Binalakshmi Nepram elected VP of Intl Peace Bureau

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Oct 29 : Renowned rights activist, Binalakshmi Nepram has been elected as the vice president of the International Peace Bureau (IPB), one of the world’s oldest international peace federations.
Binalakshmi Nepram is the first indigenous woman from Manipur to hold the esteemed position of this global organization.
She had earlier served as a Board Member of the IPB for two terms.
She will hold the office till 2028.
The IPB was founded in 1891 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910 for its role as a link among peace societies worldwide.
14 of its office bearers have also won the award, the most notable being Berta Von Suttner (Austria) Alva Myrdal (Sweden), Linus Pauling (USA) and Sean Mcbride (Ireland).
At its recent triennial assembly held in October in Madrid, Spain, IPB’s governance structure was renewed for the forthcoming three-year cycle.
During this process, Binalakshmi Nepram emerged as the successful candidate for the vice president, a position in which she will serve from 2025 through 2028.
Her election reflects broad support among the IPB membership for her leadership, vision and dedicated work in the fields of disarmament, gender justice and indigenous-led peacebuilding.
“I am deeply honoured to be elected vice president of the International Peace Bureau for 2025-2028,” Binalakshmi said.
“This is a pivotal moment. Conflicts are multiplying, militarization is deepening, and yet we also see powerful movements for peace, for indigenous leadership, for justice and for ecology rising. I look forward to working with IPB’s members around the world to build bridges between grassroots peacebuilders and international processes; to translate disarmament into community healing; and to ensure that those who have been marginalized—indigenous peoples, women survivors of violence, communities living with the consequences of war—shape our global vision of peace. I dedicate my life for the service of peace in my homeland Manipur and all marginalized peoples worldwide,” Binalakshmi said.
Binalakshmi Nepram is also the founder-director of the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network (MWGSN) and the Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples, Gender Justice and Peace.
Her peace work,  spanning grassroots rehabilitation of conflict-affected women, research and advocacy on arms proliferation, gender justice, indigenous rights and peace processes, has been honoured in India and abroad.
In her new capacity as the VP of the IPB, Binalakshmi Nepram has pledged to strengthen global coalitions for peace, disarmament and meaningful reduction of resources for wars, healing and reconciliation.
She has pledged to elevate indigenous voices and methodologies in peacebuilding and conflict transformation, reinforcing that peace, justice and ecology are deeply interlinked.
She will promote gender-just approaches to security that centre survivors, especially women and girls, at the heart of frameworks for peace and resilience.