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
We Oppose Carney’s Submarine Contract
WILPF-Canada is endorsing the campaign to cancel the Carney government’s plan to spend $100 billion on a new fleet of submarines. SIGN & SHARE! Please sign the open letter to NDP leader Avi Lewis and Green leader Elizabeth May – with a cc: to the Prime Minister – to ask …
We call for a care economy not warfare
WILPF-Canada members met with members of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace for a luncheon in Toronto. We discussed our campaign to rally women to oppose the Carney government’s increase to military spending and ramping up of weapons procurement and production. We also shared good food and stories about …
NATO is a Threat to Women and the Climate
The NATO Summit in Ankara has ended by padding the pockets of the transatlantic, male-dominated military industrial complex with public funds while impoverishing the rest us.
NATO announced $70 billion more to prolong the proxy war in Ukraine this year, but not one dollar to end it. At the NATO Summit, …
NATO announced $70 billion more to prolong the proxy war in Ukraine this year, but not one dollar to end it. At the NATO Summit, …
WILPF Canada will participate in WILPF Congress 2026
WILPF members are looking forward to attending the WILPF International Congress that is taking place July 17-20. It is hosted by WILPF Cameroon, under the theme Intergenerational and Intersectional: Feminist Unity to Confront Global Crises. More about the Congress 2026 information can be found here. Our members will also be …
WILPF Canada participates in film screenings of “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” in Waterloo and Hamilton
WILPF Canada participated in film screenings of “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” in Waterloo in June and Hamilton in July. We joined forces with other great peace, justice and Palestinian groups to host the screenings of this powerfully film about the climate and environmental impacts of the U.S. war machine. There were …
