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WILPF 110th Anniversary 

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About: It’s 2025, and on 28 April we are marking 110 years of WILPF! 110 years of feminist organising, peace activism and solidarity across borders. From The Hague in 1915 to today, we have carried this legacy forward and continue to shape it every day. Through wars, crises and day to day patriarchy, our movement […]

2025 NPT Preparatory Committee – Third Session

Title: 2025 NPT Preparatory Committee – Third Session Dates: 28 April-9 May 2025 Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA About: The 2025 NPT Preparatory Committee will convene its third session from 28 April to 9 May 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This session is a crucial step leading up to the 2026 Review […]

Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

Title: Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) Host: ICAN, United Nations Open to: Civil society organisations and NGOs – accreditation needed. See more info below. Dates: 3-7 March 2025 Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA About: The Third Meeting of States Parties (3MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons […]

International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 

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Title: International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025  Theme: Accelerate Action When: 8 March 2025 Event Type: International Day About: The theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 is “Accelerate Action”. At the current rate of progress, it will take until 2158 to achieve full gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum. This year’s campaign emphasises the urgency and importance […]

Sixty-ninth Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) / Beijing+30 (2025)

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Title: Sixty-ninth Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) / Beijing+30 (2025) Host: United Nations, Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Open to: Representatives of Member States, UN entities, ECOSOC-accredited NGOs (with registration) Date(s) and Time: 10- 21 March 2025 Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York About: The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the […]

ATT Working Group Meetings

Title: ATT Working Group Meetings Host: Arms Trade Treaty Dates: 25- 28 February 2025 Location: Geneva, Switzerland Event type: Working Group About: More info coming soon. Visit https://thearmstradetreaty.org/. 

Future Factory 2025

Graphic featuring a stylized factory with colorful panels. Text reads: The Future Factory 25, from 23rd to 26th January 2025, Rome. Exploring Utopias for Peace and Justice. Triangular color blocks decorate the border.

Title: Future Factory 2025 Organised by: Transform! europe, ESC Atelier, WILPF, IPB, INDEP , RLS Tunis with support of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation and Iratzar Foundation Open to: Public Dates: 23-26 January 2025 Locations: In-person in Rome, Italy Event type: Workshop, Lecture, Plenary, and Assembly About:  WILPF takes part in Future Factory, Rome 23-26 January 2025. Heidi Meinzolt from WILPF Germany […]

COP Feminist Reflections

Poster for a WILPF UK Zoom webinar on The Best and Worst of COP29: Feminist Reflections on Baku, featuring a group of people holding protest signs and a highlighted participant, Áine Beattie, holding a sign about climate justice and feminism.

Title: COP Feminist Reflections Host: WILPF UK Open to: Public Date: Thursday 16 January  Time: 19:00 GMT  About: WILPF UK is excited to host this upcoming webinar with guest speaker Áine Beattie, who was a delegate at COP29 last November in Baku. In this webinar we will hear from Áine as she reports back on the climate change […]

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.