The Women and Peace Studies Organization is an Afghan nonprofit non-governmental organization that aims to empower capacities, support research and advocacy that will improve the lives of women and communities, and create and explore knowledge about women peacebuilders at the grassroots level. It also works to promote efforts for inclusive peace and development in Afghanistan.

Women and Peace Studies Organization (WPSO-Afghanistan) is a non-profit, non-government, non-political, non-partisan Afghan organization that was conceptualized in 2012 and formally established in 2015. WPSO has been working with a growing network of local women peacebuilders all over Afghanistan called the Local Women Peacebuilders Network since 2012. The engagement included capacity building, advocacy, mobilization and leadership training, mentoring and coaching, and also platforms for local conflict resolution and impacting the national and international peace processes. There are around 200 women and men as part of the members from all over the country. Read more