Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
WILPF, established in 1915, is the oldest women's international peace organization. WILPF brings together women from all over the world who oppose war, violence, exploitation and all forms of discrimination and oppression, and who wish to unite in establishing peace by non-violent means based on political, economic and social justice for all.
The WILPF-UN Office in New York hosts two projects, PeaceWomen and Reaching Critical Will. The PeaceWomen Project monitors and works toward rapid and full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. To these ends: PeaceWomen hosts Peacewomen.org, a website that provides accurate and timely information on women, peace and security issues and women's peace-building initiatives in areas of armed conflict; PeaceWomen works to facilitate communication among and mobilization of advocates and supporters in civil society, the UN system and governments working on women, peace and security issues; and PeaceWomen advocates for the integration of gender analysis in the governance, peace and security work of civil society actors, the UN system, and governmental bodies.
Reaching Critical Will (RCW)—http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org—is a disarmament initiative of WILPF that seeks to increase the quality and quantity of non-governmental organization preparation for and participation in various international disarmament fora.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
PeaceWomen Project
WILPF, UN Office
Contact: Sam Cook, PeaceWomen Project Associate
777 United Nations Plaza, Sixth Floor, New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-682-1265 Fax: 212-286-8211
info@peacewomen.org
www.peacewomen.org
Beyond Conflict Prevention: How Women Prevent Violence and Build Sustainable Peace
In honor of the five-year Anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325, Global Action to Prevent War and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom published a book on the role of women in peacekeeping and conflict prevention. The book, Beyond Conflict Prevention: How Women Prevent Violence and Build Sustainable Peace by Camille Conaway and Anjalina Sen, presents the diverse contributions of women to conflict prevention—as traditionally defined by global policymakers and framed by the principles of human security and women's experiences. The book combines desk-based research and a series of interviews with women peacebuilders from around the globe. It is hoped that the presentation of their views, knowledge, experience and recommendations assists advocacy efforts to promote women's participation in conflict prevention.
Member Organizations
© 2008 NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security