Change and the Future

If you watch the news, see what is happening around us, it is hard not to be disillusioned. Peace feels like it is being attacked, our civil rights are being […]
Fighting back for Gender Justice: Holding States and Non-State Actors Accountable for CRSV

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is always about power. It is a phenomenon that both founds and reinforces a power dynamic based on domination and subjugation. Incidences of SGBV may manifest […]
On International Women’s Day: Why challenging the narrative is more important than ever

What are the root causes of all this struggle? And how are women affected? In 1948 the State of Israel was created marking the end of the British Mandate of […]
A Call to Conscience: “We Cannot Be Complicit In Genocide”

On Friday, we celebrated the return of international law as a means of protection against the horrors of State violence. When politics failed us, Law finally stepped in and we […]
WILPF Secretary General’s Urgent Call for the Prevention of Genocide

We are on the brink of something appalling. We read it we hear it, we fear it, we feel it- even at a distance. We are being forced to choose […]
Iran uprisings: How women are defying body conscription and demanding a future of feminist
peace

Seven young schoolgirls in Tehran turn their back to the camera, let their hair free, and sing in their classroom what is now deemed the national anthem of the uprising […]
The Peace That Is Not: Bosnia and Herzegovina is an Egregious Example of Failures of Neoliberal Peacebuilding

Why did peace fail in BiH? To some extent, it is true that BiH is a country in which the aggressive militaristic and nationalistic strategies of its elites have resulted […]
Peace May Be Our Goal, but Justice Needs to Be Our Objective – A Message from Melissa I. M. Torres, WILPF Vice President

As this year’s celebration of the International Day of Peace comes to an end, we continue our work towards justice – work that is often behind the scenes, in silence, […]
International Day of Peace 2022: End Racism. Build Peace – A Message from Sylvie Jacqueline Ndongmo, International President

On this International Day of Peace, we celebrate a special occasion that resonates with more than a hundred years of action, reflection, and cooperation at the Women’s International League for […]