A LANDMARK STEP IN THE RUN-UP TO A BINDING TREATY TO END CORPORATE ABUSES
From 6 July to 10 July, representatives from States across the world gathered in Geneva for a week long first session of the intergovernmental working group (IGWG) towards a Treaty on Transnational...
View ArticleCyber Stability: the Challenges Forward
On Thursday 9 July, WILPF attended a conference on ‘Cyber Stability and Regime Coherence’ organised by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). During the conference the various...
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Looking for a Communications Internship this Autumn?
Have you always dreamed of working in the exciting field of human rights? Are you eager to get involved with an international NGO that makes a difference at a grassroots level? Get your career off to a...
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We’ve Moved!
WILPF International’s website has a new home at wilpf.org Going forward, this new website domain name will make it easier for people to find and connect with WILPF. The shortened name will make it...
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Not ‘Women’, but ‘Women and Children': The International Community Burying...
Since the outbreak of the Syrian uprisings in 2011, states have taken different stances vis-à-vis the ongoing warfare and many have also been involved in the constantly wavering conflict. This...
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Forced Migration Review on ‘Dayton +20: Bosnia and Herzegovina twenty years...
This month, the magazine Forced Migration Review (FMR), focuses on the consequences of 1992-95 conflict in the the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). In the magazine, on page 34,...
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WILPF Welcomes the New and Improved PeaceWomen Mobile Application!
Did you know that between the adoption of UNSCR 1325, in October 2000, and June 2015, over 50% of monitored resolutions referenced women, gender or UNSCR 1325. In an effort to combat this gender bias,...
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Meet Our WILPF Delegation!
We are excited to welcome our Delegation in honour of the 15th Anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325! WILPF has helped to bring six women from various nations to...
View ArticleDo You Want to Be Our New Human Rights Intern for Spring 2016?
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is looking for an engaged, organised and bright human rights intern. Would you like to work with women, peace and security issues? Do you...
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WILPF and MADRE Presents: A Conversation With Radhika Coomaraswamy
Following the official launch of the Global Study on the implementation of UNSCR 1325, WILPF’s Women, Peace and Security programme, PeaceWomen, in collaboration with MADRE, and the Sorensen Center held...
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Welcome to the New Member of the WPS Agenda
On 13 October 2015, the UN Security Council at its 7533rd meeting adopted the new Women, Peace and Security (WPS) resolution 2242. WILPF is happy to see the new resolution follows up on many of the...
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WILPF National Section Delegations in New York for Women Peace and Security...
This past week, WILPF was honored to welcome to New York City delegates from our nine WILPF national sections: Mrs. Joy Ada Onyesoh (Nigeria), Mrs. Annie Matundu Mbambi (DRC), Mrs. Sylvie Jacqueline...
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What Is the Peace Forum?
As we wrap up October and our month-long activities on the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, WILPF will be participating in the Peace Forum from 28-30 October. To commemorate the 15th anniversary...
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How Does Your Government Rank on the WPS Scorecard?
“It’s no longer about counting the women, but making the women count.” - Tone Skögen Secretary of State (Norway) As this monumental month of Women, Peace and Security (WPS)-centred events and...
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Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy Put to Test Over Decision on Arms Sales
BY SOFIA TUVESTAD, WILPF SWEDEN Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallström, declared on her first day in office that Sweden would pursue a feminist foreign policy. The policy is shaped...
View ArticleViolence in Iraq and Syria is Escalating, but it is Not Curbing Women’s Peace...
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and MADRE, in collaboration with partners from Iraq and Syria, convened the second Strategies for Change conference on 15-16 October 2015 in...
View ArticleInternship Opening: Internal Communications and Membership Internship
We have just opened up applications for one of our very popular internships. Our internships are tailor made for women and men who are pursuing or intend to pursue a Masters Degree, wish to transform...
View ArticleWe Want a Peace Conference, Not a War Council
“Leadership is about vision. The strong look to the long term and in the long term we want and need peace. We need an end to surrogate wars, resource wars justified by counter terrorism; all wars!...
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Madeleine Rees Joins Nobel Women’s Initiative on Fact-finding Mission to the...
November 16 through 20, WILPF’s Secretary General Madeleine Rees is participating with the Nobel Women’s Initiative delegation on a fact-finding mission to the Balkans. The delegation, entitled Opening...
View ArticleHumanitarian Call to Action and Acceptance
In response the attacks this past week in Beirut, Paris, and Nigeria, WILPF US has issued a statement. “You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.” These are the words of WILPF member...
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