HRC46: International’s Women Day 2021 – Joint NGO statement
On 8 March, Joy Onyesoh, WILPF President, delivered a joint NGO statement during the HRC’s Observance of International Women’s Day, on behalf of: the Center for Reproductive Rights; Commission for […]
Action Coalition 3: Bodily Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
This policy brief analyses how war and armed conflict limit bodily autonomy and impede diverse individuals, including women and girls in humanitarian settings, from accessing their sexual and reproductive health […]
Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Review of Ukraine
Reviewed 20-21 February 2020 67th Session, 17 February – 6 March 2020 Submitted in original language: English This joint report focusses on the impact of austerity measures and conflict on […]
Statement on the Universal Periodic Review of Egypt
I am Sarah Boukhary, Interim Middle East and North Africa Co-Director at the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, the oldest international women’s peace organization in the world, founded […]
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the United States of America
WILPF USA submitted this report ahead of the Universal Periodic Review of the USA. The review was originally scheduled for May 2020 but was postponed to 2–13 November 2020 due […]
Joint submission for the UPR of Italy
WILPF made a joint submission for the Universal Periodic Review of Italy, with Fondazione Pangea onlus, Associazione Trama di Terre onlus, Filomena – La rete delle donne, and Unione Donne […]
Statement on the Report of the Human Rights Council on the Universal Periodical Review of the United States
RIGHTS OF UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS WILPF is highly concerned over the militarisation of the US-Mexico border and with the zero-tolerance US immigration laws that are restricting the rights of immigrants. Undocumented […]
WILPF’s Recommendations For The Pre Session Of The Universal Periodic Review Of Bolivia
Femicide and Gender Based Violence A. Follow up to the first review At the first Universal Periodic Review of Bolivia in 2010, Costa Rica and the Netherlands made recommendations (n°33 […]
WILPF And HRITC Recommendations For The Second Universal Periodic Review Of Yemen
Equality and non-discrimination Gender inequality is particularly high in Yemen. Yemen ranks 160th out of 186 countries in the Gender Inequality Index and is “the worst” according to Global Gender […]
Freedom of choice in Ireland
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom denounces the death of Savita Halappanavar, a young Indian woman living in Galway, Ireland. She died because the medical officer attending to […]