Peacebuilders Forum is an independent, citizen-led network committed to advancing nonviolence and dialogue wherever conflict takes hold. It is not a single organisation — it is a forum, a living space for peace.
Since 2024, Peacebuilders Forum has gathered five times — in Madurai, Jaipur, Kannur, Dibrugarh and Jalgaon. Each meeting has built on the last: widening the network, deepening shared understanding and coordinating concrete action on live conflicts.
In Manipur, Forum members entered relief camps on both sides of the conflict, listened to displaced families, facilitated interfaith dialogue and began building channels of communication where there were none. In Kerala, peacebuilders worked with communities to reduce cycles of political violence.
In Rajasthan, the Forum supported the creation of a Department of Peace. Across the northeast, Forum members coordinated relief, peace training and cross-community meetings during some of the most difficult periods of conflict.
"Peace requires more than goodwill. It requires a movement. This is the beginning of one."
A world where conflict is transformed through understanding, patience and the courage to sit with those we fear or distrust.
To share tools, coordinate responses to conflict and build a collective voice for peace across communities and borders.
Drawing on the Gandhian principle that the means are as important as the ends — building peace through nonviolence and dialogue.
Five gatherings across India — Madurai, Jaipur, Kannur, Dibrugarh and Jalgaon — widening the network and coordinating action.
Yudh Nahi Shanti — Not War, Peace
We, women and concerned citizens, drawing upon our historical heritage of nonviolence, call for the cessation of all forms of violent conflict and recommit ourselves to following the path of peace and nonviolence.
Women Against Violence is a campaign of Peacebuilders Forum, launched in March 2026. It is rooted in a simple and enduring truth: women are the most vulnerable in any war or violent conflict situation, and yet women are also the greatest defenders of peace.
In almost all conflicts, women struggle for the survival of their families and communities and often suffer unspeakable deprivation and humiliation. Women endure disproportionate violence because of the structured discrimination of being women.
In spite of all of this, women have a great affinity to peace. This campaign honours that affinity and calls on it to act.
During the First World War, one thousand women came together to create the International League for Peace and Freedom in 1917 — an organisation that successfully resisted military build-up and the ongoing war.
Throughout the nonviolent freedom struggle on this subcontinent, women played a significant role in building resilience against repression and hardship. That tradition of women standing for peace, at great personal cost, continues today.
Across the world there are a large number of women peacebuilders who offer knowledge, expertise as dialogue facilitators and mediators, and who negotiate for sustainable peace.
Cessation of hostilities in West Asia and end to armed conflict that has no moral or legal grounds.
Women to be placed at every dialogue table — not as observers but as full participants.
An end to daily structural violence: domestic violence, discrimination, economic exclusion and denial of dignity.
Campaign begins at Rajghat, where Gandhi was cremated and where the nation first renewed its vow of nonviolence.
The campaign travels through communities, holding gatherings and public meetings along the way.
Campaign arrives in Mumbai on International Workers' Day, completing the Delhi to Mumbai journey.
Our work brings together people who have spent years doing exactly this — in relief camps, in classrooms, in village communities, in government corridors and on the streets.
Developing curricula, training programs and educational tools to build a culture of peace from the ground up. Our peace education initiatives reach schools, colleges and community centres across India.
On-the-ground dialogue facilitation in active conflict zones. From relief camps in Manipur to communities in Kerala, we build channels of communication where there are none.
Facilitating interfaith dialogue, cross-community meetings and building trust between groups divided by religion, caste or ethnicity. Peace begins with understanding the other.
Engaging young people as active peacebuilders through the Youth Peace Platform, constituted at the fifth gathering in Jalgaon. The future of peace belongs to the young.
Recognising the deep connection between environmental degradation and conflict. We advocate for climate justice as a pathway to lasting peace and community resilience.
Follow the milestones and key developments in our collective movement for peace.
The fifth gathering was hosted at the Gandhi Research Foundation. The Forum launched a Women's Peacebuilders Commission, constituted a Youth Peace Platform and set plans for peace education and international solidarity.
A new campaign rooted in the truth that women are the most vulnerable in conflict, yet the greatest defenders of peace. The campaign journey runs from Delhi to Mumbai, April to May 2026.
Forum members coordinated relief, peace training and cross-community meetings across the northeast during some of the most difficult periods of conflict.
Forum members entered relief camps on both sides of the conflict, listened to displaced families, facilitated interfaith dialogue and began building communication channels.
The Forum supported the creation of a Department of Peace in Rajasthan, a landmark initiative in institutional peacebuilding at the state level.
The first gathering of Peacebuilders Forum took place in Madurai, bringing together practitioners, educators, activists, faith leaders and young people from across India.
Join us at our gatherings, campaigns and peace-building events across India.
The campaign begins at Rajghat, where Gandhi was cremated. Join us for the opening ceremony and the first steps of this historic journey.
Register Interest →The campaign travels through communities, holding gatherings and public meetings. Every stop is an invitation to join the call for peace.
Register Interest →The campaign arrives in Mumbai on International Workers' Day, completing the Delhi to Mumbai journey for peace.
Register Interest →To connect with the campaign, join the march, or learn about upcoming gatherings, please reach out to our team.
Become part of the Peacebuilders Forum network. Connect with practitioners, educators and activists across India.
Organise a peace event in your community. We provide resources, guidance and network support.
Be part of Women Against Violence. March, speak, organise — every voice matters.
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