Where Water Flows, Equity Grows: WILPF US Celebrates World Water Day
By Lucy Lewis, WILPF Triangle Branch member, and Linda Low, WILPF US executive director For many years, the WILPF Triangle (NC) Branch has organized annual World Water Day events. This […]
Act Now for Disarmament: Plutonium Pits, Military Spending, and Nuclear Non-Proliferation
By Cherrill Spencer and Ellen Thomas, DISARM/End Wars Committee co-chairs, and Pam Richard, DISARM/End Wars Committee member Public Comment Opportunity: Plutonium Pit Production Environmental Review A federal judge recently ruled […]
WILPF’s Earth Day Call: Collective Power for Climate Justice
By Nancy Price, Earth Democracy CommitteeWILPF’s Environmental Working Group’s Earth Day article stresses the need to “fix the system, not the symptoms,” asserting that the persistence of environmental crises stems […]
Plastics: The Debris of Progress and the Need for Systemic Change
By Patricia Hynes, WILPF member and Boston Branch associate Environmental and Health Crises: The Role of Microplastics Microplastics—tiny particles smaller than five millimeters that result from the breakdown of plastics—have […]
Where Water Flows, Equality Grows: WILPF’s Voices on Water, Gender, and Justice
By WILPF International Secretariat The following article is republished from WILPF International’s original version. Read more about the U.N. and World Water Day. To learn more about WILPF’s work for […]
Undoing Progress: Trump’s Climate Retreat and the Fight for a Just Transition
By Nancy Price, Earth Democracy Committee Dismantling Federal Climate Protections: The Trump Administration’s Current Approach On Jan. 17, 2026, President Trump officially withdrew the United States from the 2015 U.N. […]
Peace is / Peace is Not Campaign
WILPF US Continues to Mobilize for What Real Peace Is, Rejects Militarism and Defends Democracy The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom US (WILPF US) continues to confront the […]
Cities for a fossil fuel treaty
Just as nuclear-free cities played a critical role in building momentum towards a treaty banning weapons of mass destruction, now councils around the world are uniting to call for a […]
Earth Democracy Issue Committee
Top priorities for the Earth Democracy Issue Committee are protecting water from PFAS contamination, challenging fossil fuels, and addressing the spread of microplastics, alongside broader work on renewable energy, food […]
Climate & Earth Justice
Focus Area Overview The climate crisis and militarism are inseparable. The US military is one of the world’s largest polluters, and wars over resources accelerate environmental destruction while diverting funds […]