Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
WILPF, established in 1915, is the oldest women’s international peace organization. WILPF brings together women from all over the world who oppose war, violence, exploitation and all forms of discrimination and oppression, and who wish to unite in establishing peace by non-violent means based on political, economic and social justice for all.
The WILPF-UN Office in New York hosts two projects, PeaceWomen and Reaching Critical Will. The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. To these ends: PeaceWomen hosts Peacewomen.org, a website that provides accurate and timely information on women, peace and security issues and women’s peace-building initiatives in areas of armed conflict; PeaceWomen works to facilitate communication among and mobilization of advocates and supporters in civil society, the UN system and governments working on women, peace and security issues; and PeaceWomen advocates for the integration of gender analysis in the governance, peace and security work of civil society actors, the UN system, and governmental bodies.
Reaching Critical Will (RCW)—http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org—is a disarmament initiative of WILPF that seeks to increase the quality and quantity of non-governmental organization preparation for and participation in various international disarmament fora.
Contact:
Maria Butler, PeaceWomen Project Director
Address:
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
PeaceWomen Project
777 United Nations Plaza, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Telephone:
(212) 682-1265
Fax:
(212) 286-8211
Email:
info at peacewomen.org
Website:
http://www.peacewomen.org
Member Organizations
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