Participants in the Northern Regional Physical Situation Room in Gulu, 2021

The WSR has been acknowledged as an effective mechanism for promoting peaceful elections by the African Union2 in 2012 and the United Nations Security Council3 in 2015, which requested that the WSR be implemented in all African elections

Opening session of the Confidence Building Conference in September 2025

WSR Uganda 2021 Steering Committee, with the Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission at the launch of the WSR

Presentation on the Conflict Risk and Context Analysis at the Confidence Building Conference

Discussion on Preventing Election Related Violence at the Confidence Building Conference

Women's Situation Room

The Women’s Situation Room (WSR) is a women-led early warning and response mechanism that works to curb violence before, during and after elections in African countries. It advances women’s critical role in violence prevention and peace building in line with the 2000 landmark United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)16+ on Women, Peace and Security.

The Women’s Situation Room (WSR) was first established by the Angie Brooks International Centre for Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security (ABIC) in 2011. Since then, it has been replicated in Senegal (2012), Sierra Leone (2012 & 2018), Ghana (2012 & 2021), Kenya (2013), Nigeria (2015), Liberia (2017 & 2023), and in Uganda (2016, 2021 & 2026).

Vision

Peace before, during, and after elections in Uganda.

Mission

Advance women’s critical role in conflict prevention and peacebuilding, in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace, and security.

WSR Core Values

In its pursuit of the above goal, WSR will be guided by its core values of transparency, integrity and fairness. This is expressed in the following: