Message In Remembrance Of 60th Year Of The U.S. Atomic Bombings Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki
Dear citizens of Japan, venerable Hibakusha, victims of nuclear weapons testing and production, and all who are united in the commitment to peace and the total elimination of nuclear weapons: […]
Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective: Violence against Women
Since its inception in 1915, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) has worked to prevent armed conflicts and to establish the conditions for sustainable peace on a […]
International Women’s Day Statement to the Conference on Disarmament
Distinguished Delegates, Since 1984, a group of Geneva-based NGOs, together with members of the NGO Working Group on Peace have held a seminar to mark International Women’s Day – 8 […]
NPT: The Challenges We Face
Delivered by Ms. Susi Snyder, in Tokyo 19 February 2005 I represent the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). WILPF began its work in 1915, in an attempt […]
Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective Violence against Women
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, World Young Women’s Christian Association, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice Mr. Chairman, I speak on behalf of Women’s International League for peace and […]
HRC56: Statement on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Statement by International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations (ISMUN), Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples (LIDLIP) […]
Human Rights Considerations of the so Called “War on Terrorism”
The 28th Triennial Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting 2–8 August 2004 in Gothenburg, Sweden Recalling WILPF long history on resistance to racism in various […]
Calling the International Community to Take Preventive Action to Prohibit the Proliferation of Small Arms
The 28th Triennial Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting 2–8 August 2004 in Gothenburg, Sweden Whereas the UN and other international bodies can take preventive […]
Urgent Call For Signatures To The Kyoto Protocol Resolution 2004
1. Recognizing the human right of everyone to enjoy clean air, a pure fresh water supply, and sufficient food free of contamination, 2. Alarmed at the degradation of much of the worlds environment and the danger to the health of all populations due to air pollution, 3. Bearing in mind that the Kyoto Protocol’s Agreement on greenhouse gas emissions is a responsible step forward in controlling pollution of the planets atmosphere, 4. Acknowledging that the requisite number of countries have now signed this protocol, 5. WILPF calls on non‐signatories countries, and among them specifically to Australia and the United States of America, to sign and ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Just Payment of stolen wages to Indigenous Australian Peoples The WILPF 28th International Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom requests that international assistance be given to ensure that indigenous Australians who have had their wages held in trust under past state government schemes have their wages returned to them with an apology. We recommend that where such claimants are deceased that their wages should be paid to their families.
On Resolution CHR 59 on Elimination of Violence Against Women
Madame Chairwoman, I am speaking on behalf of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). We want to congratulate the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswarmy, on the […]