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Imagine Peace – WILPF Members only screening

Poster for the documentary Imagine Peace shows illustrated portraits of four people, with one holding up a peace sign, set against a blue and yellow globe background and bold text reading IMAGINE PEACE.

Members are invited to an online, members-only screening of Imagine Peace marking the 111th anniversary of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. The screening will take place in the presence of director Fabian Chiquet and will be followed by a live conversation. About the movie Imagine Peace (2026), directed by Fabian Chiquet, is a […]

Prospects for a Nuclear and Fossil Free Future

Promotional graphic for a live activist event: “People’s Summit for a Fossil Free Future” in Colombia and “Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference” in New York, 27 April 2026, 1:30–2:45 pm.

When? April 27, 2026 1:30-2:45pm NY TIMEWhere? Bahai International Centre, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120, New York, NY 10017Contact us at (631) 507-8686 or info@nuclearban.us About: Live link-up between activists at NPT and Fossil Fuel Conference in Colombia! If you are going to be in New York for the NPT and would like to join this event […]

Fossil Fuels, Militarism, and the Path to Peace: A Feminist Just Transition

A bilingual English–Spanish event poster with hands holding soil. Event: Fossil Fuels, Militarism, and the Path to Peace, on 28 April 2026, at Hilton Garden Hotel, Santa Marta. Includes logos and event details.

Host/event owner/convener: Heinrich Böll Foundation and organised by Peace Boat, the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), LIMPAL Colombia and the Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS). Open to: (public, WILPF members, or closed meeting to a specific group for example IB) When? 28 April 2026; 10:15am-12pm Where? Hilton Garden Hotel, Salon Aquabahia, Cra. 1c […]

Peace Team CoP: Session 8 “Facilitation to Safe Spaces”

We are wiser together and facilitation lets us experience that in every meeting. Facilitation is one of the easiest ways to be more inclusive and work with power in exciting and dynamic ways. Join us for the next Peace Team Community of Practice where we will be exploring how to create spaces online and in […]

Amendments to the WILPF Constitution and By-Laws (SCC Webinar) 

The first draft of the proposed amendments — with changes highlighted — has been shared with Sections.  The Standing Constitution Committee (SCC) has scheduled two webinars on 22 April to discuss these proposed changes. Both sessions are identical and designed to accommodate different time zones. 📅 Webinar: 22 April at 10:00 CEST (convert to your time zone)  📅 Webinar: 22 April at 18:00 CEST (convert […]

Peace Team CoP: Session 7 “Feedback to Feedforward”

Join the Peace Team’s Community of Practice! The next session is about Feedback to Feedforward. This session explores how feedback can become a powerful tool for collective growth and transformation within our Community of Practice. Grounded in the idea of “compassionate accountability,” we will reflect on how offering and receiving feedback with humility and care can […]

First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels

Host: Governments of The Netherlands and Colombia Open to: Civil Society Description: This April, countries ready to advance a transition away from fossil fuels will gather in Colombia for the historic Santa Marta Conference. This is a critical moment for our global network of organisations and individuals to scale powerful actions, calling on governments to […]

NPT 2026 Review Conference

Host: UN NY Open to: Civil Society with a pass Description: The 2026 NPT Review Conference will take place from 27 April–22 May in New York. The President of the Review Conference is Ambassador Do Hung Viet of Viet Nam. Reaching Critical Will resources For more information: https://reachingcriticalwill.org/disarmament-fora/npt/2026 or contact WILPF’s disarmament working group (disarmament-wg@wilpf.org) to […]

WILPF UK Webinar on Yemen

Host: WILPF UK Title: Inside Yemen’s Conflict – Impact on women and pathways to a feminist peace Open to: Public Description: Join our webinar on Tuesday 31st March at 7pm (UK time) with Khulood Al-Labani, who will explore the impact of the conflict in Yemen on women and pathways towards a feminist peace. Biography: Khulood Al-Labani […]

Matt Mahmoudi

Matt Mahmoudi (he/him) is a lecturer, researcher, and organizer. He’s been leading the “Ban the Scan” campaign, Amnesty International’s research and advocacy efforts on banning facial recognition technologies and exposing their uses against racialized communities, from New York City to the occupied Palestinian territories.

Berit Aasen

Europe Alternate Regional Representative

Berit Aasen is a sociologist by training and has worked at the OsloMet Metropolitan University on Oslo. She has 40 years of experience in research and consultancy in development studies, including women, peace, and security, and in later years in asylum and refugee studies. Berit Aasen joined WILPF Norway five years ago. She is an alternate member of the National Board of WILPF Norway, and representing WILPF Norway in the UN Association of Norway, the Norwegian 1325 network and the Norwegian Women’s Lobby. Berit Aasen has been active in the WILPF European Liaison group and is committed to strengthening WILPF sections and membership both in Europe and relations across continents.

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Melissa Torres

VICE-PRESIDENT

Prior to being elected Vice-President, Melissa Torres was the WILPF US International Board Member from 2015 to 2018. Melissa joined WILPF in 2011 when she was selected as a Delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women as part of the WILPF US’ Practicum in Advocacy Programme at the United Nations, which she later led. She holds a PhD in Social Work and is a professor and Global Health Scholar at Baylor College of Medicine and research lead at BCM Anti-Human Trafficking Program. Of Mexican descent and a native of the US/Mexico border, Melissa is mostly concerned with the protection of displaced Latinxs in the Americas. Her work includes training, research, and service provision with the American Red Cross, the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Centre, and refugee resettlement programs in the U.S. Some of her goals as Vice-President are to highlight intersectionality and increase diversity by fostering inclusive spaces for mentorship and leadership. She also contributes to WILPF’s emerging work on the topic of displacement and migration.

Jamila Afghani

VICE-PRESIDENT

Jamila Afghani is the President of WILPF Afghanistan which she started in 2015. She is also an active member and founder of several organisations including the Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organisation (NECDO). Elected in 2018 as South Asia Regional Representative to WILPF’s International Board, WILPF benefits from Jamila’s work experience in education, migration, gender, including gender-based violence and democratic governance in post-conflict and transitional countries.

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Sylvie Jacqueline Ndongmo

PRESIDENT

Sylvie Jacqueline NDONGMO is a human rights and peace leader with over 27 years experience including ten within WILPF. She has a multi-disciplinary background with a track record of multiple socio-economic development projects implemented to improve policies, practices and peace-oriented actions. Sylvie is the founder of WILPF Cameroon and was the Section’s president until 2022. She co-coordinated the African Working Group before her election as Africa Representative to WILPF’s International Board in 2018. A teacher by profession and an African Union Trainer in peace support operations, Sylvie has extensive experience advocating for the political and social rights of women in Africa and worldwide.

WILPF Afghanistan

In response to the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban and its targeted attacks on civil society members, WILPF Afghanistan issued several statements calling on the international community to stand in solidarity with Afghan people and ensure that their rights be upheld, including access to aid. The Section also published 100 Untold Stories of War and Peace, a compilation of true stories that highlight the effects of war and militarisation on the region. 

IPB Congress Barcelona

WILPF Germany (+Young WILPF network), WILPF Spain and MENA Regional Representative

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Demilitarisation

WILPF uses feminist analysis to argue that militarisation is a counter-productive and ill-conceived response to establishing security in the world. The more society becomes militarised, the more violence and injustice are likely to grow locally and worldwide.

Sixteen states are believed to have supplied weapons to Afghanistan from 2001 to 2020 with the US supplying 74 % of weapons, followed by Russia. Much of this equipment was left behind by the US military and is being used to inflate Taliban’s arsenal. WILPF is calling for better oversight on arms movement, for compensating affected Afghan people and for an end to all militarised systems.

Militarised masculinity

Mobilising men and boys around feminist peace has been one way of deconstructing and redefining masculinities. WILPF shares a feminist analysis on the links between militarism, masculinities, peace and security. We explore opportunities for strengthening activists’ action to build equal partnerships among women and men for gender equality.

WILPF has been working on challenging the prevailing notion of masculinity based on men’s physical and social superiority to, and dominance of, women in Afghanistan. It recognizes that these notions are not representative of all Afghan men, contrary to the publicly prevailing notion.

Feminist peace​

In WILPF’s view, any process towards establishing peace that has not been partly designed by women remains deficient. Beyond bringing perspectives that encapsulate the views of half of the society and unlike the men only designed processes, women’s true and meaningful participation allows the situation to improve.

In Afghanistan, WILPF has been demanding that women occupy the front seats at the negotiating tables. The experience of the past 20 has shown that women’s presence produces more sustainable solutions when they are empowered and enabled to play a role.