- Hosts: The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) in partnership with the Center for International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University, UN Women, the United Nations Foundation, and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
- Time and Date: 23 September 2025, 4:30-6:00 PM
- Location: UN Women Headquarters (220 East 42nd St, New York), 19th floor
Event Overview
The world stands at a critical crossroads marked by escalating conflict, shrinking civic space, and a sharp rise in authoritarianism and militarization. As these crises deepen, public trust in peace as a viable path forward is eroding.
The Peace Is All of Us Summits are a cornerstone of the Peace Is flagship campaign, a global movement to reignite public belief in peace and generate support for the women and their allies who work every day to build it.
At the heart of the campaign, the summits will take the form of intergenerational dialogues bringing together key stakeholders across sectors and generations. They will serve as a platform to show that peace is not only possible, but it is already being achieved in communities worldwide — through multilateralism, climate resilience, economic empowerment, and social cohesion.
Peace is not a relic of the past; it is being built and sustained every day, and we all have a role to play in finding inclusive solutions to conflict and crisis. The summits will also offer an opportunity to demonstrate how global commitments have been — and can continue to be — transformed into sustainable realities.
Building on the momentum of the International Day of Peace on 21 September, the New York “Peace Is All of Us” Summit event will be part of a week of activations on the margins of the 80th edition of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80), which will culminate in Global Citizen Festival 2025 in Central Park on Saturday, 27 September, where WPHF Global Advocate Kristen Bell will highlight the “Peace Is” campaign and rally the world to take action for peace.
Agenda
- 4:30-4:35 PM | Welcome
- 4:35-4:40 PM | Opening Remarks
- 4:40-4:45 PM | Introduction and Context
- 4:45-4:50 PM | Peace Is Campaign Video
- 4:50-5:35 PM | Fireside Chat
A powerful conversation bringing together women’s civil society and feminist leaders to highlight women’s leadership in building peace, underline the value of multilateralism, and share concrete actions to advance it.
- 5:35-5:55 PM | Q&A
- 5:55-6:00 PM | Closing Remarks and Call to Action
Event speakers include:
- Sima Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women
- Delphine O, Ambassador-at-large and Secretary-General for the Generation Equality Forum (Beijing+25), France
- Tonni Ann Brodber, Head of Secretariat, WPHF
- Michelle Milford Morse, Vice President for Girls and Women Strategy, United Nations Foundation
- Nargis Nehan, WPHF Civil Society Partner from Afghanistan
- Daniel Friedman, Program Director, Halving Global Violence, Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, NYU Center on International Cooperation
- Anne Marie Goetz, Clinical Professor, Center for Global Affairs, NYU
- Amrita Kapur, Secretary General, WILPF
- Anoushka Sinha, Young Justice Leader, NYU Center on International Cooperation
