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- WILPF US Executive Director Hired!The Lloyd Family Legacy Search Committee is thrilled to share that WILPF US has hired Linda Low as our new Executive Director. Linda is based in Seattle, WA and brings an impressive range of complementary skills and experiences to the role, equipping her to fully step into her leadership as the next… Updates
- Commission on the Status of Women 68 (2025)In 2025, the international community will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the establishment of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which took place in 1995. The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place … Commission on the Status of Women
- Upcoming Webinar: “Women In Conflict Zones”An upcoming webinar, “Women in Conflict Zones,” will focus on the plight of women across the globe dealing with war and the consequences of war. The event will take place on March 19 at 12:00 p.m. EST and will amplify the voices of women living amidst conflict in various parts of the world. The "Wo… Updates
- Save Our Glaciers: Plan Now for Action on World Water Day on March 22Join thousands of activists worldwide for World Water Day on March 22! This year's World Water Day theme is "Glacier Preservation." Glaciers are critical to life. Their meltwater is essential for drinking water, irrigation for agriculture, freshwater fisheries, industry, clean energy production, an… Earth Democracy
- Chicago Women’s History Center Announces 2025 Conference: “Past & Present Strategies to Advance the Rights of Women”The Chicago Women's History Center proudly announces its 2025 Conference, "Past & Present Strategies to Advance the Rights of Women," co-sponsored by WILPF US in celebration of WILPF's 110th anniversary. This conference was created in partnership with the Black Metropolis Research Consortium (B… Updates
- Protesters Witness Vandenberg ICBM Test Launch, Plus Other Actions To TakeFor several decades, WILPF members and other anti-nuclear weapons activists have been demonstrating at the Vandenberg Space Force Base on the coast of central California during the test launches of ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles). WILPF member MacGregor Eddy and others organized the prote… DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee
- Greater Philadelphia Branch Honors Two Women With Peace and Justice Dove AwardOn Feb. 1, WILPF’s Greater Philadelphia Branch honored Sylvia Metzler and Maati Yvonne Platts with the Peace and Justice Dove Award. About 70 WILPF members and friends of the honorees gathered to honor these two extremely dedicated activists for their many years of important work and to share the wa… UpdatesPeace
- Your Watchful Eyes Wanted for Our New Website!The WILPF US website has hundreds, if not thousands, of different web pages. We're inviting you to help catch the inevitable minor issues that accompany any new website and, please, tell us about them. After over five years of preparation and work, the new site is here in time to respond to the ser… Updates
- WILPF US Stands With Peoples’ Marches in JanuaryHundreds of thousands of our friends and neighbors made history during January’s Women’s March, which became the People’s March. WILPF US members and branches stood with them in solidarity, showing up for each other and united in the fight for women’s rights, communities, freedoms, and the future of… UpdatesProtests
- WILPFers Join People’s March to Show the Power of the People in Mountain View, CAPeople’s Marches happened all over the US several days before the inauguration of the new US president. The march in Mountain View, CA, on Saturday, January 18, was advertised thus: “If you believe that decisions about your body should remain yours, that books belong in libraries, not on bonfires, t… UpdatesProtests
- Making Life-Changing International Connections: Invitation for You to Sponsor Women for UN CSW!We invite YOU (individuals or branches) to sponsor women's leadership and peace advocacy, providing five WILPF delegates with the rare opportunity to meet and collaborate with their global peers through the WILPF US programs at the March 2025 UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meetings in Ne… Commission on the Status of Women
- W$D Committee Seeks Member Input for 2025-26 Priorities and GoalsJoin one-hour LISTENING FORUM on Saturday, February 8 9:00 a.m. PT/10:00 a.m. MT/11:00 a.m. CT/12:00 p.m. ET Register for W$D's upcoming listening forum on February 8 here. Share YOUR suggestions for the most pressing economic justice issues with the W$D Committee. The Women, Money & Democra… Women, Money & Democracy
- New Coalition Vows to Shut Down Monticello Nuclear Reactor“Xcel: Tainted water released from hose at Monticello nuclear plant” topped the news stories in the January 20 edition of the Monticello Times in Minnesota. The headline was an infuriating reminder of the 829,000 gallons of water containing radioactive tritium that leaked two years ago, eventually c… Earth Democracy
- Participate in World Water Day on March 22 to Protect Our GlaciersWorld Water Day is Saturday, March 22. The theme is “Glacier Preservation.” Glaciers are critical to life. Their meltwater is essential for drinking water, agriculture, industry, clean energy production, and healthy ecosystems. Rapidly melting glaciers are causing uncertainty in water flows, profou… Earth DemocracyClimate CrisisClimate Change
- WILPF San Jose Sponsors Martin Luther King, Jr. CommemorationWILPF San Jose co-sponsored the 96th birthday commemoration for Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 18, 2025, at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San Jose, CA. WILPF member Sharat Lin organized a fantastic 90-minute program with speakers from many organizations on the radical legacy of Dr. … Updates
- Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal and What We Can Do NextWar Crimes Tribunal Issues Its Judgements One might ask: Are tribunals legal, meaning do they have the force of the rule of law? Remember the famous Bertrand Russell War Crimes Tribunal (1964-7) during the Vietnam War? Tribunal members then unanimously found the United States "guilty on all charges… DISARM/End Wars Issue CommitteeWars and MilitarismHuman Rights
- Cuba Was Off the List of “State Sponsors of Terrorism”–For Six DaysOn January 14, the Biden administration announced these actions related to Cuba: Removal from the US State Sponsors of Terrorism List Suspension of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act Elimination of the list of restricted entities (in Cuba) with which financial transactions are prohibited for … Latest NewsCuba and the Bolivarian AllianceProtests
- Be on the lookout for January 2025 DISARM/End Wars actionsYour DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee is busy planning actions for you to take in late December and January, so please be on the lookout for eALERTS to all members and emails to the branches detailing actions to take and events to attend. “I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars,” declare… Updates
- December 2024 WILPF AnnouncementsHonoring Peace: Detroit Branch Donates Award-Winning Books to Inspire Young Readers by Laura Dewey The Detroit Branch continued its annual donation of Jane Addams Peace Association award–winning books to the Children’s Department of the Detroit Main Library. Four titles, including A Song for the … Updates
- Pope Francis attends the inauguration of a seasonal nativity scenePresented by Palestinian officials, the nativity features a baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional scarf used by Palestinians as a national symbol. Pope Francis called on believers to “remember the brothers and sisters, who, right there [in Bethlehem] and in other parts of the world, are su… Updates
