Statement by WILPF India on CEDAW Comittee’s Review of India – 58th Session
Women’s Participation and UNSCR 1325 Structural and institutional inequality persisting in India is the major cause of the various forms of discrimination against women, which manifests itself in all public […]
WILPF US position regarding US Military Aid to Israel
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section (WILPF-US), joins with Amnesty International and the U. S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation to call upon Congress “to […]
WILPF’s Position on Israeli ‘Operation Protective Edge’ and other Escalating Violence Against the Occupied Palestinian Territory
WILPF International calls for renewed and wider efforts, in particular the complete inclusion of women in decision-making, to achieve the immediate cessation of lethal attacks from Israel into the occupied […]
Joint CSO Statement on the Declaration on the Right to Peace
As members of civil society we have the duty to bring into this room the voice of the people of the world who are victims of armed conflict, direct, structural […]
NGO Joint Statement on Diversity and Human Rights
Our organizations, representing a wide range of civil society from all regions of the world, urge the UN Human Rights Council to ensure the Panel discussion entitled “protection of the […]
Include the Root Causes of War in the UN Declaration on the Right to Peace
WILPF text suggestions to the UN Declaration on the Right to Peace Peace cannot be understood as the mere state of absence of violent, peace is a composit and to […]
Open Letter to the Friends of 1325: Recommendations on the Zero Draft of the Post2015 Sustainable Development Goals
Dear Friends of Women Peace and Security, On 14-18 July the General Assembly (GA) Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will hold its final session. Member States […]
Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women’s Report to the Human Rights Council on India
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom welcomes Rashida Manjoo’s visit to India and her close collaboration with civil society. Despite the existence of a solid legislative framework to […]
Civilian Possession of Firearms and Its Impact on Women’s Human Rights
The Isla Vista recent mass killing is unfortunately not exceptional among cases in which firearms have been used in misogynist killings by a civilian. But firearms do not only affect […]
Statement On The Occasion Of The Social Protests In BiH
Sarajevo, 14 February 2014 Statement on the occasion of the social protests in BiH “The rule of law, including full respect for equality between citizen and assurance of equal participation […]