daegu Joongang Convention Center on January 21, 2025. The event celebrated the achievements of 2024 and presented IWPG’s vision and roadmap for 2025. A total of 110 IWPG branches from Korea and abroad participated.
Approximately 600 IWPG members, staff, advisors, publicity ambassadors, and peace committee representatives attended the event both offline and online. Awards were presented to the top-performing Korea and overseas branches in various sectors: new member recruitment (Cheonan, Mongolia); Peace Committee establishment (Jeongeup, Mongolia); PLTE (Peace Lecturer Training Education) (Colombia); media coverage (Yeosu, Indonesia); MOU/A signing (East Busan, Mongolia); Peace Monument establishment (Philippines); CMS membership growth (Geoje); and staff growth (Gimhae, Uganda). The event also featured the introduction of new branch managers for 2024 and case presentations from some of the most active branches.
Global Region 9 was recognized as the Most Excellent Global Region overall. The region shared the case of the Ulaanbaatar Branch in Mongolia, which has demonstrated exceptional recent growth. Misook Lim, the Director of Global Region 9, remarked, “I am happy that our past efforts have led to such meaningful results. We will continue to work harder to develop even further so that we can actively engage not only in Mongolia but all around the world.”
Daegu Metropolitan City Mayor Hong Joon-pyo sent a congratulatory message, stating, “Since its establishment in 2013, the achievements of IWPG have become a milestone not only for the advancement of women’s rights but also for global peace and stability. I hope that through women’s solidarity, all of humanity will move toward a peaceful world and that the influence of IWPG will continue to spread globally.”
IWPG Chairwoman Hyun Sook Yoon highlighted, “Last year, IWPG executed various projects with the Ministries of Gender of multiple countries and NGOs and successfully launched peace education in Côte d'Ivoire. In Fiji and Mexico, IWPG Women’s Peace Education gained explosive popularity through online platforms, with hundreds signing up for the education.” She added, “We are a group of responsible women working to achieve the peace the world needs. This is not just rhetoric but a call to action. Let’s keep our hearts strong and shed the light of peace around the world despite any obstacle, to achieve our goal of sustainable peace.”
IWPG INTRODUCTION
IWPG is an international women’s NGO registered with the UN ECOSOC and UN DGC. It has 114 branches in 123 countries and 808 partner organizations in 66 countries. Guided by the vision of “achieving sustainable world peace,” IWPG actively works to build peace networks, spread a culture of peace, conduct women’s peace education, and support the legislation of the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW).