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- Drone Research Announcementby Marjorie Van Cleef, DISARM!/End WarsFriends in WILPF and other organizations, we invite you and your colleagues to consider participating in a campaign to challenge US development and use of “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” more commonly known as drones, for military and surveillance purposes.Network … Updates
- We Need Our Nuclear Free Future Now!WILPF eActionHiroshima, Nagasaki, Fukushima: We Need Our Nuclear Free Future Now!by Carol Urner, Co-Chair, DISARM/End Wars Issue Committee March 11 is the second anniversary of the initial Fukushima disaster. The tragedy continues. The disaster is not done.Listen to and share Ellen Thomas’ song, "Hi… Updates
- WILPF Nominated for Nobel Peace PrizeThe Norwegian Nobel Committee has conveyed the International Peace Bureau's nomination of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom for a Nobel Peace Prize 2013! To find out the specifics, read the letter from the IPB here: http://tinyurl.com/a92u6pp and don't forget to sign up for the … Updates
- Meet and Greet with Madeleine ReesMarch 8, 2013, 5 p.m.Celebrate International Women's Day with Madeleine ReesWILPF Secretary General, former Head of the Women's Rights Unit of OHCHR and the attorney who challenged private military contractors for perpetrating human trafficking in Bosnia.Your donation supports the work of the Women'… Updates
- WILPF News and Events – February 2013 WILPF U.S. has been busier than ever. Sisters (and brothers) joined across the nation to carry out a vision of a transformed world at peace, where there is racial, social, and economic justice for all people everywhere. This month, we bring you a blog posting by Cynthia Enloe, research professor at… Updates
- 2013 Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Abolition TreatyIn February, the WILPF DISARM/End War Issue Committee is launching our 2013 Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Abolition Treaty. We will work closely with Reaching Critical Will to end our nation’s Faustian bargain. Our committee members are already working to break all links in the nuclear chain, belie… Updates
- Put Your Skills into Action!National Bylaws Committee and Others Invite VolunteersYou can be a significant part of building WILPF US as a dynamic organization! The ad hoc Bylaws Committee, having successfully completed the projects of its first 18 months of functioning, is seeking a few additional new members.Now, with last y… Updates
- California Earth Democracy Spring TourDear California WILPF Branches and Members,Coming out of the Women’s Congress for Future Generations in Moab this past summer, we four WILPF members are enthusiastic about bringing the idea of Guardianship of Future Generations and the Precautionary Principle to all our California members and branch… Updates
- Peace and Prosperity Through Participation?WILPF changes the world by changing lives. Beginning with our own. We all know this to be true and, as president, I know this to be true at both the micro and macro levels. I am continually humbled by WILPF’s past and inspired by its future. Working in the national office alongside Ria, our Direc… Updates
- Make Your Voice Known to the Nuclear Regulatory Commissionby Ellen Thomas, Disarm/End Wars Issue CommitteeDUE JANUARY 2, 2013: PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) REGARDING ITS “WASTE CONFIDENCE RULE.” YOU CAN HELP BY MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON YOUR OWN AND IN SUPPORT OF THE WILPF POSITION ON THIS ISSUE. SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS.BACKGROU… Updates
- BBC Seeking Members to Join in Advocacy WorkThe Building the Beloved Community Issue Committee (BBC) is seeking WILPF members to join in advocacy work on issues embraced in this committee’s mandate. We are planning an organizing conference call in early December.If you are concerned about racial justice issues and the interrelationships betwe… Updates
- Just “Do the Math!” Go Fossil Freeby the Earth Democracy Issue CommitteeBill McKibben and 350.org have launched the Go Fossil Free—Divest From Fossil Fuels Campaign. After a summer of unforgiving drought, unprecedented Arctic melt, and Hurricane Sandy, McKibben is responding to the public’s pent-up desire to challenge the fossil fue… Updates
- Ban Weaponized Drones! Sign the Petition!by the Disarm/End Wars Issue CommitteeBecause drones are the new weapon of warfare, used by the U.S., Britain, and Israel, we are asking WILPF Branches and members to take action against the use of drones in warfare. We propose two actions: Please sign the petition found here. Or you can print cop… Updates
- Join 24 Hours of International Feminist Actions in DecemberOn December 10, 2012, Human Rights Day, the World March of Women (WMW) has called for women around the world to organize a 1-hour action from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. (your local time) highlighting the values of equality, justice, freedom, solidarity and peace and showing our resistance against militari… Updates
- WILPFers attend “Women’s Congress for Future Generations”We have a beautiful mother Her green lap immense Her Brown embrace eternal Her blue body everything we know. (Alice Walker)In late September, four California members of the Earth Democracy Leadership Team – Jean Hays, Fresno; Randa Solick and Mathilda Rand, Santa Cruz; and Nancy Price, Davis – atten… Updates
- Ring Bells for Peace on November 11Remember the Kellogg-Briand Treaty? On this Armistice Day, November 11, 2012, celebrating the end of World War I, we invite you to join Veterans for Peace and other organizations, endorsed by WILPF Disarm/End Wars Committee, in an action to call for the end of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanista… Updates
- Urgent Call for Signatures on Petition to Secretary of State ClintonBy Isabel Macdonald, WILPF-DC BranchPlease take a moment to sign and share our petition! Change the U.S. UN vote on depleted uranium weapons this fall.We write to draw your attention to the upcoming U.S. vote in this year’s United Nations General Assembly on a fourth resolution regarding the Effects… Updates
- Jane Addams Children’s Book AwardFriday, October 19th at 2:30 PM New York City 777 United Nations Plaza (2nd Floor) on the corner of 44th St. and 1st Ave. Join us for a memorable afternoon of award presentation and responses by authors and illustrators. Come meet and talk with the honored guests, including Award winners Winifred Co… Updates
- Advancing Human Rights Issue Committee Establishes New Working Group on Human TraffickingThe Advancing Human Rights Issue Committee has established a new working group on Human Trafficking. Updates
- Human Right to Water Act in California Needs Governor Brown’s Signature to be LawThe Human Right to Water Act, AB 684, just passed both houses of the California Legislature. It is now on Governor Brown’s desk to sign into state law and policy. To ensure Governor Brown signs AB 685 this month, we invite one last action by California WILPFers. Please print out this petition to … Updates
