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Reclaiming the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom UK (WILPF UK) invite you, your colleagues, members and networks to join our next webinar to hear from guest speaker Dr Sophia Close, Gender, peace and security consultant and WILPF UK Company Secretary, to learn about and discuss how we can use our feminist lens to reclaim the […]

International Munich Peace Conference

The civil society alternative to the Munich Security Conference takes place for the 24th time in 2026. WILPF Germany is a member of the organising committee which includes a broad spectrum of peace oriented partners such as IPPNW and pax Christi. More information can be found on the website https://peaceconference.info/. Join us, in Munich or online, […]

WILPF 34th International Congress

WILPF’s International Congress is the highest decision-making body of WILPF and the final authority in all matters concerning the organisation. It is also an opportunity for members to come together and discuss political issues, to share best practices and knowledge through workshops, debates and other spaces.  WILPF’s 34th Congress will take place from the 17th […]

Learn about Story-Sharing, Framing Power and Intersectionality

To support WILPF’s collective learning and exchange, the Peace Team’s Community of Practice for members is exploring and exchanging methodologies that can help us facilitate safe spaces, navigate tensions and address conflicts constructively within our organisation and in our peace work! Join the July/August session to explore story-sharing, framing power and intersectionality – and bring your own experience and knowledge to this space! […]

Learn about Story-Sharing, Framing Power and Intersectionality

To support WILPF’s collective learning and exchange, the Peace Team’s Community of Practice for members is exploring and exchanging methodologies that can help us facilitate safe spaces, navigate tensions and address conflicts constructively within our organisation and in our peace work! Join the September session to explore story-sharing, framing power and intersectionality – and bring your own experience and knowledge to this space! […]

Strike, Disrupt, Divest – Global Weekend of Action

In light of the recent escalation by Israeli forces in northern Gaza —resulting in the assassination of more civilians and the near-total destruction of infrastructure, including schools and entire neighbourhoods— Palestinian civil society is calling for an escalation of disruptive BDS actions. These actions target complicit states, corporations, and institutions, and are building toward mass disruption between […]

Global call: Move the Money briefing

It’s Time to Move the Money to Peace!  Amidst an accelerating arms race and dwindling resources for peace work, we need to send a clear message across the world; this year WILPF is (re)launching the Move the Money campaign to confront the root causes of war, inequality, and environmental destruction by demanding a shift in how resources are […]

Reclaiming the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Illustration of diverse women weaving and repairing a colorful tapestry-like bridge across barbed wire, symbolizing peace and unity. Text reads: Status Quo or Bold Adaptation? Reclaiming the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.

WILPF UK invite you to join this webinar to hear from guest speaker Dr Sophia Close, Gender, peace and security consultant and WILPF UK Company Secretary, to learn about and discuss how we can use our feminist lens to reclaim the women, peace and security agenda. Dr Sophia Close will lead this webinar presentation and discussion […]

Workshop: WPS Agenda

Illustration of four diverse women, one holding a Women, Peace & Security banner, another in military uniform holding an olive branch, one with a megaphone, and another raising a fist, with a dove carrying an olive branch above.

Host: Peace Women, WILPF’s WPS Programme Description: You may have heard about the WPS agenda or Security Council Resolution 1325. But are you familiar with what the agenda really stands for? Who is responsible for implementing it? How is the implementation going? And why do feminist organisations work on it?  The International Secretariat will be hosting […]

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.