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Women Deliver 2026 Conference (WD2026)

Promotional graphic for the Women Deliver 2026 Conference, happening April 27–30, 2026 in Narrm (Melbourne), Australia. The left side features colorful patterns; the right side shows Australia with a location pin on Melbourne.

Host: Women Deliver Open to: Public About: From 27–30 April 2026, the Women Deliver Conference will be regionally hosted for the first time — by the Oceanic Pacific — in Narrm (Melbourne), Australia, on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. It’s space to come together — across oceans, movements, and […]

Learning Exchange: The Elimination of Landmines in Yemen

A large field covered with landmines under a blue and yellow sky. Text reads: The Hidden Scars of War: The Impact of Landmines in Yemen.

Host: Young WILPF & WILPF Yemen Open to: public When? Monday, 14 July, 8:00 AM New York | 2:00 PM Geneva | 3:00 PM Aden (check your time zone)  What? Join us for a learning exchange to learn about the issues of landmines in Yemen and how civil society is responding through mine clearance and education projects.   This exchange […]

Dialogue Exchange on Digital Advocacy

In a context of rising militarism, it is more urgent than ever to think creatively about how we counter dominant narratives. Join us for this rich exchange between WILPF Niger and LIMPAL Colombia to explore digital advocacy strategies, their mobilising power, and how we can advance anti-militarist feminist approaches. When: Thursday, 10 July at 9:00 Bogota | 15:00 Niamey […]

25th anniversary of UNSCR 1325

This October marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of UNSCR 1325, the first resolution on Women, Peace and Security, in the UN Security Council. UNSCR 1325 has been followed by nine other resolutions on this topic. Coinciding with the anniversary, the UN Security Council will hold an annual debate and events throughout the second half […]

UN General Assembly (UNGA 80)

The United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week in 2025, which marks the 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80), will be held in New York from September 23-29, 2025. The first day of the High-level General Debate will be on September 23, 2025. The 80th session of the UNGA will formally open on September 9, 2025 […]

CoP on Men, Masculinities and Feminist Peace

Host: WILPF, PAX and the Violence, Inequality and Power Lab at the Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. About: The CoP will meet later this month on 26 June from 3-5:30 CET. Henri Myrttinen and Reem Abbas will chair a session with presentations by authors of chapters in the recently published Routledge […]

Global Call – Review of WILPF’s International Programme

Host: WILPF About: WILPF’s International Programme (IP) is our collective compass—guiding our actions from local to global under our shared mission for feminist peace. As we move towards the upcoming Congress in 2026, it is the moment to review our compass, reflecting together on whether our roadmap to our shared vision is clear, pertinent and up […]

Pacific Peace Conference

Host: Pacific Peace Network About: The conference will address: Listen, learn and engage with Pacific and local peace activists. Help build a stronger nuclear free, peace and social justice movement in the Pacific. Open to: Network members. How to participate: Get tickets here. Learn more: Check out the invite.

Helsinki +50 People’s Initiative

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, which laid the groundwork for what would become the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). While the government of Finland is organising a high-level conference, Nordic peace organisations including European WILPF members and allies from around the world are meeting in alternative spaces to […]

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.