Position on the Church Massacre in Charleston, South Carolina, the United States
We, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, continue to be outraged by racially motivated hate crimes committed across the globe that fuel conflict and war. The stubborn and […]
Ensuring Women and Gender are reflected in the Cluster Munitions Treaty
Ensuring Women and Gender are reflected in the Cluster Munitions Treaty Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom As the world’s oldest women’s peace organization, the Women’s International League for […]
WILPF Position On The Attack On The French Satirical Newspaper Charlie Hebdo – JeSuisCharlie
On Sunday 11 January, the streets of Paris filled with demonstrators, cities around the world joined in solidarity with those who protested the killings of the journalists of Charlie Hebdo… […]
WILPF United States Section Statement On Israel And Gaza
We, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – US Section (WILPF US), join with people pouring into the streets in cities the world over, to stand up for […]
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 […]
Fully Autonomous Weapons
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) has opposed the development of technology for killing since our founding in 1915. Women from all over the world came together […]
The Negative Impact of Arms Transfer in the Human Rights of People Living in Conflict-Affected Areas
The position of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) welcomes the initiative of a resolution on the “Negative impact […]
Syria, chemical weapons, and avoiding military intervention
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) welcomes the decision by the British Parliament to refuse the endorsement of military action against Syria. Parliament upheld the principle that […]
WILPF’s position on the Violence in Egypt
Since its inception in 1915 WILPF has condemned violence as a means of dispute resolution, whether internal to a State or internationally. It brings neither legitimacy to those governments who […]