Through a global network of Ambassadors for Peace, Women for Peace seeks to build a broad alliance among women leaders. Guided by universal principles, Women for Peace promotes in partnership among people of every race, religion, nationality, and culture. Moreover, knowing that stable marriages and families are the building blocks of the good society, Women for Peace advocates strengthening the family.

Recognizing that human dignity and human rights derive from a universal divine source, Women for Peace promotes interfaith cooperation by encouraging interfaith dialogue and service. It offers an innovative vision for peace at a time of global crisis, calling for a new paradigm of leadership and good governance rooted in universal principles, values, and aspirations. It advocates a life of service to others as a guiding principle. Women for Peace supports the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals, which seek to improve the status, education, and physical well-being of women.

Women and children suffer most from wars, and women can bring vital feminine dimensions to peace processes. Women for Peace supports UN Security Council resolution 1325, which calls for increasing involvement of women in preventing and resolving conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, and post-conflict reconstruction. Its annual Parallel Event in New York related to the UN Commission on the Status of Women engages leaders from civil society and religion in sessions with diplomats on issues under consideration by the UN. Forums in various parts of the world bring together women leaders active in conflict resolution and building community cohesion. Japanese Tea Ceremonies introduce diplomats to the "heart of peace" cultivated through this ancient ritual: harmony, respect, purification, and enlightenment.

Read reports about Parallel Events to the UN Commission on the Status of Women meetings in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
See also reports about Japanese Tea Ceremonies in November 2009; May and June 2010; and April, May, and November 2011.

March 8, 2011 marked the 100th anniversary of the establishment of International Women's Day. The theme of the observance, as set by the UN, was "Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women." Events were held in Sydney, Australia; Tbilisi, Georgia; Gangtok and New Delhi, India; Milan and Monza, Italy; Tokyo, Japan; Kathmandu, Nepal; Novosibirsk, Russia; London, UK; and Washington DC, USA.

"Equal rights, equal opportunities, progress for all" was the theme chosen by the UN for International Women's Day 2010. Observances took place in Buenos Aires and Tucuman, Argentina; Belize City, Belize; Toronto, Canada; Paris, France; Gangtok, India; Jerusalem, Israel; The Hague, Netherlands; Moscow and Novosibirsk, Russia; and London, UK.