Breaking news: The Conference April 27-29 will be broadcast live on Democracy Now!  and the entire Conference  will be audio streamed in partnership with Voice Republic starting at 10 am CET.

You’ll have a chance to see and hear Amy Goodman (host of Democracy Now!), Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee, WILPF Secretary-General Madeleine Rees, Radhika Coomaraswamy and Cynthia Enloe. Democracy Now! programs are archived on its site.  The audio streamed programs and panels will be archived at Voice Republic.

See a complete lineup of Conference programs. US Section members will present panels and workshops including Food as a Human Right (Mary Hanson Harrison and Nancy Price with women from India, the Netherlands and Norway); . Building the Peace Movement Together (Leah Bolger with Codepink, World Beyond War and Canadian Voice of Women for Peace); and Militarization and Human Trafficking: The Case of the US-Mexico Border (Melissa Torres with Violetta Campos, WILPF Mexico).

During the Congress April 22-25 for WILPF members only, delegates will elect officers to the International Board and consider an array of resolutions. Among these are proposals following up from the 2014 US Congress on looking to the global south for WILPF leadership, joining the coalition World Beyond War and updating the call for the human right to safe food. The Corporations v. Democracy and Earth Democracy Issue Groups have submitted one on Protecting Democracy and the Public Interest and Welfare from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Nancy Price will be offering an Emergency Resolution on Climate, Justice and Peace from the floor.

Watch for reports from The Hague and consider how to bring the word to your community about the WILPF initiatives happening around the world. What inspiration can you take from the proposed Manifesto  and work by the Sections?  Contact Heather Wellman centennialcoordinator@wilpfus.org if you need help accessing these documents.

Photo: Nobel peace laureates Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams and Mairead Maguire pose with Carol Urner — described on the Nobel Laureates’ site as “the oldest conference participant who said she was ‘feeling dangerous’!”