Petition to:

• The Office of the President of the Tigray Interim Regional Administration
• Tigray Peace and Security Bureau
• Tigray Bureau of Women and Social Affairs
• African Union Commission
• African Union Peace and Security Council
• United Nations Security Council
• UN Women
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• European Union
• United States Department of State
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund

Petition Summary

Peace in Tigray has become fragile. Close to four years after the signing of the Pretoria Peace Agreement, failure to implement the Agreement, political fragmentation, and lack of justice and accountability continue to threaten stability. Since 2022, Tigray has experienced:

• Lack of implementation of the Pretoria Peace Agreement 
• Lack of justice and accountability for severe human rights and humanitarian violations
• Continued humanitarian vulnerability
• Civil society warnings about fragile stability

Women in Tigray carried the heaviest burden during the genocidal war and ongoing — including conflict-related sexual violence, forced displacement, economic collapse, and social fragmentation. 

Despite this, women were:

• Frontline caregivers
• Community mediators
• Survivors of widespread conflict-related sexual violence and other human rights and humanitarian  violations

Yet women remain largely excluded from formal peace processes, political dialogues, and accountability mechanisms. 

This exclusion undermines long-term stability. Peace cannot survive without women at the decision-making table. 

Women’s inclusion is also not symbolic. It is a legal and moral obligation under international law. 

Under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, all parties are obligated to ensure women’s meaningful participation in peace and security processes. 

The Africa Union prioritizes the Women Peace and Security agenda by mandating at least one-third female representation in all peace processes, mediating roles, and security missions. Tigray must not be an exception.

Global evidence also consistently demonstrates that peace agreements are more durable when women participate meaningfully. Excluding women weakens legitimacy, deepens inequality, and increases the risk of renewed instability.

Our Demands
We call on Tigray Interim Regional Administration, the African Union, the United Nations, and international partners to:

• Establish a minimum 35% quota for women in all peace and implementation processes, inclusive of but not limited to rural women, displaced women, youth, and women with disabilities.
• Formally establish and support the establishment of a Tigray Women’s Peace Advisor Council, also responsible for peace monitoring.
• Ensure these networks inform the African Union, the United Nations, and international partners.
• Support the establishment of credible, independent, international accountability processes for grave human rights and humanitarian laws violations committed during the genocidal war.

Sign This Petition
By signing, you stand for:

• Inclusive peace
• International accountability
• Gender equality

Durable stability in Tigray

Peace in Tigray will endure only if women shape its foundations.