Resolution: Condemning the Sexual Assault and Murder of Okinawan Woman by Former US Marine and Calling for Withdrawal of US military from Okinawa, Japan
The International Board of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting June 2016, Noting that on 19 May 2016, the body of a 20-year old Okinawan woman […]
Responsibility of Japan for military sexual slavery
The following is a joint statement by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and the Women’s Active Museum on War and Peace (WAM), delivered on the occasion […]
Japan’s responsibility for crimes against ‘Comfort Women’
During World War II, the Imperial Japanese military was involved in the abduction and trafficking of many thousands of women for their sexual exploitation in “comfort stations” where they were […]
WILPF Statement on the Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
WILPF Statement on the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States dropped two nuclear weapons on two Japanese […]
WILPF Statement on the 63rd Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
WILPF Statement on the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 6 and 9 August mark the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by […]
Congress Resolution on Comfort Women
The 29th Triennial Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting July 21-27, 2007 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Acknowledges an international movement building over many years to […]
Nuclear Threat, Rule of Force and the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
Thank you for providing me the opportunity to speak at today’s event. It is an honor and a privilege to be here representing the Women’s International League for Peace and […]
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 […]
Rape Of Japanese Women By US Military Forces
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom IEC held in lieu of the 27th Triennial Congress, July 27-August 3, 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland: WILPF International Executive meeting 2001 is deeply concerned over sexual assaults […]
Waste and Garbage Transported to Developing Countries and Territories
The 24th Triennial Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 14-25 July, 1989 in Sydney, Australia: WILPF reaffirms the statement of the International Executive Committee, Paris, 1988, opposing […]