Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Canada
DEMILITARIZE, DECARBONIZE, DECOLONIZE
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Canada’s goal is to bring together women and diverse people to unite in their determination to advocatefor peace.
Our goals include total and universal disarmament; the strengthening of the United Nations and international law; political and social equality and economic equity; co-operation among all people, decolonization and an environmentally sustainable development.
Learn more About WILPF Canada’s goals and mission
Read our submission to Federal Sustainable Development Consultations
WILPF Canada and the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace made a joint submission titled “Canada cannot achieve sustainable development with costly, carbon-intensive militarism and rising military spending” to the draft Federal Sustainable Development Strategy for 2026-2029. You can read our submission here. …
Member Mariam Furre gives powerful speech on webinar
Our member Mariam Furré gave a powerful and inspiring speech on a recent online panel “From Helsingborg to Ankara: Global Voices on NATO, Militarization, and Welfare” about why Canada needs to get out of the US-led, nuclear armed military alliance and cut military spending for social welfare and peace. Read …
WILPF celebrates 111 Years. We’re Still Choosing Peace!
As WILPF turns 111, we carry forward a legacy born in resistance and rooted in hope. In 1915, women crossed borders to demand peace in a world already torn by war. Today, that world is not behind us: with defence spending returning to levels last seen at the end of …
Sign & share our Parliamentary e-petition 7317 for Canada out of NATO
Please sign the Parliamentary e-petition e-7317 to withdraw Canada from NATO, reduce military spending, remove Canadian troops from Latvia, and conduct public consultations on a new foreign policy based on peace and international cooperation. Please help us reach 500 signatures by May 20, 2026, so that it is introduced in …
Sign & share our open letter #1000Women+ for Peace Against Military Spending
Please sign & share our open letter #1000Women+ to Prime Minister Carney and the Minister of Women & Gender Equality Valdez, to cut military spending and invest in a green, peace care economy. The federal government is boosting the defence budget but reducing funding to essential federal service and programs …
ONLINE PANEL: What is Canada’s Progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals? Women, Peace, Climate Change, and (In)Security
Tuesday, April 28
12:00-1:30 p.m. ET
Register in advance for this meeting. Join us to discuss Canada’s progress on implementing the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the federal government’s current public consultations on the draft strategy for Sustainable Development 2026-2029. Learn more about the goals and the gaps and …
12:00-1:30 p.m. ET
Register in advance for this meeting. Join us to discuss Canada’s progress on implementing the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the federal government’s current public consultations on the draft strategy for Sustainable Development 2026-2029. Learn more about the goals and the gaps and …
