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60th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC60)

Convener: United Nations Human Rights Council Open to: Public (with accreditation) Event Type: High-level session, panel discussions, interactive dialogues, country reviews How to Participate or Follow In-person attendance: Accreditation required via UNOG IndicoLive stream & recordings: UN Web TVFollow updates on social media: @UN_HRC

Let’s Talk about the Funding Crisis

The unprecedented cuts to foreign aid, changing philanthropic priorities and shrinking civic space are threatening rights and social justice organisations and movements worldwide. To survive, we may need to reimagine what ‘resourcing’ will look like in the near future, and work together to ensure the sustainability of feminist movements for peace. This is a global […]

Environment Working Group Meeting

A group of six people standing together, smiling, in front of a sign that reads COP27 Sharm El Sheikh. They are dressed in a mix of colorful traditional and modern clothing. Sun-themed artwork decorates the sign.

The Environment Working Group is convening for its monthly meeting. Open to EWG members only. If you are a WILPF member and would like to join, please contact WILPF Environment Advisor: katrin.geyer@wilpf.org.

Power, Profits & Patriarchy: Why the Fossil Fuel Treaty Is Key to Peace and Climate Justice

Webinar poster: Fossil Fuels as Roadblocks to Peace, on 18 September, 16:30 CEST. Features logos, wind turbines, sunflowers, fighter jets, and a person holding a globe. Spanish interpretation provided.

Host/event owner/convener: WILPF & Fossil Fuel Treaty Campaign Open to: Public Event type: Webinar About: Fossil fuels aren’t just the main driver behind the climate crisis. From Colombia to Palestine, from Mozambique to Ukraine, they are also majorly implicated in militarism, environmental destruction, systemic acts of violence, insecurity and gendered power dynamics. The Fossil Fuel […]

Women’s Voices in Suwayda: The Real Compass for Justice

The testimonies of women in Suwayda, Syria, lay bare what has happened and continues to unfold — exposing failures of protection, documenting neglect, and pointing toward pathways for accountability. Join this urgent discussion on: Women’s lived realities in conflict; Linking local voices to the global WPS agenda; Concrete advocacy & policy solutions Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89973270221 Hosted […]

Celebrating Resistance, Sparking Change

Event flyer for International Youth Day features eight diverse speakers, their names, and titles. Text reads: “Celebrating Resistance, Sparking Change,” and event details are listed for August 12, 2025, focusing on feminism and SDGs.

Host: MenEngage Alliance Description: MenEngage Alliance, in collaboration with the Global Youth Reference Group, MenEngage South Asia, WILPF Young Leaders, and ATHENA #WhatGirlsWant Leaders, invites you to a special International Youth Day webinar celebrating young feminist leadership in resisting backlash and transforming patriarchal masculinities. This session will: Open to: Young activists under 35 years old […]

YWILPF Global Call: The Power of Sports to Advance Feminist Peace 

Bright event flyer with floral graphics featuring two young women running. Text: Young WILPF Network, The Power of Sports to Advance Feminist Peace, event on 28 August 2025, online via Zoom. WILPF logo in corner.

Host: Young WILPF Network Open to: Public When? Thursday 28 August at 9:00 AM New York | 1: 00 PM Dakar | 3:00 PM Geneva | 11:00 PM Melbourne (check your time zone). About: The Young WILPF Network invites you to join them for a Global Call to explore the power of sports and everyday practices to advance feminist […]

Global Week of Action for Peace and Climate Justice

A tank sits in a green forest with deer and birds nearby. Text reads: Demilitarise for The Just Transition! Global Week of Action for Peace & Climate Justice, 15–21 September 2025. weekofaction@climatemilitarism.org.

About: Instead of taking decisive action to stop escalating genocidal violence and climate disasters, world leaders are militarising at pace. As ever-more resources are directed away from peacebuilding, social welfare and climate action towards war and armed violence, it is essential that our movements come together to take action for a demilitarised just transition.The theme this year […]

International Youth Day

Logo for International Youth Day 2024. Bold text in shades of pink and orange reads, “International Youth Day 2024: Localizing the SDGs” with smaller red text on the left and right.

About: International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August to highlight the challenges young people face, celebrate their contributions to society, and promote their meaningful engagement in building a better future. Theme: The theme of International Youth Day 2025 is “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond”. Localizing the SDGs refers to the process of adapting […]

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.