Nigeria: Need for Increased Efforts to Effectively Implement the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Statement by the CEDAW Coalition on Women, Peace and Security CEDAW67, Review of Nigeria READ VERSION[1] I speak on behalf of a coalition of NGOs[2] who have submitted a report […]
Statement: CEDAW Committee 67th session, Review of Italy
At the 67th Session of the of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), WILPF International and WILPF Italy delivered the following oral statement during the Committee’s […]
HRC35: Statement on Human Rights Concerns Must Come Ahead of Profit in the Arms Trade
Statement made at the UN Human Rights Council 35th session (6 to 23 June 2017) during General Debate under items 2 and 3[1] WILPF has been consistently drawing attention to human rights […]
Statement: Weapons Transfers to Syria and Their Impact on Women
WILPF delivered the below statement on the margins of the 35th session of the Human Rights Council, during an interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab […]
HRC35: Statement on Continued Scrutiny of the Gendered Impact of Arms Proliferation Is Needed
UN Human Rights Council 35th session (6 to 23 June 2017), Clustered interactive dialogue with: Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and […]
Open Letter to UN Secretary General from WILPF and MENA Women Civil Society Organisations
لتحميل نص الرسالة المفتوحة باللغة العربية، الرجاء الضغط على الرابط في أسفل الصفحة Open letter to Mr António Guterres, United Nations Secretary–General Letter from a group of Women Civil Society […]
HRC34: Statement on Remedy the Collective Failure in Syria – Cut Arms and Sponsor Peace!
Statement made at the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council (27 February to 24 March 2017) under Item 4: General Debate on Human Rights Situations requiring the Attention […]
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. […]
Statement on the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria
WILPF welcomes the Commission of Inquiry’s continued efforts to highlight the grave human rights situation in Syria but remains concerned about the Syrian government’s persistent denial of access into its […]
Statement on the Use of Weapons and Arms Transfer to Parties to the Conflict in Yemen
WILPF has been following the situation in Yemen with great concern. As the High Commissioner states in his report on Yemen to this Council session,[1] the situation has deteriorated significantly […]