Recommendations from Women Human Rights Defenders from Yemen, Libya and Syria
New York – October 2016 The UNSC and member states have made commitments to empower women to contribute to decision-making on peace and security issues through UNSCR 1325 and 1820. […]
Joint Statement by WILPF and the Network of Eritrean Women on the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea
Background WILPF stands in solidarity with the Network of Eritrean women in this statement. Through our work, we campaign for the rights of Eritrean women wherever they may be, but […]
Statement to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60)
We, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), call for feminist foreign and domestic policy that ensures local action on demilitarization and women’s human rights for transformative change. […]
HRC30: Statement on the Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building to Improve Human Rights in Libya
Joint statement between the Lybian Women’s Platform for Peace and WILPF The situation in Libya reached an important stage, where terrorism is threatening to engulf the country one city at […]
Déclaration Sur La Prévention Multifactorielle De La Violence Sexuelle En République Démocratique Du Congo (RDC)
La Ligue Internationale de Femmes pour la Paix et la Liberté (WILPF) est très préoccupée par la situation des droits humains des femmes en République démocratique du Congo. La propagation […]
HRC15: Oral Statement on Sudan
Oral Statement UN Human Rights Council 15th Session Item 4 Interactive Dialouge with Independent Experts for Sudan The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) wishes to raise the […]
Resolution on Sudan
The 31st Triennial Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting 22–24 April 2015 in The Hague, the Netherlands: Extremely concerned about the present situation of instability, human rights violations […]
WILPF Statement on Human Rights Violations in Southern Madagascar
EPU Madagascar – Les violations des droits humains dans le Sud de Madagascar Nous remercions le gouvernement malgache pour sa participation au mécanisme de l’EPU. Nous demeurons préoccupées par l’insécurité humaine […]
Statement on the UPR of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Women’s political participation is an essential element in the peace-making process, not only to resolve the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and to guarantee that women’s […]
Transnational Companies and their Impact on Women’s Human Rights
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom calls for the special consideration of women’s issues when utilizing a human rights approach to assessing the accountability of Transnational Corporations (TNCs). […]