WILPF’s Recommendations for the Universal Periodic Review of Colombia
The recent constitutional reform that extends military jurisdiction will lead to impunity and several human rights violations as stated in the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR). […]
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 […]
Elimination and Prevention of all Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls
In March 2013, WILPF International and WILPFers from all around the world are participating in the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a functional Commission of the United Nations […]
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 […]
Effective Remedies for Conflict Related Sexual Violence
Femmes Africa Solidarité, WILPF and World YWCA submit this joint-statement expressing concern that the provision of services and reparations for women survivors of conflict-related sexual violence remains inadequate. Access to […]
2nd Seven Special Rapporteurs Report on the DRC
Thank you, Chairperson. I speak on behalf of the section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Local conflict and 400 […]
Violence Against Women
Thank you Mr. President. Women’s international League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) UK section welcomes the examination of the intersections between culture and violence against women by the Special Rapporteur. […]
The Follow-up to and Implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
We have an abundance of international principles and norms calling for mainstreaming gender equality in all areas. Yet there is a dearth of information on national legislation and practice that […]
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 […]
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 […]