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New York — Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent human rights advocate Tawakkol Karman, founder and head of Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC), delivered an address at the high-level forum “Women’s Leadership for Peace” in New York.
The forum, organized by the UN Women Leaders Network in cooperation with the United Nations Foundation, brought together high-level women leaders from across generations and regions to highlight the role of women in advancing peace and security.
In her speech, Karman drew attention to the immense suffering of women in conflict zones. She described Gaza as facing “an unprecedented genocide-like catastrophe,” where women are losing their families and struggling without shelter, food, or medicine amid the devastation of homes, hospitals, schools, and universities. She warned that the international community remains “either helpless or complicit” in the face of such atrocities.
Turning to Yemen, Karman underscored the plight of Yemeni women trapped between the violence of Iran-backed militias and the heavy hand of regional power politics. Despite enduring poverty, famine, and the collapse of state institutions, she noted, women have shouldered the responsibility of sustaining their families.
Karman emphasized that women in Gaza, Yemen, and other war-torn regions are bearing the heaviest costs of wars, occupations, and authoritarian rule. Yet, she said, they remain “the most capable of carrying the banner of life, resistance, and creating hope.”
She concluded with a forceful message: “There can be no real peace without the inclusion of women, no justice without them at the forefront of the battle for freedom, and no future without recognizing their role as change-makers and leaders in the most difficult circumstances.”
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