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. […]
Open Letter to the International Community: Call for Solidarity
Open letter from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina During the last few months we have been seeing images that might as well have been taken at the beginning of 90’s – […]
Statement and Recommendations on the Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Palestine
Statement and Recommendations by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) on behalf of the Palestinian Women National Coalition of 1325 on the Accountability for Human Rights Violations […]
Statement on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas and the Distinct Impacts on Women in Syria
The international community’s inability to stop the war in Syria and the increased militarisation and proliferation of arms fostered a fertile ground for extremism. To deal with this devastating phenomenon, […]
Resolution on Yemen
The 31st Triennial Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting 22-24 April 2015 in The Hague, the Netherlands: Condemns the bombing and blockading of Yemen by […]
Resolution on Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East
The 31st Triennial Congress of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting 22-24 April 2015 in The Hague, the Netherlands: Recalling all previous resolutions supporting the urgent negotiation […]
WILPF Letter to Ambassadors on Security Council Consideration of Yemen and Women, Peace and Security
WILPF has pressed the Security Council to take decisive action on the current crisis in Yemen to ensure implementation of Women, Peace and Security agenda in how the Council deals with the […]
WILPF Position On The Attack On The French Satirical Newspaper Charlie Hebdo – JeSuisCharlie
On Sunday 11 January, the streets of Paris filled with demonstrators, cities around the world joined in solidarity with those who protested the killings of the journalists of Charlie Hebdo… […]
Open Letter on Women’s Rights in Iraq
In September 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Council held a special session on the human rights situation in Iraq and adopted a resolution to dispatch a mission to Iraq to […]
Statement on the Situation of Civilian Detainees in Syria
The Syrian regime has systematically used arbitrary detention and torture to target civilians and put them beyond the protection of the law. The deterioration of the rule of law and […]