WILPF on Gaza
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom deeply deplores the escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza, and the new wave of Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip using […]
“Honour crimes” in Syria
The international system is continuing to fail the people of Syria: the UN Security Council has not only lost sight of its role under the Charter to secure peace, but […]
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 International on Death Plot against Human Rights Defender Asma Jahangir
On 4 June 2012, news was released of a death plot orchestrated by the Pakistani security forces against human rights lawyer and leading human rights defender Asma Jahangir. As agents of […]
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 […]
The Situation of Extreme Poverty in Timor-Leste
Franciscans International (FI), the Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis, a local civil society organisation also known as La’o Hamutuk , and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom […]
Statement in Memory of Sunila Abesekera
WILPF makes this statement in memory of Sunila Abesekera, a defender of human rights and a women’s rights activist. Abesekera reminded us on many occasions to protect and defend human […]
WILPF International on Syria
WILPF joins Amnesty International and other NGO’s in demanding that there be a general ceasefire in Syria and that the Syrian government comply with its obligations under international law. The […]
WILPF Resolution on Forced Migration and Asylum
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), meeting at the Quadrennial Congress in San José, Costa Rica in August 2011, Recognising that the root causes of forced migration […]
WILPF Resolution on WILPF and UN Women
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), meeting at the Quadrennial Congress in San José, Costa Rica in August 2011, Welcoming the formation of United Nations Entity for […]